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3 Steps to Create the Ultimate Donor Retention Plan

NonProfit PRO

Retaining donors is difficult and retaining a significant number of donors is rare among nonprofits. However, effective donor retention is possible with a retention plan that takes into account why your donors give to your nonprofit, works to build personal connections and gives donors the flexibility they need to continue giving to your organization. .

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14 Ways to Improve Your Organization's Member Experience

Wild Apricot

A few years ago, I joined an online writing club. I was hoping to start tracking my writing progress and connect with other writers, and I hoped the sense of community would give me motivation to keep developing my skills.

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An Example of a Really Great Event Registration Email Confirmation

The MatrixFiles

A couple of weeks ago, I got invited by my buddy Heinan Landa , CEO of Optimal Networks , to an event by CADRE , which bills itself as “ a way for elite professionals to learn from the top experts in the world, while connecting and developing meaningful relationships with like-minded peers. ”. The event itself was lovely, but what I want to highlight today are the wonderful emails that I received after registering for the event.

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4 surprising revenue boosters for your association

Nimble AMS

It’s important to have revenue-generating tools and approaches in place to keep your association strong. . Here are some approaches you might not have thought of to increase revenue for your association. Over time, your association’s revenue needs change. Sometimes your membership growth might flatten out or go negative and you need to increase non-dues revenue.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Nonprofits Should Make Donating Easier Amid Cost of Giving Crisis

NonProfit PRO

Just like you and I are experiencing with food prices, gas prices and other prices going up, we’re not alone in that trend. And, as fundraisers, we should be concerned about the impact on giving.

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How to Predict Fundraising Revenue For Your Fundraising Plan

Get Fully Funded

You can’t plan out your nonprofit’s impact this year without projecting your fundraising revenue. The two are tied together. In fact, you must plan your programs first so you know what your fundraising goal is. If you try to just raise as much as you can then figure out how to spend it, that’s backwards. And it’s really hard to tell donors how their donation will make a difference, because the truth is that you don’t know.

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The Ultimate Mobile Giving Guide For Nonprofit Fundraising [2022]

Donorbox

Did you know that the average smartphone user spends around 3 hours a day on their phone? That’s a lot of time—and a lot of opportunities for interested donors to give to your fundraising campaign. Having the right tools to collect mobile donations easily and efficiently is vital for a fundraising option. In this ultimate […]. The post The Ultimate Mobile Giving Guide For Nonprofit Fundraising [2022] appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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A Crash Course for Selecting and Implementing a Nonprofit CRM

NonProfit PRO

Now more than ever, the customer relationship management (CRM) system you use could make or break your ability to scale your mission and meet your ambitious fundraising goals. A CRM platform plays a key role in helping nonprofits better organize data, manage their donor and supporter relationships more effectively, and achieve more efficient and successful fundraising.

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How to Plan Your Non-Profit’s Stories for the Next 90 Days

The Storytelling Non-profit

The start of a new quarter is a great time to step back and do some strategic planning for your non-profit. I personally love planning in 90 day increments because they are easier to manage and predict. You can check out a video tutorial I have on creating your non-profit’s 90-day communications plan here. Today we’re going to plan your non-profit’s stories for the next 90 days.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

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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How to reframe nonprofit overhead as investments in your mission

DonorPerfect

“As a result of our collaboration and learning, we are convinced that today we have a problem in the way we fund nonprofits.” -Presidents and staff of the Ford, Hewlett, MacArthur, Open Society, and Packard Foundations in a letter to peer philanthropists Many donors, grantmaking organizations, and people who are passionate about the causes that Read More ».

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5 Ways for Nonprofit Professionals to Stay Healthy This Busy Spring

Greater Giving

With more nonprofit professionals working in the office and big fundraisers in full swing, a healthy work environment is critical. Whether volunteer, staff, or leadership, every nonprofit professional needs to be at their best to do critical work and advance the mission. If the pandemic has taught us anything about our work habits, it’s the importance of physical and mental well-being to our effectiveness and productivity.

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Do You Know Your Donor’s ‘Why’?

NonProfit PRO

Why does your donor love your organization so much? Have you sat down with your donor and really listened to the answer? If they say, “Well, I just think you do a great job,” do you dig deeper to find out their 'Why?' — the story behind their motivation to give?

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Transgender Day of Visibility: ‘I want to be seen & accepted as I am’

Saleforce Nonprofit

I am a transgender man. Partly I wish this wasn’t my first line of introduction, and partly I am glad that it is so. Most introductions don’t start off along these lines — “I am a man” or “I am a woman” — and even rarer are introductions that sound like “I am a cis man” or “I am a cis woman.” The reasons for this are obvious and direct our attention to the gender identity assumptions of our contemporary society.

