Sat.Feb 05, 2022 - Fri.Feb 11, 2022

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How To Handle A Disgruntled Donor

Bloomerang

Have you ever worried about offending a donor? If so, you’re not alone. Most fundraisers I know have done their share of mental gymnastics worrying about this possibility. Maybe you’re afraid you’ll offend them by sending too many emails. Perhaps you’re worried about the response to a photo or language you used in your appeals. The important thing is to be prepared to respond to your donors’ feelings.

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Pop-Ups: How to Make Them Work for Your Nonprofit Website

Nonprofit Tech for Good

“Pop-ups.” For many of us, it’s a dirty word on the web. We all have bad memories of pop-ups interrupting our flow on websites when we simply wanted to read some content, buy something, or take another action. Everything is going great until that dreaded pop-up appears. Indeed, pop-ups can be disruptive and distracting when they’re poorly implemented or not useful.

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Your 2022 Fundraising Planner

NonProfit PRO

Set a goal, make a plan to achieve it, then work the plan. In Your 2022 Fundraising Planner, Pamela Grow - named one of America’s Top 25 Fundraising Experts - outlines how to organize your annual plan by funding source, strategy, cost, and anticipated income.

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Can I Be Successful and NOT Be a Morning Person?

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

When I am not sure what I want to blog about, I hit up my Feedly and look for inspiration from other writers and bloggers. And in the self-help sections I invariably find an article telling me that to be successful I need to maximize my mornings. The latest one is by Nancy Solari and is called Morning Routine for Entrepreneurs: How to Kick Off Your Day Feeling Driven.

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Fundraising Best Practices: How To Host A Successful Peer-To-Peer Event

Bloomerang

Are you struggling to find new donors? If so, peer-to-peer fundraising is a perfect fundraising strategy for you to try out this year. With peer-to-peer fundraising, donors raise money on your behalf by leveraging their personal networks. This strategy encourages your supporters to engage with each other and their friends and creates further awareness for your nonprofit by spreading your mission to new audiences.

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8 Fundraising Tools to Watch in 2022

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Each year Nonprofit Tech for Good features a new set of niche online fundraising tools that are timely and relevant for the year to come. From accepting stock donations online to using TikTok for fundraising, these tools represent current trends in fundraising that will continue to mature throughout 2022. 1. DonateStock :: donatestock.com. DonateStock allows US-based nonprofits to easily claim and create a branded page that enables donors to give stock donations online to that nonprofit. 2.

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Trends and Must-Have Social Media Tools Ruling 2022 

NonProfit PRO

Social media is an essential marketing tool to drive brand awareness. As we enter a new year soon, let’s explore first some of the top trends and then some of the excellent tools to have your brand stand out from the rest.

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Implementing “No Meetings” Days and Weeks

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

One of the best decisions I’ve made for my own productivity is implementing “no meetings” days. I have since extended that to “no meetings” weeks, which had made an even bigger difference for me. Why Nonprofit Communicators Need No Meeting Days. Undivided and uninterrupted time is so incredibly essential to strategic communications work.

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The Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. Keep reading this Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits to learn what makes accounting for nonprofits unique and get tips on choosing the best accounting software for your organization.

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6 Points of Economic Reality for Major Gifts

NonProfit PRO

“We need more money. That’s why we’re starting a major gifts program.” This is how many leaders think the economy of a major gifts program works. They decide to do it and — bam! — the money starts to flow in immediately. These leaders need a dose of economic reality as it relates to major gifts.

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Providing Donation Receipts: 4 Compliance Requirements

Elevation

Walking donors through the giving process from their first interaction with your organization to their eventual conversion requires a dedicated effort from your nonprofit. However, even after processing your supporters’ gifts, there is often still one last step: providing a donation receipt.

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5 Best Practices to Ensure Smooth Form 990 Preparation

Foundation Group

The post 5 Best Practices to Ensure Smooth Form 990 Preparation appeared first on Foundation Group®.

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How You Can Improve Your Donor Communication

Ann Green

One of the many lessons since the pandemic started is generic, organization-centered communication has to go. I know there has been some conflict about donor-centered vs community-centered over the last two years and I think we can have both. What you don’t want is to be organization-centered. You can’t communicate with your donors without focusing on them.

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Dysfunctional Boards Are the Result of Dysfunctional Members

NonProfit PRO

If you work for any nonprofit, over time, you will interface with a nonprofit board of directors. Board members can help take a nonprofit to a successful level or be an energy drain on staff members.

