Top Nonprofits

MAY 24, 2021

We know in-person programming is slowly coming back and you need to bring back your audience members who have fallen quiet during the pandemic. What could a dual, virtual/in-person program look like? Everyone in the conversation shared challenges they expected as they moved back to in-person programming. Let’s find out.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Boost revenue from in-person and virtual fundraising events. In-person training. An instructor travels to your place of business to teach you how to apply your new features to your existing processes, one-on-one. Levels of fundraising software support typically include phone, email, and chat.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Every nonprofit strives to make the world a better place, and a strong community is essential to achieving that goal. Advocates may not always be able to give in-person time or money, but they help spread awareness and strengthen the cause through their online engagements. Offer personal thank-you’s. Welcome new followers.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 19, 2024

Imagine having the power to tailor your mass communication, so that each donor feels personally connected to your cause. Plus, understanding donor segments allows you to craft personalized communication without needing to write individual messages for each donor. This allows for personalized appeals and recognition. The result?

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DipJar

JUNE 23, 2022

DipJar Announces DipJar Online, Extending DipJar’s Leadership in in-person Fundraising to Online and Mobile Channels . The new software builds on DipJar’s leadership in in-person fundraising to enable more robust and flexible fundraising. New and existing customers can sign up for early access here. DJOEarlyAccess for information.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

One person (me) handles the bulk of our copy and content projects. While we might call our phones ‘phones,’ there are Apple, Android, and Google devices. While ChatGPT’s repsonse isn’t as personal as we’d like it to be, it sure gets the ball rolling! Until I tried it. Yes and no.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Are mobile phones a lifeline for homeless people? Homeless people use mobile phones to break their isolation, find food and shelter, and connect with the people they care about. The Mobile4All project also sees mobile phones as a key to open the door to recovery and self-sufficiency. Assuredly they are. Surprises So Far.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 30, 2023

— Personalized communication and engagement strategies are critical to helping mid-level donors see the value and potential impact of increasing their donations to your nonprofit organization. But have no fear — personalized approaches don’t always require more time or resources from busy fundraisers. These four are key: 1.

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The Sponsorship Collective

MARCH 13, 2024

This first meeting doesn’t always take place in person, especially anymore. You can have the discovery session on the phone or through Facetime, Zoom, or any other popular video-chatting platform. Once you’ve identified your sponsorship prospects, your next goal is to set up a discovery session.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

We are here to talk about personal branding, specifically how to make yourself memorable. We got five excellent tactics for you that’ll help you raise more money, and improve your donor relationships through personal branding. And he’s featured all over the place. So personal branding, I love this topic.

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Neon CRM

MAY 17, 2024

A phone call gives you the opportunity to build real personal connections with the people who support you. The 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report , too, found that donors’ decision to make a second gift may be influenced by a personal phone call. They’re the people who are most likely to appreciate a phone call, right?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Personal thank you letter from the founder, ED, chair, leadership powerhouses. Personal phone call from the founder, chair, ED. These can be formatted as zoom backgrounds, sharable tiles/images/memes online, a Facebook cover image, or something small they can place in their electronic signature. These exist already!

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Consider these reasons why videos can be such effective warm touches: Using video to thank a donor is the next best thing to being there in person to say thanks. When you personalize the video, donors will be wowed that you took the time to say “Thanks!” You can do all of it on your phone! Let’s dive into that a bit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Tribute giving can help an organization reach its fundraising goal because tribute gifts come from a strong belief in the organization’s mission and are generally given from a place of pain, heartache, healing, and love, and the donor wishes to give back in a meaningful way. Maximize the Impact of Tribute Gifts.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Schedule in-person ask visits with donors. October Collect testimonials, impact stories, videos, and pictures and use them to write ‘reporting back’ stewardship emails, postcards, texts, thank-a-thon phone scripts, or letters. Pick up the phone to personally thank any new first-time donors on Giving Tuesday.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

From paying bills to staying in touch with family and friends to researching tomorrow’s weather, people expect to be able to do just about anything from their mobile phones. Fewer and fewer congregants bring cash or their checkbooks to church, but they never leave home without their phones! That’s where mobile giving comes in.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

If you, like many, find asking for money hard or distasteful, let’s reframe it, because when you come from a place of negativity, you’ll actually repel donations. Getting into this mindset accomplishes a few things: It takes away any jitters about asking for donations because it isn’t personal. It’s true.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 13, 2024

This applies to a multitude of characteristics including personality, work habits, reporting structure and much else. It’s not a matter of one person or style being better than another — but the bottom line is that we are very different, and whether we like it or not, we must respect those differences. Guess what happened?

