Candid

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Casey Foundation’s recently published Guiding Questions to Advance Equity in Evaluation and Research offers tools to strengthen evaluation and research so we have the data and evidence needed to address disparities and identify solutions that meet the needs of those most affected. What does asking better questions look like in practice?

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Encourage Data Literacy Across Teams : Provide training on data interpretation so that all teams feel comfortable using insights to guide their work. Monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) : Define and track KPIs that align with your strategic goals, such as member engagement, retention, and satisfaction metrics.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Our latest guide, “Essential Digital KPIs for Nonprofits,” offers a roadmap for organizations seeking to optimize their digital strategy through effective measurement. Download the guide now to transform your approach to digital metrics and drive greater impact for your cause.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Learning how to manage volunteers effectively will help bridge the gap between recruitment and retention, ensuring more supporters stick around long-term. Volunteer management is the process of working with volunteers throughout their engagement with your organization, from recruitment to ongoing engagement and retention.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2024

Employee retention is critical for the health of any organization, particularly for nonprofits. High retention leads to better outcomes all around as the organization saves money and develops stronger performers internally. Plus, as a manager in a nonprofit, retention is a key component of your job.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 19, 2024

Practice Good Stewardship Even if your digital resources are in order, a data governance policy is an important piece of responsible stewardship. Every person on your staff should understand best practices. Build communities where data experts share knowledge, best practices, and challenges. It belongs to your members.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 15, 2024

Thousands of companies around the world have been evaluating the four-day workweek because of burnout, productivity, worker retention, concerns about commuting, and even to address sustainability and climate change. For more tips, like moving to asynchronous work, see The Complete Guide to Implementing a Four-Day Workweek.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2022

One of the best methods to increase your donor retention is to leverage your overall communication strategies. But first, let’s compare how the major communication channels of direct mail versus digital communications play a role in donor retention. Personalize all appeals . Segment your audience . Focus on impact storytelling .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

To find it, keep your unique goals in mind as you explore this guide to determine what’s possible. Improve donor retention through donor targeting and filtering. An instructor virtually guides you through common nonprofit tasks and best practices on how to use your system in real time. 3) Support.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Read our blog for more pricing discount best practices your association should adopt today. Are you looking to increase membership numbers, improve retention, or grow non-dues revenue? Ultimately, your goals should guide the types of pricing discounts you offer. Why should associations use pricing discounts?

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Associations Adopt Registration Tips 102

Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

It’s easy to focus on fundraising success and forget about donor retention. GivingTuesday Donor Retention Makes Financial Sense… While you work on your plan to attract new donors on GivingTuesday, spend some time thinking about how you’ll retain them after the big day. It’s one of the most high-profile fundraising days of the year.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 12, 2024

We understand how marketing and technology go hand-in-hand, and throughout this guide, we will focus on how to apply nonprofit marketing best practices using your organizations technology. A lack of marketing expertise: Keeping up with evolving marketing trends, tools, and best practices requires constant learning and adaptation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2022

This guide is meant to help you prepare for each season in your fundraising year. Related Resources: Social Media best Practices for Nonprofits. This is one of the reasons that nonprofits who create a monthly giving program with DonorPerfect see a whopping 90% retention rate. Transformative Multichannel Online Fundraising Ideas.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Following these best practices will help increase awareness of the security tools and features that can be used to minimize the risk to vulnerable people. Following these best practices will help increase awareness of the security tools and features that can be used to minimize the risk to vulnerable people. Learn more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 20, 2024

A supplemental post to 101 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits , the statistics listed below can guide your nonprofit in creating and maintaining a successful online fundraising strategy. Double the Donation ] The current donor retention rate is 41.9%. increase in revenue. organizations.

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Volunteer Hub

JANUARY 4, 2022

The national average for volunteer retention is only 65%. Here are 4 volunteer retention tips that can help. Focusing on volunteer retention is an important step your organization can take to fill opportunities in 2022. Making it easy for your volunteers to participate is key to their retention. Make it simple!

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Effective volunteer management vital to an organization’s day-to-day operations, meaning nonprofits need to invest in smart volunteer management practices to reduce administrative overhead and increase volunteer retention. Here’s what to expect: What is volunteer management?

