Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

You need to capture their attention to even have a chance at getting your email opened. We’ve all gotten these emails that when you open them they say “Hi [First Name]” or if the organization does not have your name it default to “Hi Friend.” Sending emails at optimal times can increase the probability of email opens.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 21, 2025

This blog will guide you through six essential steps to create your 2025 roadmap to excellence, equipping your association with the tools and strategies needed for resilience, innovation, and long-term success. Define Your Vision and Strategic Goals Your roadmap starts with a clear vision. Ready to take the first step?

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Try these 13 successful, yet underutilized strategies to help you raise more money and create stronger relationships this year-end. Similarly, working with businesses for your end-of-year giving campaign can open doors to new audiences and resources. And, in doing so, there’s potential for your base of prospective supporters to grow.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The phrase “culture eats strategy for breakfast” is often true – certainly there are situations where strategy is consumed by culture – but strategy and culture are not mutually exclusive. And that would ultimately help us deliver on strategy. Why not tend to them both at the same time during strategic planning?

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.orgSource

APRIL 8, 2025

They are essential strategies for creating organizations that are resilient, agile, and purpose-led. Even the best strategy will fall flat if it isnt communicated effectively and embraced across the organization. Its a continuous process one that requires strategy, patience, and above all, the ability to take people with you.

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.orgSource

MARCH 4, 2024

Sharon Rice ,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy, is our expert for guiding associations through tough markets. At.orgCommunity’s recent Innovation Summit, Sharon explored how Blue Ocean Strategy can help you bypass the sharks and find your way to offering unique and powerful member value.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 1, 2024

In this post, we’ll explore three strategies you can use to ensure you’re making the right moves for more meaningful member engagement. You’ll come away with specific examples from the team at the International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE) that you can use to inform your own strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 31, 2021

The 2021 Open Data Project [ español , français ] seeks to gain a better understanding of how nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide use technology for digital marketing and fundraising. 9) 37% actively implement a year-round search engine optimization (SEO) strategy. Why the Open Data Project? Open Data Project Sponsors.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 28, 2025

” – George Weiner, CEO Why Full-Funnel Thinking Matters Your audience isnt one-size-fits-all, and your digital strategy shouldnt be either. Identify gaps and opportunities : Spot where people are dropping offand where theyre leaning in and use that to guide your strategy forward. Theyre curious.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2025

As a best practice, the links to the m2m social media profiles open new browser windows to avoid sending their website visitors off their site completely. A rare and good example of a nonprofit featuring social media icons in the header and the footer of their website is mothers2mothers (m2m).

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

5 Effective Donor Retention Strategies for Small Nonprofits Its tempting for small nonprofits to focus heavily on donor acquisition. With these benefits in mind, weve compiled a list of strategies to help your nonprofit increase donor retention. However, this is only half of the story. Offer multiple ways to engage.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 8, 2025

Big Results for Small Nonprofits: 5 Fundraising Strategies Your nonprofit may not have the same resources, well-established donor base, or strong brand recognition as many larger, more long-standing organizations. Lets explore five budget-friendly fundraising strategies that can drive significant results for your nonprofit.

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Charity Village

AUGUST 9, 2024

Alberta Ecotrust Foundation is now accepting applications for the Springboard Grant for organizations seeking to develop new strategies or improve processes/systems to achieve an environmental outcome.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 1, 2021

The 2021 Open Data Project [ español , français ] seeks to gain a better understanding of how nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide use technology for digital marketing and fundraising. An unengaged email subscriber is one that has not opened or clicked an email within a set timeframe, such as three or six months.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

In fact, with the right mindset and a few smart strategies, it can be a surprisingly powerful launchpad for growth, connection, and future opportunity. Susan Andrews , HR consultant, KIS Finance Engage in open conversations As a founder, I believe that keeping overqualified employees engaged goes beyond simply assigning more work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2023

Text messages are another valuable tool you should add to your outbound communications strategy! Big brands know that texts have an incredibly high open rate—that’s why many of our favorite retailers have adopted a text marketing strategy. The rules for opting in are different for nonprofits.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 18, 2024

When was the last time your association considered its pricing strategy? As you rethink your pricing strategy, youll want to evaluate using pricing discounts as a helpful tool in attracting new members to your association, increasing overall traffic, building member loyalty, and selling large quantities of products.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

20 , offers a chance to reflect on what truly defines leadership not just strategy or decision-making, but the ability to build trust. Empowerment is a key strategy in building trust. Activities that promote team cohesion and open communication can significantly enhance trust within the team. Be fair and transparent.