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Why Nonprofit Leaders Should Be Involved in the Automation Discussion

Allison Fine

Kanter and Fine’s research examined not only how automation is already being used by nonprofits — for traditional tasks such as fundraising and back-of-the-house work — but also the innovative ways that automated approaches are pushing the sector forward. Kanter cites food banks in particular, which saw an increased need for their services during the pandemic, creating opportunities for digital transformation.

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Three Things Donors Should Know BEFORE Your Next Fundraising Event

Caring Truth-Teller

You’ve spent so much time on the details of planning your next fundraising event. Whether it’s a golf outing, gala, fundraising breakfast or lunch, wine-tasting, or fund-a-need activity — invitations are sent and then you expect donors to give. Unfortunately, your guests don’t care much about the napkin colors, centerpieces, gift bags, or the font on the invitation.

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9 reasons why people put money in holding pens (such DAFs or foundations) instead of giving directly right away

iMarketSmart

1. Indecisive. They want and need to give and they might have organizations in mind, but they haven’t decided where to give yet. 2. Fearful. They are afraid to give impulsively. They’ve done that before and encountered donor remorse. So they put the money in the holding pen as a ‘circuit breaker’ 3. Unprepared. They have a good idea of which organization they want to give to but feel they still need to do their due diligence before they pull the trigger. 4.

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Nonprofit Advertising in a New Digital Landscape

NonProfit PRO

Digital advertising and testing, often thought to be reserved for high-resourced organizations, can be done on an attainable scale for smaller grassroots organizations. They can benefit the most from outreach via programmatic advertising.

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Who Do You Need To Make Your ERP Migration A Success?

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Who Do You Need To Make Your ERP Migration A Success? Migrating your company’s database is one of the best ways to further boost your organization’s efficiency. But who do you need to have it done right? At the core of every organization is a reliable system and database that can enable employees to access a consistent set of information. This can then serve as their guide when accomplishing tasks, and hence, efficient performance and success of the company.

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Introducing Candid Learning for Funders

Candid

Today marks the launch of Candid Learning for Funders , your new destination for field guides, blogs, training, and tools designed to improve the practice of grantmaking. . Beginning today, Candid’s funder field guides, self-paced courses, and learning tools that were previously found on Grantcraft.org will now be part of Candid Learning for Funders.

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App Review: ActiveCollab for Project Management

Nonprofit Productive

This is part III of our series on project management for nonprofit teams, whether they are distributed or work in person. In part I, I reviewed Taskade. That was followed up by a review of Nozbe Teams. In this post, we'll study ActiveCollab , an app that is equally powerful and for reasons I'm not sure, often overlooked by the bigger dogs in the project management game like Asana and Monday.com.

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Nonprofits Are Facing New Challenges. Can Insurance Help?

NonProfit PRO

Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) is proud to partner with NonProfit Pro to provide the 2021 Research report: “Challenges, Opportunities, and Insurance Buying Trends in the Nonprofit Industry 2021.” Download your FREE report to learn about the current challenges and impact of COVID-19 on this sector.

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Bloomerang

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Fundraisers Must Take Time Off From Work. Here’s How to Do It.

Get Fully Funded

When you work in fundraising, the last thing you may think you can do is take time off from work. Fundraising has a round-the-clock urgency, the feeling that you always need to be planning the next campaign, sending a report to a funder, or whipping up social media graphics. It’s true, there is a lot to do. And one thing you absolutely, positively MUST DO if you want to stay at the top of your game is take time off.

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Newsletter: Will the Rep-Less Sales Model Spread to Corporate Partnerships? ; Charity Pinups are Back at 800 Pilot Co. Locations ; How to Negotiate Salary in the Nonprofit Sector

Selfish Giving

Those numbers above? Those are my Open Rate, Click Rate and total Clicks from a recent newsletter. ?????? For those of you who don't know. ??Open Rate = Percentage of email subscribers that opened an email. The average open rate for nonprofit email is around 20%. ??Click Rate = The percentage of subscribers that clicked on at least one link in an email.

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Making the Right Software Choices in a Rapidly Evolving Nonprofit Tech Market

NonProfit PRO

Today’s nonprofits cannot thrive without a solid technology foundation and a strong technology strategy. But finding the right technology for your organization and implementing it in a way that supports your short-term and long-term goals can be challenging. It can help to know some basics about today’s nonprofit technology landscape. Here are some essential ideas to consider as you think about your nonprofit’s technology choices.

