sgEngage

DECEMBER 12, 2024

As their list of frustrations grew and their unfulfilled hopes piled up, they asked me if I thought it was time to change to another donor CRM. Does your team have the time and technical aptitude to evaluate and learn a new system? Could it be more time- and cost-effective to invest in training on your current CRM?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

By Greg Fine – a marketing consultant that works to elevate nonprofit marketing impact, revitalize giving campaigns, and bring energy and awareness to nonprofit brands and their mission. Artificial intelligence is simplifying the nonprofit slog work that ties up enormous banks of time and resources.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

She advises nonprofits to accelerate their fundraising and engagement efforts through giving and marketing strategies via digital technologies. Here are our 4 proven ways to improve your online giving page so you can bring in more donations. 1) Make Giving Simple. Online and Mobile-Friendly is Giving-Friendly.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

He brings each person into his mind and heart, expresses gratitude for their work in the world, and considers how he can best support them. If we spend even as short of time as we do brushing our teeth nourishing our mind, our findings and the findings of other scientists show that this world would be a different place, he adds.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Now is the perfect time for your nonprofit to invest in true digital transformation. A unifying vision The message, goals, and metrics that both define your top-line digital future and give you a means for tracking its progress. The post It’s Time for Nonprofits to Invest in True Digital Transformation appeared first on Forum One.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Not only do we have our daily work tasks but we also have more meetings, longer commutes, and more interactions with more people in more locations than at any time in the history of work. At times, they are a blaring noise of emotion, attitude, and motives that can make it impossible for us to give others our full attention.

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Engadget

MARCH 25, 2025

When Sony's wireless earbuds come to mind, the flagship-quality WF-1000XM5 is probably the first product that jumps out. However, the company is also adept at building budget models, blending features and tech to give users a solid value for a lot less money. The C700N only had one on each side.

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The following is an excerpt from our class How to Find New Major Donors and Get Them to Give to Your Non-Profit. As you are looking for donors to make contact with and insert into your fundraising funnel, you don’t want to waste time. This is a mistake that costs non-profits valuable time and resources. Where did they come from?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2020

Posting without a mindfulness of the trending topics and conversations can cause organizations to appear insensitive and tone-deaf. However, we were mindful of the best practices that suggest brands and organizations not post about every issue or trending event so to avoid piggybacking via hollow, void content. Watch Video.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to energize their legacy giving program: Dear Charity Clairity, We have an on-paper “legacy society” that was started before my time here. They’re the most common form of legacy giving , and something with which most folks are familiar.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Planned giving can transform your nonprofit and its capacity to drive impact. After all, planned gifts are a little awkward to bring up at first, and theyre highly individualwhen the time is right for one donor to consider creating a bequest, theres no guarantee that others will be ready, too.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Text-to-give: This method allows donors to contribute directly from their phones. These events can incorporate donation prompts, live chats, and real-time impact updates, creating an interactive experience for supporters. Each method offers unique ways to reach donors where they already spend their time online.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2025

Rushed pre-work : High-quality planning sessions start with pre-work that takes time to create and time to complete. Logistical chaos : Without sufficient lead time, coordinating travel, accommodations, catering, and materials can become a nightmare, leading to mistakes and oversights. This can discourage members from attending.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

By Rosie Powers , a Strategist at Mission Minded —a branding firm that works exclusively with nonprofits, foundations, and independent schools. As summer fades into fall, end-of-year fundraising season is top-of-mind for nonprofits. Are there any key, timely motivations that you can hone in on to engage these groups?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 15, 2025

To effectively steward donor relationships and inspire higher levels of giving, you must strategically engage donors in various ways that deepen their connections to your nonprofit. Donors at each giving level, for instance, have unique needs, interests, and communication expectations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2021

As a non-profiteer of many years, I have known donor giving programs to be described via a myriad of terms; sustainment, long-term, continued, recurring – all ways to describe the length of the relationship a donor establishes with a non-profit. World-changers – They want to make a sustainable, lasting difference with their giving.