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sgEngage

JUNE 21, 2024

Most nonprofits and educational institutions use a multichannel marketing strategy to engage supporters. Text messages present an impactful opportunity to enhance your marketing strategy and connect with supporters quickly and personally. Look for gaps in your current multichannel strategy. Let’s get started!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The 2021 Open Data Project [ español , français ] seeks to gain a better understanding of how nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide use technology for digital marketing and fundraising. 7) 38% of nonprofits actively implement a year-round retention strategy for online donors. Why the Open Data Project?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2021

The reports listed below offer much-needed data to help your nonprofit, NGO, or charity craft your 2021-22 digital marketing and fundraising strategy. 2021 Global NGO Technology Survey & Open Data Project :: Take the Survey. The Open Data Project is based on the survey responses from the biennial Global NGO Technology Survey.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2024

The good news is this is an open book test! We’re on the edge of the largest transfer of wealth in North American history–an estimated $84 trillion will move from Baby Boomers to their younger counterparts over the next 30 years. Is your nonprofit ready?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Open your email platform and tell me what your open rate is. Clean your list frequently by unsubscribing (not deleting) subscribers who aren’t opening your emails, because sending to them hurts your deliverability. A compelling opening line. Think about what makes you open the mail you get. They aren’t!

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

When combined with other marketing efforts, such as social media, direct mail, and website engagement, email marketing can help you create a holistic outreach strategy that keeps your nonprofit top of mind for supporters. Monitor email metrics such as open and clickthrough rates to determine how frequently supporters open your emails.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 11, 2024

Before diving into strategies, let’s clarify what we mean by AI. ” questions, we open ourselves to new ideas, accept failure as part of the learning process, and create opportunities for innovation. Here are some examples of how this approach can be applied: How can I be more open to exploring AI?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2020

We’ve talked a lot recently about taking your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy digital. Linking your campaign pages to this payment method opens your nonprofit to a new world of supporters and currencies, exponentially increasing the importance of all that new donor data as it’s dropped in your donor CRM. 2)Apple Pay.

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M+R

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Preheaders have traditionally been an important piece of the email “envelope,” helping messages to stand out in inboxes, provide additional context, and entice readers to open them. Here are 3 strategies to consider: Write compelling, unique subject lines. Will this change ultimately affect open rates and fundraising results?

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

GivingTuesday is the day of the year where you find people of all ages and all demographics opening their hearts and their wallets to donate to causes and organizations that are important to them or to find new initiatives to support. How confident are you that the right strategy is in place to turn one-time donors into long-term supporters?

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

At her most recent pre-Yahoo position, Nayak served as Design Director for bank giant SoFi, streamlining the company's apps and helping guide overall corporate strategy. I think mentorship and critical role model functions are key to opening doors and more opportunities for women."

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Association TV

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Unlock profitable content strategy and avoid being cold, like this guy. What if I told you that you’re focusing on the wrong problem and that tweaking your content strategy could actually make you money? No, this isn’t some shady video-based, get-rich-quick scheme. It’s just a different way of thinking about your content programming.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2024

It’s not too early to begin planning your fundraising strategies for the fall and end of the calendar year. You need a board engagement strategy ! While you can definitely do it on your own by following the tips below, I often find board members are more receptive and open-minded when an outsider is brought in.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Cultivating relationships and refining your mid-level donor strategy can lead to deeper engagement and long-term loyalty, making them valuable assets in any fundraising plan. Personalized Communication Strategies When it comes to your mid-level donor strategy, a little personalization can go a long way!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2024

Nonprofits are constantly seeking innovative ways to enhance their email marketing strategies. Optimize subject lines for higher open rates A captivating subject line is crucial as it determines whether recipients will open or ignore your email. Embrace the power of AI to take your email marketing to the next level.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

According to the Open Data Project , of the 89% of nonprofits worldwide that use social media in their digital marketing and fundraising strategy, 75% of those use Instagram. “Link in Bio” Strategy. With one billion active monthly users, Instagram is a very powerful social network used by nonprofits worldwide.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 24, 2025

5 steps to take when youve fallen short on your grant proposal goals For nonprofits in this situation, two things are vitally important: 1) an evaluative mindset , and 2) an honest, open relationship with the funder. How will you use this experience to inform your strategy moving forward? If you are open to input, request it.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

In this post, I want to talk about the strategy behind raising more money during the final 4-6 weeks of the year. or to emergency year-end campaigns that tell donors you need to raise X number of dollars just to keep the doors open next year. This means you need a plan, a message, and a multi-channel asking strategy.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Why board micromanagement makes nonprofit leaders furious Board members are supposed to focus on governance, strategy, and oversight. In the Nonprofit Governance Index published by the Urban Institute, 57% of nonprofit leaders reported that board members often lose focus on strategy when they start interfering with management tasks.

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