Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 1, 2020

By Michelle Chen is an independent scholar with a PhD in mass communications with a focus on advocacy, activism and social change. While social media is now a common part of every nonprofit’s communication strategy, a common sentiment is that interacting on social media is a poor substitute to in-person interactions.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 1, 2024

Understanding the giving habits and motivations of your millennial audience will give you a leg up in the fundraising space. Their familiarity with technology can also enhance your organization’s fundraising and communication strategies. They have a strong desire to make a positive impact. Communication is the key to this.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 4, 2023

When we look at the giving landscape in North America, the preferences and motivations for giving vary across different generations. Silent Generation donors value personal connections and traditional forms of communication. They value transparency and are more inclined to research organizations before donating.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

When you incorporate game-like elements and challenges into your event, you excite your attendees and encourage their active participation. As EventMobi explains , event gamification “repurposes gaming tactics for an event context, inspiring friendly competition amongst attendees and incentivizing active event participation.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2021

When you invite these loyal supporters to take action, you need to introduce your campaign in a way that emphasizes their unique value and motivates them to help kick off your fundraising effort. Remind your donors that they bring a unique value to your organization. Explain your motivation. Provide all of the details.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 25, 2023

Fortunately, an approach that is resonant with nonprofit purpose and values already exists, even if it is overlooked. Nonprofits seek to meet community needs. Adopting business or market principles in nonprofits without considering their suitability can compromise the work nonprofits do to convene community to meet a shared mission.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 2, 2023

If you already have a few campaigns under your belt, you may be wondering how to improve your outreach or communication methods to continue meeting revenue goals. Streamlined communication. Additionally, you can use this data to create leaderboards that gamify the fundraising process and motivate players to participate.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 26, 2023

7 Omnichannel Customer Engagement Strategies for Nonprofit Organizations When it comes to nonprofits, engagement is the lifeblood that fuels volunteer participation, donations, and advocacy work. Enhancing your communication: you need to effectively communicate your mission, values, and impact to inspire and motivate your supporters.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 28, 2024

To help you grow into a modern leader, we’ll explore these common nonprofit management skills you can (and should) develop at your own organization: Marketing Fundraising Public Speaking Interpersonal Communications Relationship-Building Strategic Planning Delegation Budget Allocation Problem-Solving Before training your team, invest in yourself.

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Ann Green

APRIL 14, 2022

Increasing donor engagement can motivate a donor to give a second gift and keep them donating. The RFM analysis model is a method of measuring engagement levels by scoring donor contributions across three dimensions: recency, frequency, and monetary value. . Monetary Value of Donations. Fundraising Participation Rate .

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Host interactive events: Consider organizing interactive events where participants need to work together to solve a puzzle or mystery. Arrange inclusive community events: Community gatherings that celebrate diversity and inclusivity can resonate with a broad audience, including those who are passionate about social causes.

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Nonprofit Fixer

AUGUST 15, 2023

It requires excellent communication, organization, creativity, and problem-solving. GET THE BOARD FUNDRAISING WORKSHEET Communication Skills Are More Important than Ever There are so many different ways that fundraising intersects with communication. Our motivations are for the common good and the public interest.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 7, 2024

Some years ago, we participated in an activity aimed at raising awareness of gender bias among hiring managers. Only Paty, Lumi, and one other woman in the group agreed that there was gender inequity, and the other participants were astonished that the three of us aligned against their view.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 30, 2014

To be successful fundraisers, we need to understand how to communicate to our audience segments in order to make the right kind of ask. To tap into that power, it’s crucial that we answer the question, “What motivates millennials to give?” They value relationships. This has been true from generation to generation.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 4, 2023

However, you probably work at an organization where each department works in a “horseshoe” format – meaning nobody collaborates well and communication takes way too long – traveling up the chain of command, across, and then back down. The main problem is that many people view this as playing politics and refuse to participate.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Do you have a difficult time motivating them to participate in this essential activity—one that helps your nonprofit carry out its mission? . Furthermore, if they don’t want to fundraise because they see that it’s something that you have trouble with, it’ll be even more difficult to motivate them! What stories can they tell? .

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Getting Attention

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Here’s a proven but frequently overlooked method to help you get there: consistent communications. Consistency enables your people and prospects to recognize your organization’s communications in a flash. Now, here’s what consistency doesn’t mean: saying the same thing to everyone in every conversation and communication.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 14, 2021

Your supporters want to purchase a quality product, with good value, and something they may not find every day. Set goals for individuals to keep them motivated and on a winning path. Identify an array of people with specific skills: email communications, social media, etc. What can you do? Be very clear!