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How to Scale Recurring Giving for Sustainable Growth

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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37 Spring Fundraising Ideas for Small Nonprofits

Whole Whale

Spring is a time that sees more people with a tidy sum of cash thanks to their tax returns, itching to go outside, and looking for things to do around key holidays like Easter, Passover, Nowruz, and Mother’s Day. And because we love rapid ideation and an excuse for a fundraiser here at Whole Whale, we’ve put together over 30 fun nonprofit fundraising ideas for you to spring into this season.

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The Beginner’s Guide to Google Ad Grants | 2022 Updated

Donorbox

Long gone are the days when direct mail and door-to-door were sufficient to get the word out about an organization. The reality of nonprofit advertising today is far more complex. Nonprofits can’t bring in the funds needed to fuel their important work without it. According to websiterating.com, people are 4 times more likely to click […].

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The Role of DEI in Today’s Nonprofit

NonProfit PRO

Recently, a master’s level student and her professor at Mindanao State University in the Philippines asked me to lecture their class on nonprofit management principles. Since I enjoy teaching, I loved this class interaction.

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Creating an Omnichannel Marketing Experience with Teach For America and Salesforce Interaction Studio

Cloud 4 Good

Teach For America (TFA) is an education nonprofit that recruits and develops a diverse corps of outstanding leaders who make an initial two-year commitment to teach in high-need schools and become lifelong leaders in the effort to end educational inequity. Today, TFA is a force of 66,000 alumni and corps members working in more than 9,000 schools nationwide in pursuit of profound systemic change.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

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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5 Tips for Making Your Website Accessible

Tech Soup

When you construct a public space, an important part of the process is ensuring that it is accessible to anyone who may visit. Whether it be an elevator, ramp, handrail, or other adjustments, it is a requirement that comes with the project. The same concept applies to your website, mobile application, and any other user-facing technology that your organization uses.

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Creating and Selling Fundraising Event Tickets | The Ultimate Guide

Donorbox

The nonprofit world has changed since the pandemic, but fundraising events remain one of the primary ways to raise funds. Many nonprofits have created hybrid events that combine live and virtual campaigns to increase outreach. Others have gone back to their tried-and-true live events that helped support the organization historically. The biggest differences have come […].

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Batter Up: Navigating the Nonprofit Talent Journey

NonProfit PRO

The freshly cut grass glistens in the morning sun, a light coating of dew is on your cleats as you trudge from the dugout to the plate — it’s the top of the first, and you’re ready to hit a home run for your nonprofit. The talent journey begins.

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Top Fundraising Tips from Meat Fight, a CauseVox Customer

CauseVox

Meat Fight is a nonprofit dedicated to “funlanthropy” who has used CauseVox to set records in their digital fundraising. We recently sat down with Meat Fight’s CEO, Alice Laussade, to have a fun conversation about her experience with CauseVox, key fundraising tips from Meat Fight that allowed them to raise more money, and the do not do’s for nonprofit fundraisers.

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Empower Your Nonprofit With Effective Payroll & HCM Services

Managing a nonprofit involves many challenges, but payroll and HR shouldn’t be among them. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," helps nonprofits choose the best provider. Efficient payroll services ensure timely, accurate payments, vital for maintaining staff and volunteer morale. Compliance support helps navigate complex labor laws and avoid costly fines.

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Website Design for NGOs: 5 Essential Strategies

sgEngage

As the leader of a non-government organization (NGO), you know how important it is to leverage your online presence in order to publicize your mission, draw in donations, and connect with your supporters. You likely also know that one of the best tools you have for accomplishing these objectives is your website. . But your website won’t get your organization very far if it’s poorly designed.

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Creating and Selling Fundraising Event Tickets | The Ultimate Guide

Donorbox

The nonprofit world has changed since the pandemic, but fundraising events remain one of the primary ways to raise funds. Many nonprofits have created hybrid events that combine live and virtual campaigns to increase outreach. Others have gone back to their tried-and-true live events that helped support the organization historically. The biggest differences have come […].

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Supercharge Your Monthly Giving: 3 Keys to Success 

NonProfit PRO

Monthly giving is the holy grail of fundraising, but many nonprofit leaders are frustrated when their programs are stagnant and not growing faster. So, how do you elevate your monthly giving program to its full potential?

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[Webinar] Donation Page Throwdown

CauseVox

Your donation page is an essential component of your digital fundraising. It’s often times one of the first places a potential donor is able to get to know your nonprofit, which is a huge opportunity for a great first impression. But most of the time, it’s an afterthought in fundraising. You’re too busy formulating the right strategy, handling event logistics, and creating stories to have enough time to tweak your donation page.

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Nonprofits Are Leveraging the Cloud, but Does It Have to Be So Complex?

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.