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EveryAction

JUNE 20, 2023

For over 20 years, EveryAction has provided technology to support nonprofits working to make the world a better place, and we’re honoring that history through our product roadmap and commitments. Right now, Mobilize sends a weekly digest of personalized event recommendations to over a million supporters every week.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2024

While traditional events still have an important place in the fundraising calendar, activity-based fundraising events now encompass a diverse range of experiences, from yoga to pickleball to kayaking and more. Survey supporters as part of registration questionnaires, in-person interviews, or your donor satisfaction online survey.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

Systems to put in place. When you have the right systems in place to support your nonprofit, and you personally practice effective work habits , you’re setting yourself up for a shorter learning curve and a smoother path later on. And once you have those in place, you’ve created the backbone of your organization.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Whether in person, over the phone, or on a video call, a presentation is an opportunity to convince a funder that you should be invited to apply for a grant. It doesn't take the place of a proposal, but rather gives the funder a taste of the work you are doing in order to decide whether they should invite your proposal.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Cultivates Relationships On A Personal Level Being intentional about thanking your donors is key to effective donor stewardship. Engage Your Board of Directors To Make Phone Calls Your Board of Directors isn’t just a governing body, they’re also your biggest supporters and most eager volunteers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Multi-pages on a desktop and phone are cumbersome, clunky, and according to studies, will result in a higher abandonment rate. Nonprofits are missing a big opportunity to stay more connected with their constituents by not capturing mobile phone numbers. Think: big, bold and standalone – away from other button options.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 22, 2020

In the new world of social distancing and limited in-person gatherings, nonprofits everywhere are embracing virtual fundraising events and campaigns. You can use multiple devices to stream to multiple platforms, but you will need one dedicated device (computer, tablet, or phone) for each different platform.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This article aims to provide valuable insights and strategies to deepen the connection between congregants and their places of worship, fostering a sense of belonging and commitment, and enhanced stewardship giving. Encourage a warm and inclusive environment within your place of worship. Personalized outreach and pastoral care.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

This will create a great first draft, but it’s important to personalize the content by adding stories from your community or sharing updates on the progress made towards achieving your mission. Organizations such as Kids Help Phone have already recognized the potential of chatbots as an effective support tool on their website.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Participants fundraise on your behalf, leveraging their personal networks to support your cause. This is particularly true for Gen Z donors, who prefer quick, accessible options from their phones. Campaign Home Page, Team Fundraising, and Personal Pages CauseVox supports a range of pages for a well-rounded campaign site.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Having solid donor engagement strategies in place is important for any nonprofit that wants to inspire generosity in their community and build a base of lifelong supporters. But the world is a noisy place: Donors are bombarded with constant messaging that can drown out a nonprofit’s attempts to reach them. And not just any people!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2013

” There is the occasional personal tweet , but these serve to make him seem approachable and human. Don’t let the learning curve get in the way of adopting social media as a personal and organizational leadership tool for your organization as Alexandra Samuel advises in this recent post on the WSJ.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

Personally, I tend to resist doing a time study, and the way I get myself to do it is to imagine that I’m being paid for every minute I spend working. Plus, it’s just frustrating to constantly on the hunt for a note or a phone number. But I need an accurate list of tasks and time to submit a correct invoice.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We often put things off, placing learning skills on the shelf where they weren’t easily accessible to us. Plus, coming from a place of love happens to be the best way to fulfill on your nonprofit mission and build the lasting connections with supporters you will need to survive and thrive (more on this to come, I promise).

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Personalize your outreach. Creating individualized outreach may not be possible for all your nonprofit’s donors, but you should devote the time necessary to personalize major donor outreach. Therefore, they deserve highly personalized outreach that speaks to their unique needs and preferences. What are their demographics?

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 2, 2024

In the time it takes a paper bidder to find an auction table, write down a bid, and place it in the basket, the app and web user will have already placed their bid and continued their conversation. These stats may put your mind at ease: According to the Pew Research Center , 97% of Americans own a cell phone, and 90% use smartphones.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 21, 2013

we get new cell phones on average every 18 months. One of biggest risks we face is the critical data stored in our old phones that we get rid of. The good news is that it’s pretty easy to do a hard reset and clear mobile phones of personal information. from your cell phone, if your phone has one of those.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

As a grantmaking organization focused on the success of your grantees, it is essential to have a process in place to manage personnel changes—for both you and your grantees—so everyone stays informed and on schedule. When a new person comes on, it’s a good time to understand exactly what access they need.

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EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

Here are some tips for engaging supporters in legislative advocacy: Prep supporters for real-time meetings: If you’re engaging in-person, it’s important to be respectful of and ready to meet the legislative official and their staff. Fortunately, technology like digital advocacy tools make this easy to do for staff and supporters alike.

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