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Cryptocurrency for Nonprofits: 6 Things You Need to Know

The Charity CFO

By now, you’ve heard about cryptocurrency… . But maybe you’re a bit wary of the technology. Or you think it’s just another financial bubble. Or a boiling swamp of high-risk speculation. And you’re certainly not sure why your nonprofit should care about it. We don’t want to exaggerate the impact…but trillions of dollars in wealth have been created in digital currency in record time. .

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The importance of talking about—and collecting data on—race to improve racial equity

Candid

Originally published by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP). . Not so long ago, the word “race” was something that many people shied away from—a four-letter word not to be spoken in polite company. Similarly, “racial equity” and “racial justice” were terms mostly used by advocates and experts. Today, these terms come up in daily conversations, corporate websites, and foundations’ decision-making and strategies.

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Does Your Organization’s Storytelling Perpetuate Harm?

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

Follow Gladiator Consulting on Instagram , Facebook and Twitter. Storytelling is a powerful tool. It not only connects our donors with the individuals we are serving. It also allows those we serve to see themselves reflected in the stories of others. It gives real-life examples that can live alongside quantitative data. Long story-short, storytelling connects our work in meaningful, transformational ways to our community members.

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Don’t Take Shortcuts: Stretch to Build Capacity and a Genuine Culture of Philanthropy

NonProfit PRO

While some major donors are helping to boost overall giving in terms of dollars, the number of donors is shrinking. There are some nonprofit leaders who take shortcuts. Some shortcuts include not building capacity — the fuel to fund their mission and the people to whom they serve.

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Always Send Your Fundraising E-Mails in Flights

Joe Garecht

Most non-profits know the power of e-mail for fundraising. While e-mail fundraising isn’t as effective as asking for gifts in-person or on the phone, e-mail remains the most effective digital fundraising strategy. (To learn more about why that is, read The Most Important Thing to Understand for Online Fundraising ). In previous articles, we talked about how to write great fundraising e-mails and how to pick effective subject lines … in this article, I want to show you another strategy that can

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Book Review: The Thief in Your Company: Protect Your Organization from the Financial and Emotional Impacts of Insider Fraud

Successful Nonprofits

T he Thief in Your Company: Protect Your Organization from the Financial and Emotional Impacts of Insider Fraud Author: Tiffany Couch CPA/CFF, CFE Who is this book for: If you are responsible for raising, spending, or accounting for a single penny at work, then this book is for you. From staff who accept payments Read More. The post Book Review: The Thief in Your Company: Protect Your Organization from the Financial and Emotional Impacts of Insider Fraud appeared first on Successful Nonprofits.

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Mixed Links for Nonprofit Communicators – February 11, 2022

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

Happy almost Valentine’s Day or if maybe football is more your thing Happy Almost Big Game. Either way, let’s tackle the sexiest articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of nonprofit marketing and fundraising. This week we have Instagram tips, content mistakes, diversity training, the best Super Bowl ads, and more. It’s time for Mixed Links… Here are 18 Instagram Tools to Improve Your Marketing.

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Gift Histories Predict the Future

NonProfit PRO

Determining where the funds will come from to deliver on the mission can feel a bit like a numerical game of Tetris, trying to make all the pieces fit together no matter how strange the final configuration. Here is how to use gift histories to help forecast future fundraising goals.

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Sex Texting Sites No Registration

Fundraiser Ideas

This’s a head game, homosexual women! Constructed between Savannah, Georgia and Hilton Head, Daufuskie Island, Sc is the perfect beach escape. They’ve been experts in culling the finest styles and www.adultpersonals.org/free-sexting-online/ aspire to continue grooming people in memorable looks. My clients follow my 10-Message Rule. She revels in not just poking fun at her ex but also at herself.

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Accounting Blueprint for Achieving Your Mission

NonProfit PRO

This handy mission-control checklist guides your nonprofit through strategic planning, budgeting, audit preparation and compliance, technology decisions and more. Download your copy today, and get ready to reach unimaginable heights of success.

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The Difference a Quarter Could Make in Monthly Giving

NonProfit PRO

One of the ways Aldi can keep its prices low is by using a quarter in a very special way. If you’ve shopped at one of its stores, you already know what I mean.

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