iMarketSmart

MARCH 15, 2024

So, tragedy is not too strong a word; it applies to donors who could have done so much more and to organizations who missed so much by skimming across the surface of human potential but most especially to those who spent a career fundraising without witnessing the awe-inspiring soul and the vast potential of true philanthropy.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It also signals the arrival of a season of significant generosity—with nearly 37% of giving occurring in the final three months of the year. Get step-by-step guidance and practical tools for running an effective, well-coordinated annual giving campaign. Autumn brings more than a colorful display of leaves changing, though.

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Candid

MAY 31, 2023

We’ve scoured our online library to find you our best quick reads and easy listens that will inspire you and help you recharge. We have several quick reads that will give your skills a boost—with minimal time and effort: Nonprofit Quick Guides by Joanne Oppelt and Linda Lysakowski. Have we got some recommendations for you!

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We have ideas for newsletters, social media, blog posts, and more. Give a shout-out to those who keep your nonprofit running. This year’s theme is “Inspire Inclusion.” Use warmer weather, flowers blossoming, snow melting away, grass turning green, fresh beginnings as inspiration. 3/1: World Compliment Day.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

With a robust marketing strategy, your organization can create excitement and hype around your event, effectively motivating attendees to sign up, participate, and give to your organization. You can also create extra hype around your event by giving a sneak peek of your auction items or providing biographies of the speakers in attendance.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

According to the newly released 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report , it is! Here is what the report says: 26% of donors worldwide say that email is the communication tool that most inspires them to give with social media coming in a close second at 25%. Only 18% say that social media inspires them to give them most.

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Candid

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As we prepare to ring in the New Year, we wanted to bring you a taste of our own flavor of Spotify Wrapped by revisiting and reflecting on the top 10 most-read Candid blogs from 2022: 1. Topping the charts of most-read Candid blogs of 2022: the overhead myth. Read her blog to see if these trend predictions came true.

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Donorbox Nonprofit

MARCH 3, 2023

You can turn your lobby into a space that makes people stop, engage, and connect with your church better with ideas we share in this blog. Older churches with traditional construction may feel like the […] The post 10 Creative Church Lobby Ideas to Engage & Inspire Giving appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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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. . Takeaway: Think you can’t afford to invest in legacy giving ? Why Should I Give to You?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

AI as a writing tool can make you even more efficient and give you time to do other things like plan great fundraising campaigns. They answer questions, make requested lists, and, if you ask, will write a letter, blog post, or social media captions. Like many nonprofits, Eventgroove is a small company. Be detailed and specific.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

And it’s better to give it sooner than later, for a couple of reasons. Recency is the most important predictor of likelihood to give. If your donor is stuck in processing mode for weeks or months after giving, you’ll miss out on their most-likely-to-give-again period – a time when you could have received a second gift.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Tons of vendors serving nonprofits began to write blog posts instructing fundraisers to learn how to tell better stories. You’re just now realizing that stories inspire and motivate?”. Thanks to Rackham’s scientific approach, questions were proven to be the keys to successful inspiration and motivation—not stories and storytelling.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 12, 2023

For example, your Resources tab may have links to your Blog and Webinars subsections. Streamline giving with a simple donation form. Different giving options. When you offer a variety of giving options, you make donating more convenient for donors , encouraging them to contribute. Search bar.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

Do you want to raise more money and connect with more supporters this Giving Tuesday, and throughout the entire giving season? The conversation touches on Karen’s dual role as a writer, sharing her creative process and the inspiration behind her novels. Then check out Givebutter ! And the best part?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

A well-rounded fundraising plan should include a variety of strategies like a signature event, appeals, monthly giving, and at least one online fundraising campaign. An online campaign is pretty important for Giving Tuesday or other giving days. So, give this effort the time and attention it deserves! Define your needs.

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Selfish Giving

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

I also recommend Headway Themes , the framework on which my WordPress blog is built. Of course, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention John Haydon for his guidance and inspiration on all things blog-related. My goal in redesigning my blog was to give it a more modern look. redesign, the focal point.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Sponsored by Give Lively Increasingly, donors are turning to social media to find causes to support. According to a recent survey , almost half of millennials say they’re inspired to give to charity by social media. Setting up a blog on Medium is a great way to start telling your nonprofit’s story (and it’s free).

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 26, 2023

By focusing on these strategies, your nonprofit organization can forge meaningful connections, inspire action, and create a positive and lasting impact in the community. Enhancing your communication: you need to effectively communicate your mission, values, and impact to inspire and motivate your supporters.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

An effective nonprofit blog is an indispensable marketing tool. The best blogs engage audiences by making personal connections with readers and sharing insider mission information. One of the most important steps in building a productive blogging strategy is creating content that engages and appeals to your audience.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

One of the four most important Vital Signs is the size of the volunteer community and the percentage of that community that gives each year. We have seen many organizations where the rate of giving is consistently over 90% and often hovering at 95%. We know that volunteers give 10 times more over their lifetime than non-engaged donors.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

I wasn’t interested in many Olympic sports until someone came up with the clever idea of preceding them with insightful and inspiring stories about the athletes participating in them. That’s the power of the personal backstory. LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS BELOW AND/OR SHARE IT WITH YOUR PEERS!

