Selfish Giving

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The gang at Remarkable Partnerships (RP) in the UK has shared a helpful article for new corporate fundraisers. It's called 5 Top Tips for New Corporate Fundraisers. I agree with every point! Those Brits are so wicked smahht!?????? However, let me take a moment today to expand on their points and offer a few key insights of my own. ?? Be a sponge. You need to learn the job, and the best way to do that is to shadow someone else who is already doing it.

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Joan Garry

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

An engaged board is a high-functioning board. Keep reading to learn how to empower your board to engage in strategic decision making for your nonprofit. The post A Step-by-Step Recipe For Meaningful Board Engagement appeared first on Joan Garry Consulting.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

If your nonprofit is thinking about planning a golf fundraiser in 2023—whether it’s a brand new event or an established tournament—there are a few simple steps to take right now to make sure your outing is set up for success. 1. Start With Technology. The right technology tools are key to easy planning and successful execution of a golf fundraiser. Because golf events have unique components—like handicaps, flighting, hole assignments, scoring—having a platform that’s specifically designed for go

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The following is an excerpt from our class How to Find New Major Donors and Get Them to Give to Your Non-Profit. Who qualifies as a major donor prospect for your organization? As you are looking for donors to make contact with and insert into your fundraising funnel, you don’t want to waste time. Who can you truly call a “major donor prospect?” Far too many organizations reply “everyone is a prospect” or “everyone with enough money is a prospect.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

As a nonprofit, every penny spent on direct mail needs to be accounted for. It also needs to be justified. However, if you find a simple way to increase your ROI, you should jump all over it. That simple thing is direct mail personalization.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

By KC Hardin. In 2020 I shut down Esperanza San Felipe, a nonprofit I had founded seven years earlier that some, including myself, once thought held the secret to tackling one of the world’s most intractable problems: gang violence. Esperanza demobilized four street gangs in one neighborhood in Panama City with positive social outcomes for many of their members.

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Blue Avocado

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Nonprofits that do not deliver on the terms of a grant contract are at risk of having to return the funding. Make sure you have a plan. The post You Got the Grant! Now What? appeared first on Blue Avocado.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

One of the most pressing issues for today’s nonprofit professionals is the uncertainty of today’s economy. Inflation is skyrocketing, and consumer prices are through the roof. So, what does this mean for fundraisers? Logic would tell us that with higher expenses, potential donors have less money to give to their favorite causes.

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Fundraising Report Card

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Nonprofit marketing is an essential component of your organization’s overall strategy because it enables you to get the word out about your various initiatives and to make the world more aware of your cause. Many organizations focus the majority of their efforts on promoting their cause to brand new prospective supporters. Supporter acquisition is essential … Continue reading "Retargeted advertisements: A quick nonprofit guide".

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Tips for writing a non-profit vision statement that will shape your organizations future. Whether you use social media, emails, or any other means to reach your target audience, always deliver engaging, creative, and unique content. Improve your Content Marketing Strategy. There is no doubt that growing an online business can be challenging if you don’t know the right ways to promote it.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The post A Better Feasibility Study: How to Prepare for a Successful Campaign appeared first on Bloomerang.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Mastercard extended the deadline for its new recurring donor payment regulations that include regular email receipts, online cancellation options and more. Here’s what we know now and what your nonprofit needs to know to be in compliance.

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Foundation Group

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The post Five Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits That Don’t Work (or Why You Aren’t Raising Enough Money) appeared first on Foundation Group®.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Earlier this summer I shared Why It’s So Hard to Work During the Summer , but since everyone knows that Labor Day means summertime is over (at least here in the US), it’s time to buckle down again. You’ve got annual reports to create, year-end fundraising campaigns to perfect, and the 101 other things nonprofit communicators are asked to do.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

By SSIR Editors. Stanford Social Innovation Review ’s 2022 Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI) will focus on opportunities to bridge the divides that exist in society. How do we encourage greater cooperation and collaboration in what can feel like an increasingly divisive world? The conference will explore the role of civil society organizations in finding common ground, ways to facilitate collaboration, combatting disinformation, and other topics.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Artificial Intelligence can now be used to enable behavioral economics modeling (BEM), the well-established field that combines economics and psychology to comprehend how and why people behave the way they do when making financial decisions.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Across the nation, as summer draws to an end and mother nature prepare for her fall showstopper, so does the nonprofit sector. Listen carefully and you’ll hear the call going up in charity offices everywhere: What’s the plan for our end-of-year fundraising campaign ? There is no one size fits all answer to this question. While one particular organization may get greater traction with their in-person events , another makes better use of their donor relationships.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Annie Schmitz Says Goodbye to Memphis and Momentum Nonprofit Partners At the end of this week, I will be moving on from my role as Director of Programs and Research at Momentum Nonprofit Partners. My husband was recently offered his dream job in Minneapolis, and after much deliberation, we made the decision to accept this exciting opportunity for our family.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Style guides are essential tools for nonprofit communicators. They convey the “rules” for everything from whether you use the serial or Oxford comma, to how you punctuate abbreviations like a.m. and p.m. to what words you use to describe certain groups of people ( seniors, elderly, older people, etc. ) and more. And that’s just on the language side.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Volunteer orientations present the opportunity to make a good first impression. They also allow your organization to get to know supporters, build relationships between volunteers, communicate your mission and confirm that volunteers understand their commitment to the cause.

