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Got Silos in Your Nonprofit? It’s Time to Build Some Bridges!

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The problem, as she told the story, was Alan. Every month, Barbara’s team had to do hours of detective work to find a missing pledge payment, or correct coding errors, or ask Alan’s team multiple times for reports on event sponsorship purchases. It’s like he doesn’t even care about helping my team do our job. Barbara asked me.

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10 Volunteer Training Ideas for Onboarding All Types of Volunteers

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Can you imagine arriving for your first day at a new job and having no one know that you’re starting or what you should do? Now is also a good time to present them with a pledge card for their charitable gift. A job description is nonprofit best practice (although too often ignored). Be there when your volunteers arrive.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What To Do When A Donor Says “No”

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But I feel I’m not doing my job. When they say “no,” you’ve received an invitation to help solve a problem: Why are they saying no? Let them know others have already given, and more are prepared to pledge. I’m a firm believer in “no means no,” and I hate to be rude, so I generally take them at their word. Someone might.

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4 Strategies to Increase Donor Loyalty

Bloomerang

No one should ever say “ that’s not my job.”. Inform donors of breaking news and/or problems as soon as possible. . Remind donors when it’s time to renew or fulfill a pledge. You should also wrap donor service into job descriptions for all staff, not just development staff. Transparency. Graciousness. Convenience.

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Attention Nonprofit #DataNerds: A Few Recent Research Studies on Data, Technology, Funding, and Trends

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You can find data on philanthropists who have signed the Giving Pledge and data shared by 54 foundations on a set of “transparency indicators.” The actions include improving jobs, the quality of education, children’s health and other innovations. Collaborative Technologies: Helping Funders Work Together Better.

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Four Social Media Fundraising Tools

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There are many companies and nonprofits out there trying to solve this problem. They also do a solid job leveraging the Pavlovian points / badges / stars / stickers that are, like, so hot right now. For example, you can choose to pledge 10 cents a tweet, or $0.25 per Facebook update. takes care of the rest. Why is this better?

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Phased In Giving – A Creative New Trend in Setting your Board’s Give/Get Policy

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Setting your board’s give/get policy is one of the toughest jobs a board must perform. When we conduct our annual survey on the board giving our placements have accomplished, we routinely find that our average placement generates a multiple of what they pledged to give/get. The challenge with setting the Give/Get for your board.

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