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 9, 2023

If you inspire people, you’ll get a gift. Your words must cut through the noise and land smack-dab in the middle of your reader’s or listener’s heart, inspiring them to give. Remember that giving is an emotional act. A good fundraising message gives hope , which triggers action. It’s pretty simple.

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iMarketSmart

MARCH 8, 2024

Planting Seeds: The Step Before Cultivation Why Major Donors Give – How to Tap into Their Motives and Inspire Transformational Gifts LIKE THIS BLOG POST? The Language of Philanthropic Building: 10 Statements That Strike the Right Chords We’d like to explore an alignment of interests.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 28, 2024

Offering professional development opportunities can give employees a clear career advancement path and increase job satisfaction. Especially when operating on a limited marketing budget, you need the ability to create an outreach plan that inspires prospects to get involved. Ad copywriting is vital for inspiring action.

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Fundraising Coach

MARCH 25, 2022

You can also publish blog posts and image galleries to share stories about your fundraising events or memories with your volunteers. Plus, videos can be entertaining, are easy for your audience to process, inspire them to act, and are generally more shareable than other types of content. Blog posts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 6, 2020

The 2020 Global Trends in Giving Survey closed June 1 and the full results will be released September 14 in the third edition of the Global Trends in Giving Report. 1) The top three preferred methods of giving are online (80.5%), bank/wire transfer (18.6%), and direct mail/post (14.4%). The top three countries are the U.S.

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Nonprofit Megaphone

APRIL 17, 2023

One of the keys to capturing your audience’s attention is by crafting compelling blog content. Effective blog posts have the power to inspire, educate, and engage your audience. In this article, we’ll explore 12 ideas for crafting captivating blog posts for your nonprofit’s website.

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Candid

JANUARY 17, 2024

Sample documents and reference materials : Gain inspiration from a collection of sample grant proposals, letters of inquiry, project budgets, and other documents for making your case to funders. The post Unlocking change: Free access to Candid’s nonprofit resources appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Candid

APRIL 6, 2023

In this blog, we’ll explore how to build and optimize your peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns in order to achieve success. Inspire your volunteers and donors with compelling examples and real stories of how your nonprofit makes a difference in the community. Be sure to also share how the populations you serve stand to benefit.

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iMarketSmart

JUNE 9, 2023

In 2007, after listening to a lot of donors and conducting a lot of research, I advised, “Don’t just ask you donors to give to your organization, show them how they can give through it to achieve a significant, sustainable societal impact.” ” It became shortened to just “give through.”

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

I’ve seen first-hand how building in simple and inexpensive donor loyalty strategies makes a huge difference in year-end giving success and your nonprofits’ long-term sustainability. So, don’t wait for the year-end season of giving to be over to start prioritizing appreciation for donors’ gifts and inspiring their continued support.

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Candid

JUNE 7, 2023

Views giving in non-traditional ways , including a strong preference to donate time. When asked what would inspire trust in a nonprofit, 52% of respondents mentioned “evidence of impact,” and 44% cited “reliable reviews/trusted sources.” Lastly, Gen Z’s view of charitable giving is not confined to conventional means.

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iMarketSmart

MARCH 27, 2024

In our quest to inspire past major donors and board members to refer us to their friends and colleagues, we must first address the following five significant obstacles that stand in our way. Explain how you help people find meaning through giving and your non-pressure approach. What do you think of these ideas?

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Do you want to raise more money and connect with more supporters this Giving Tuesday, and throughout the entire giving season? Please give a warm welcome to Kate Meyers Emery, as we delve into the world of nonprofit content creation. And we took a lot of inspiration from that. Then check out Givebutter !

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Candid

APRIL 4, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll not only explore the importance of building strong networks and how to find the folks with whom to prioritize building relationships. A funder’s personal and meaningful connections with nonprofits play a pivotal role in guiding their giving decisions. But there’s a catch: Relationship-building takes time.

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MNA Association

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Note: This blog is inspired by a workshop I designed for nonprofit leaders during the Montana Nonprofit Association 2022 annual conference. There are many more weavers than rippers,” as I wrote in a blog inspired by a David Brooks column in the New York Times. On cultivating wellbeing in a stress-filled world.

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Pam Moore

JULY 10, 2017

Content is simply how we communicate, help, and share information with a goal to inspire, engage and activate our audiences and communities to a desired action. Do you know what action you want your audience, communities and customers to take when they read your blog, listen to your podcast or watch your video? Click To Tweet.

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