Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2020

By Moree Lambeth , Senior Content Creator at Water.org. The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the way organizations execute their social media plans. Posting without a mindfulness of the trending topics and conversations can cause organizations to appear insensitive and tone-deaf. The current social media environment has caused non-profit marketers to re-evaluate their content aware of the acute conversations being had on every channel, at a global level.

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JULY 13, 2020

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) selected Acumen as their business intelligence platform to gain more insight into members’ needs. CASE is the global non-profit association dedicated to educational advancement—alumni relations, communications, development, marketing, and advancement services—who share the goal of championing education to transform lives and society.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 16, 2020

If your nonprofit has had to cancel your silent auction fundraising event due to COVID-19, you can still run a successful virtual auction online. Here's everything you need to know.

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VisionLink

JULY 31, 2020

Visionlink is pleased to begin supporting the work of Crisis Center of Tampa Bay. This incredible organization located in Tampa Bay, Florida, provides 24 hour services 365 days a year to community members facing a variety of crisis situations, including sexual assault or abuse, domestic violence, financial distress, substance abuse, medical emergency, suicidal thoughts, or other challenges.

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JULY 17, 2020

Credit cards, checks, cash — the typical means of exchanging money are looking at some stiff competition in the world of apps. Venmo is one of many mobile payment services that allow users to link their bank accounts of debit cards and send money to friends, family, and now, nonprofits. As of 2020, Venmo had more than 52 million users and had over $102 billion in payment volume in 2019.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 2, 2020

By Kayla Matthews , writer at ProductivityTheory.com – a blog dedicated to helping others better their productivity. Instagram can be a powerful tool for nonprofits wanting to connect to a broader audience. The social media platform has more than 1 billion users — beating Twitter, Snapchat, and TikTok — and is especially popular among people aged 18-29.

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AccelEvents

JULY 13, 2020

Hybrid events integrate digital features and virtual elements into an in-person event. However, this type of hybridization only works if you have an event platform that can fully support all of the features your event requires. As the event industry attempts to figure out a “ new normal ,” it is likely that hybrid events will play an increasingly larger role.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 14, 2020

A great donor relationship is not unlike a happy marriage. Here are some tips for keeping your donors' love alive so they keep coming back!

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Nimble AMS

JULY 28, 2020

If the price seems too good to be true, it probably is. Here’s how to avoid surprise fees that can be lurking below the surface. Determining how much your next association management software (AMS) system will cost you can be a tricky thing. There are many factors that determine how much you will pay for an AMS. Many of the costs are predictable if you know what to look for.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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JULY 15, 2020

This article might save your Google Analytics developer a ton of time. If you have an email or customer list that engage with your site it can be frustrating to try to figure out how to connect those data with the Google Analytics User Id. Many tools like HubSpot, Marketo, Leadberry, and Salesforce have ways of tracking individual website browsing behavior.

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Blue Fox

JULY 23, 2020

download the full matrix How Do Your Financials Measure Up? Dust off those financial statements and put them to work! Our team at Blue Fox created this Magical Ratio Matrix to help your organization measure its financial health against industry standards. So, how do you measure up? What are the red flags for each ratio? Is your organization in a healthy, sustainable position?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

By Doug Scott , the founder of Tectonic Video , a leading video agency for nonprofits. He and his team work with nonprofits across the U.S. and around the world to create award-winning videos that drive results. Their work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, CNN and AdWeek and Doug is a guest lecturer at Stanford University on the power of storytelling for nonprofit organizations.

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AccelEvents

JULY 23, 2020

One of the biggest challenges event planners face when hosting a virtual event is ensuring high levels of audience engagement. Virtual events carry many benefits to event organizers and planners. They provide lower overhead costs which means a greater return on investment and they can be marketing to a wider audience, meaning attendees can be drawn from a global pool.

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Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!