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 29, 2024

For example, giving back through philanthropic initiatives shows that you care about your community. Additionally, revisiting your marketing campaigns can help you connect with local audiences, reach new audiences and generations , and personalize communications.

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Fundraising Coach

MARCH 31, 2023

Nonprofit storytelling is the practice of using real, compelling examples of your nonprofit’s work and impact in your communications with supporters. Reflect on how you currently communicate your nonprofit’s story, then tap into your creativity to start developing your own storytelling technique to maximize these benefits.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Ethical values are critical to all that we do,” says Dr. Nancy Krieger , a professor of social epidemiology at Harvard T.H. To ground participants in shared language, Lee explains in her opening presentation that public health ethics is both a noun and verb. Chan School of Public Health. But why is this approach necessary?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

By recognizing and addressing their unique requirements, you create an environment in which they feel valued and invested in your organization’s mission. Acknowledging efforts: Expressing appreciation and value Board members within your nonprofit seek validation for their contributions, much like individuals in personal relationships.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2022

Ask if there’s a way for your communications to be more explicit in naming race, and if what you’re referencing applies in a similar way to people who are Black, Indigenous, or people of color. How can we develop more actionable reactions and communications? Disappointed? Differently-abled.

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Candid

JUNE 28, 2022

Use your donor database and communication tools–like an email marketing platform, if you have one–to segment or group donors based on shared characteristics. Invite donors to participate in peer-to-peer fundraising initiatives , volunteer opportunities, advocacy campaigns, and other activities. Segmenting donors.

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Getting Attention

JULY 9, 2012

When those seats are gone, I’ll close enrollment and bring my full attention to our new crop of program participants. As of a few minutes ago, when I spoke with program manager Kim Bancsi, we have 3 spots left in the Tagline Focus Project (starts tomorrow, July 10). Register now and let’s get started!

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iMarketSmart

JANUARY 9, 2023

The donor must participate. Monomyth motives. The motives can be different for each of the three steps. The first uses a social motive. The donor’s life story, people, and values link to the cause. The second uses an impact motive. The third uses an honor motive. She provides value as a guiding sage.

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Bloomerang

MAY 10, 2022

Create and send updates that communicate the impact they made. You can do this by encouraging them to participate in a volunteer opportunity or attend one of your events. Create a communication cadence. This can help you decide how to space out your donor communications. . If applicable, thank your donor publicly.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Knowing your audience members’ relative age range can help you choose how to communicate with them. For those long-term donors, you could instead share a survey asking for their feedback on why they first donated to your cause and what motivated them to continue supporting your mission. . Engage with your community.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JULY 3, 2023

They can visualize the knowledge you want to communicate to audiences. The combination of compelling visuals, storytelling, and emotional appeal in crowdfunding videos can create a sense of urgency and motivation for viewers to make a donation. Moreover, adding a clear call-to-actions helps organizations to capture more participants.

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Twenty Hats

DECEMBER 28, 2021

On the other hand, I feel like the existing posts do a good job of articulating my volunteer engagement philosophy: that quality volunteer engagement cannot occur without motivated, dedicated, and well-trained volunteer managers. In fact, “ True marketing is all about communicating the value of a service.”

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Pam Moore

JUNE 23, 2019

I learned very early in my career the value of staying VERY close to the revenue, to never stop learning and to always share what I learned to empower others. Your ability to empower, inspire, motivate and move your audience to real action that changes their mindset, business or life is what matters. Communicate and Work like a pro.

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Pam Moore

JUNE 23, 2019

I learned very early in my career the value of staying VERY close to the revenue, to never stop learning and to always share what I learned to empower others. Your ability to empower, inspire, motivate and move your audience to real action that changes their mindset, business or life is what matters. Communicate and Work like a pro.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Our work studying local social networks, developing local social networking software, and experimenting with local social networks in partnership with local governments, nonprofits, and media has revealed a potential solution: networks that are values-driven, closely moderated, trusted, and local.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Relating with new people will help to build your communication skills. Business owners who know how to communicate find it easy to motivate their team members, pitch to clients and investors, and network with other people in their niche. You will have to do a lot of research to get the best deals and save your time and money.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 6, 2017

Amabile calls this the “progress principle.” When she compared her research participants’ best and worst days (defined by their mood, specific emotions, and motivation levels), the best days were those where any progress on the work by either the individual or their team took place.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Compliance Requirements: Participants must follow rules to stay eligible. After all, the program constantly evolves to ensure it stays valuable for participating nonprofits, web users, and Google itself. It explains every part of Google’s website policy, so you can get approved and drive real value through the program.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

The internet allows people to communicate with others from all around the world, spreading awareness of volunteering without having any restrictions due to physical barriers. In addition, many high school and college students participate in service-learning projects, which combine elements of education and volunteerism.

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