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Volunteer Management Guide Social Media 110

sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2024

Blackbaud University favorites, Chrissy Haskell and Henry Wiencek, will guide attendees through the advancements made to the Blackbaud Grantmaking Online Application tool in 2024 in their session, Tips from the Experts. The post The Grantmaker’s Guide to bbcon 2024 first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Whether you’re crafting an emergency plan to react to unexpected external circumstances or creating your strategy for the next two to five years, this guide will help your nonprofit get the most out of its strategic plan. Meanwhile, you may assign another person to call new donors to thank them and increase your new donor retention.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

When your nonprofit uses online fundraising platforms and follows best practices, you can meet your supporters where they are—online—and enable them to give quickly and easily. Recurring donations are important for your nonprofit’s donor retention strategy. Increasing your retention rate boosts your fundraising revenue over time.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 5, 2021

GivingTuesday Ideas & Best Practices. It’s no secret that you have the opportunity to capitalize on the momentum #GivingTuesday to fundraise for your nonprofit: the challenge is what #GivingTuesday ideas and best practices will help your nonprofit capture attention? Download your #GivingTuesday planning guide below: 1.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Spring into Action: Best Practices for Volunteer Recruitment and Retention Spring is the season of growth and renewal—a perfect time to rejuvenate your organization’s volunteer force! Discover how to blossom your volunteer roster with our guide on the best practices for recruitment and retention.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2022

Highlights include the RSPCA: Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ free giveaway of a printed pocket guide to giving your pet first aid which landed them initially 600 new monthly donors which grew to over 22,000. . Did you know that monthly giving boosts donor retention as high as 90% and a whopping 57% of U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

Download free resources including Cheat Sheet: ChatGPT Prompts for Fundraisers, Guide to AI, AI for Nonprofits: 15 Ways to Raise More, and webinars on AI’s impact on giving trends and Keela’s AI Fundraising Tools. This leads to more donor engagement, higher donations, and better donor retention.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Why the recruitment and onboarding process is critical to volunteer retention The long game of retaining volunteers over time begins as soon as they sign up and arrive for their first event. Best practices for maintaining volunteer engagement How you make your volunteers feel is important. How did you welcome them?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Offer continuous learning opportunities to deepen your board members’ understanding of nonprofit governance best practices and emerging trends. Here’s a detailed guide to executing the recruitment basics effectively: Expand your horizons. But don’t stop at day one. Implement a board portal for communication and organization.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 5, 2023

20 webinars – check out our 3 most popular of 2022: Analytics in Action: ‘Tis the Season for Member Retention. Getting Started with Member Engagement Scoring Guide – stages you should consider to successfully track and score member engagement. Analytics in Action: Everything You Want to Know About Engagement Scoring.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 8, 2025

I wrote a book called, No More Status Quo: A Proven Framework to Change the Way We Change the World , which is essentially a field guide for how to navigate uncertainty, most efficiently and effectively. It is essential for us to name and spend time sitting with what is not working so that it can act as a foundation for our learning journey.

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sgEngage

JUNE 14, 2022

Attendees will walk away knowing the latest on best practices and trends and how to leverage technology solutions and partnerships to connect the entire school. During her tenure, she has led the creation of the school’s privacy policy, record retention schedule, and gender inclusion policy. Register for free today!

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In this guide, well explore actionable best practices for crafting an effective follow-up plan that strengthens connections with your supporters and maximizes the long-term impact of your events. This deeper level of engagement not only increases retention but also helps transform one-time donors into lifelong advocates for your cause.

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Kindful

MARCH 25, 2021

This guide will walk you through the top ways you can leverage donor data in your communications with the help of fundraising tools. How does donor data help with retention rates and relationship building? How does donor data help with retention rates and relationship building?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Your organization Matching gifts lift average donation size, improve retention and donor lifetime value , and open the door to other giving. Corporations Matching gifts improve employee recruitment, retention, and productivity. The post [ASK AN EXPERT] What Are Best Practices To Acquire More Corporate Matching Gifts?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 30, 2021

However, navigating the myriad regulations and best practices can be confusing. In fact, research shows that many self-administered relief funds are inadvertently in violation of regulatory requirements and/or are operating with inefficient practices. Grant criteria includes: What occurred to make the applicant eligible for a grant?

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

To create the best donor retention strategies for your organization, understanding the donor cycle is crucial for transforming your efforts into success. 5 stages of the donor life cycle Donor cycle best practices What is a donor cycle? Retention Strategies for Different Types of Donors from Year End.

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Nimble AMS

JANUARY 7, 2022

Here are six practical examples of how AI and predictive analytics technologies can help your organization work smarter and faster. But what are some practical examples of how your association can use AI and predictive analytics? Boost member retention ?by timely, relevant content?and and offers?that that boost engagement and?lead

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Amira Learning is helping young students improve their reading literacy with an AI-powered tutor, while CodeSignal has built a platform for tech workers to pick up new technical skills and practice soft skills through AI-powered simulations.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Download Your Fundraising Planning Guide and Calendar Template: Fundraising calendars are designed to outline donor correspondence, campaign timelines, special events , benchmark dates, and other noteworthy occurrences that your fundraising team will be engaged in over the course of the year.

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