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Wild Apricot

JULY 2, 2020

Proper financial planning and establishing sound accounting practices for your nonprofit are key to remaining sustainable. Here's how you can get started!

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Nimble AMS

JULY 22, 2020

Our customers’ summer will be a bit sunnier with our latest release. Here are the exciting new features Nimble AMS customers can expect. This summer will likely not go in the books as the most fun. But, it’s going to be brighter for our customers with the Summer ’20 release of Nimble AMS. In our last release ( Spring ’20 ), we introduced capabilities for social collaboration, member lapse prevention, Expo Logic badge[on]demand Integration , and more.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 6, 2020

To help you bring out the best in your team, you need to get close and understand their skills, abilities, and motivations. So, the authors of the book, Your First Leadership Job , recommend you hold getting-to-know-you conversations with each of your direct reports. Ask these open-ended questions. Let each team member know the purpose of the meeting in advance.

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Blue Fox

JULY 14, 2020

Tech Thoughts From Our CEO, Chantal When I started Blue Fox, I was delighted at the prospect of working from home and running a virtual, tech-based company. My list of pros was something like this: - Yoga pants - No high heels on the daily - Unfettered access to the fridge - A schedule that works for me - Yoga pants But I never imagined that one of the benefits of running a firm like Blue Fox would be that our services would remain operational during a pandemic.

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Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 15, 2020

By Pat Duffy , co-founder of The Giving Block. 1) Should your nonprofit fundraise cryptocurrency? Hundreds of nonprofits now accept cryptocurrency donations. Bitcoin is perhaps the fastest and most tax-efficient way for donors to support nonprofits, but not all nonprofits should accept cryptocurrency. Reasons to accept crypto donations: Simplicity: Crypto is significantly easier than accepting stock donations. .

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AccelEvents

JULY 1, 2020

Top companies and institutions often use a career fair to generate and identify employment leads, to screen candidates and to hire applicants. While effective, physical career fairs can be rather limiting. In many cases, the attendees will be from the geographical area around the venue. Similarly, the size and scope of a traditional career fair can be limited by venue capacity and budget.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 17, 2020

Wondering how your nonprofit can use cause marketing? Here's everything you need to know about partnering with a business for mutual profit.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 15, 2020

Don’t wait until members leave to try to win them back. Here are two effective ways to keep your association’s members around. Lapsed memberships are not something you want to see. But membership retention is a challenge for many associations. The question is: How will your organization address it? The ideal approach is a proactive one. It’s not about waiting until members are already gone to try to win them back.

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Effectively managing cloud technology is getting more complex. From cybersecurity concerns, vendor lock-in, cost increases, or lack of transparency on costs, it can quickly get out of control. Knowing what you can control and finding a platform that’s built with nonprofits in mind is key.

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JULY 3, 2020

Nonprofit advocacy campaigns are becoming increasingly popular to help advance the mission of organizations. However, many organizations are under the impression that they must divide their attention between their advocacy campaigns and their fundraising efforts. In this case, many decide to ignore advocacy altogether. . However, they don’t need to be separate entities!

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Achieve

JULY 23, 2020

Sometimes the best fundraising strategies require nonprofits to not ask for funds. This is because, rather than treating donors like ATMs, you’re working hard to establish valuable relationships with them. . It’s expensive to acquire new donors — much more expensive than it is to retain the old ones! Some donor lapse is expected in any nonprofit, which is why donor acquisition is still important.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Raising funds for your cause takes constant dedication and focus, and nothing helps you gain focus better than setting a game plan. Creating measurable goals with actionable items is vital to a fundraising strategy, and just as important is checking in to see how you’re doing.

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AccelEvents

JULY 19, 2020

For the United States and much of the world, many elements of ‘normal’ life remain on hold. As we navigate the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is hard to imagine what things will look like when we finally emerge on the other side. For the event industry, coronavirus has created a new normal that relies heavily on virtual and hybrid events. These event formats present a number of benefits to event planners.

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