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Communication 98

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to handle gift solicitation when more cultivation is needed first. . Dear Charity Clairity, What do you do if the purpose of your visit is to get to know the donor better, understand what floats their boat, and begin to build a trusting relationship, yet midway through

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Concord Leadership

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Have you ever done business with someone and then feel like they’ve ghosted you? You thought things went well, they seemed to like you, but now they don’t reply to anything? Even things they’d promised to respond to? Yesterday, I got to spend the day training a great team of fundraisers. I shared a number […]. The post The Foundation for Great Follow Up appeared first on The Concord Leadership Group, LLC.

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iMarketSmart

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

“Let’s hire Johnny… He knows everybody!”. Here’s the problem: Johnny is an idiot. Let me explain. So many times, organizations want to hire major gift fundraisers because of the people that the gift officer knows. Or worse, the fundraiser presents themselves as valuable because of the connections they have. These are the worst fundraisers in the industry.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Authentique Agency announced the launch of its newest initiative, "Project 1800," an inaugural program developed to support the community by offering 1,800 pro bono hours annually to deserving U.S. nonprofits. Qualified organizations will receive free marketing resources and services from Authentique's team of professionals.

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Marketing Marketing Nonprofits 98

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The post Succession Planning: Strategies That Work appeared first on Bloomerang.

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Anedot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Solano County, CA, September 8, 2022 – September 11, 2022, will mark the 21st anniversary of September 11 th. The September 11 th National Day of Service and Remembrance or 9/11 Day is a federally recognized National Day of Service encouraging individuals, families, teams, communities, and service groups to help others and make a positive mark on the world. .

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Prosper Strategies

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

A Theory of Change is a visual definition of the broader social change an organization is looking to achieve, hand-in-hand with others in its ecosystem, and a map of all of the outcomes and activities necessary to achieve it. The post Creating a Theory of Change: Everything Your Nonprofit Needs to Know appeared first on Prosper Strategies.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

There is an important new trend where nonprofits have to or want to transition from one recurring donor processor to another. And there's been horror stories about the number of sustainers a nonprofit can lose if the organization doesn’t do it right. .

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Nonprofits 95

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The post Recession-Proof Your Nonprofit…with Grants! appeared first on Bloomerang.

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Nonprofits 94

Fundraising Leadership

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Invoicing tips can help ease time spent on this crucial task. The global electronic invoicing market is booming, and according to imarc's E-invoicing market forecast report for 2022-2027, it’s not going to stop anytime soon. As businesses across various industries make the switch from paper-based invoices to completely digital ones, entrepreneurs are uncovering smart ways to further optimize their billing systems.

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The LAPA Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

You are the most important aspect of your fundraising program, not the latest software, not the latest research findings, not the latest prospect research tactic. Solely, you. Without you, all the rest is grist for the mill. These tips drawn from my own recent professional development experiences may inspire you. Here goes.: Sometimes you must forget everything and start anew.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Using data in the form of stories, not statistics, is a powerful idea that is important to apply in major gifts as it relates to the use of wealth data to determine the inclination of a donor to give to your organization.

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Concord Leadership

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

As an executive coach, I spend the majority of my time helping clients figure out exactly what to say at various points in their journey: a career change holding firm to a boundary helping a disgruntled client or staff member making a sale asking for money answering objections firing someone Whether business owners, middle managers, […]. The post Are you planning your critical conversations?

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Fundraising Leadership

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Sophia Jackson Myles was one of many inspirational leaders at the recent Power Up Conference: The Big RE. (Photo by Karianne Munstedt.). Your internal obstacles are as powerful as your external obstacles at preventing you from realizing your full potential. But there are key strategies to overcoming both kinds of barriers. Hope Timberlake, coach, trainer and author of Speak Up, Dammit: How To Quiet Your Fears, Polish Your Presence and Share Your Voice shared with a virtual audience at the recent

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Date: September 7, 2022. CONTACT: Shara Szott, Chief Solutions Officer, shara@nla1.org. Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Names Interim President for a Planned Leadership Transition. KANSAS CITY, MO – After more than 17 years of leadership at the national organization, Susan Tomlinson Schmidt, CNP, is stepping down as President of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance effective September 30, 2022.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

An institution’s alumni are a reflection of its past, a representation of its present, and a link to its future. An alumni reunion is a memorable event where attendees can reminisce about the good old days with former classmates. It can also provide tremendous increases in alumni giving to their alma mater. .

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. Check out our last installment here ! Sustainer programs are growing in popularity—M+R’s Benchmarks for the year 2021 found that recurring giving grew by 24 percent over 2020.

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