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It usually gets sent to every donor in your donor file (or at least, every donor that has been active over the past several years) and normally gets sent out around the same time each year (the time of year differs by nonprofit, but once you pick a time of year, you normally stick with it). Write professional drafts with A.I.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Greater Givings webinars in 2024 brought together some of the best minds in the nonprofit space to share actionable advice for planning unforgettable events. Save Time, Boost Success : Streamline your processes to increase donor responses. If you missed them, dont worryweve got you covered.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 4, 2021

Giving comes more easily when the cause is close to home. That’s why peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns do so well – people want to give to their friends, or their friends’ friends, and rally around their loved ones. If you keep a record of your donors’ birthdates, you have the unique opportunity to make crowdfunding a timely ask.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 18, 2020

Time over time, we’ve seen what nonprofit communities can do when we rally together to support a cause. It may be time for your nonprofit to reevaluate your fundraising strategy and learn how micro-donations for nonprofits can make a significant difference. And there’s a reason for that.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Starting with the End in Mind: The Perfect Ask Before we jump into AI’s capabilities, let’s cover the elements of the perfect ask. Right timing: When to make an ask depends on a variety of factors like the donor’s interest, engagement, and giving history.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Understand Your Event’s Audience Before you make an item wishlist and start sourcing prizes, take some time to think about which supporters you most want to reach with your auction. The post 5 Tips for Securing Appealing Nonprofit Auction Items appeared first on Greater Giving Blog. Let’s dive in! Happy fundraising!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Sure, many gift-buyers will continue to turn to Amazon, Walmart, and Target, but increasingly c onsumers are being more mindful with purchases. Nonprofits with online shops can tap into these trends on social media to reach mindful shoppers and raise revenue in support of their mission. You know your audience best.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2021

By Audrey Phillips , a customer success manager at Classy – a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. Make sure it’s timely, personalized, and has a sense of urgency. Provide multiple ways to give.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2020

While a good deal of time and resources will be dedicated to this effort, certain aspects of donor retention can be made easy. Whatever you want your donors to do, make sure you have this goal in mind when crafting your email series. For example, create a filter that includes all donors who have made a first-time gift.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 8, 2025

Even if you’re already properly managing your quarterly taxes and have all of your ducks in a row, this time of year means facing your business financials head-on and making any revisions needed to keep your business books going in the right direction. What is the difference between a tax deduction and a tax credit?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2023

That’s a lot of time spent engaging with a communication tool! 3) Multi-channel communication keeps you top of mind The average American sees 4,000-10,000 ads per day ! What this means is that people are transitioning to giving on mobile. Want to learn more about effective text message marketing? The sky’s the limit!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

2) Post 2-5 times weekly to your Facebook Page and respond to your followers. Posts on Sunday perform slightly better, but with organic reach at an all-time low, it makes little difference which day your nonprofit posts on Facebook. 2) Craft a compelling message (behind-the-scenes, a call-to-action, a positive story, etc.).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2022

When you’re able to set the stage with analytics and donor attributes – like their wealth rating, public giving records, and personal interests – you can strengthen your understanding of each donor segment, and position your asks to speak to specific audiences. Monthly giving. Winter 2022. Spring & Summer 2022. Autumn 2022.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

It is tempting to allow board members to skip fundraising, but this useful list is designed to give board members a wide range of tasks they can choose from to support the financial growth of your organization, and only a few involve directly asking for money. The term “call to action” (CTA) is used multiple times in the list.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 15, 2024

While the total funding for nonprofits continues to rise, data shows that fewer Americans are engaging in giving and volunteering. To address this pressing issue, The Generosity Commission recently released its capstone report, “Everyday Actions, Extraordinary Potential: The Power of Giving and Volunteering.”

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Association Analytics

APRIL 11, 2023

It takes time. Since staff turnover, leadership changes, shifting business priorities, and/or platform updates can happen at any time, it’s important to keep in mind that user adoption does not necessarily have a start or end date. Making technology or process changes in the workplace is hard work. It takes effort.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

We’re heading into the busiest, most lucrative time of the year for nonprofits— end-of-year fundraising. A time when many nonprofits raise 25-50% of their entire budget. Trust me, future you will be writing emails in record time! They’ll only give to asks that compel them to take action. Did someone say “donate now?”

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Engadget

MARCH 7, 2025

The Disney+ Hulu Duo Basic plan usually costs $11 a month, but the companies are giving a big discount this spring. At a time when it feels like every streaming service, audio and video, is pushing their subscription costs ever-higher, it's a treat to get any amount of entertainment access for a discount.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The Letter of Inquiry is part of the grantmaking process because it would be overwhelming and time-consuming for funders to review 15-page proposals from everyone seeking money. Treat a Letter of Inquiry like a first impression every time. Never presume you’ll get funded a second or third time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

2) Gain fun face time opportunities with virtual events. They learned how to get less tech-savvy donors to participate, how to avoid lag time, and fresh and exciting ways to promote their events. All you need to do is register your nonprofit and get the word out to your donors about this effortless way to give.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Here’s something to keep in mind, starting now: self-funding a nonprofit is not sustainable. To become a fundraiser, start by learning the skills and commit to mastering the craft – which takes time. Once you feel comfortable that you understand the basics of how to fundraise, its time for a plan. Where do you start?

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