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Newsletter: Why Social Media is Important to Corporate Partnerships ; Lamborghini Wears Mustache for Movember ; 100 Nonprofits That Raised the Most Money in 2020

Selfish Giving

My first interaction with the pretzel franchise chain Auntie Anne's was two years ago when I wrote a case study on their outstanding partnership with Alex's Lemonade Stand. (BTW, I like how Alex's set-up their case study page! ) However, my most recent exposure to them was this past weekend when I listened to their social media manager, Bari Rosenstein , discuss how she manages Auntie Anne's social media.

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How to Create Lasting Impact After Giving Tuesday

NonProfit PRO

Giving Tuesday is the global day of giving that results in significant revenue raised. But, it is just one day. How can you better leverage your nonprofit's success after Giving Tuesday?

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Why You Should Move Away From Using Nonprofit Donor Personas And Toward Donor Identities

Bloomerang

Have you developed nonprofit donor personas? Are you basing your strategy decisions off of them? If so, I recommend moving away from those donor personas and toward donor identities instead. . Think about it: Those personas may have been carefully crafted—Soccer Mom, Busy Businessman, Widow, Millennial—but those personas only touch on a small part of your donor’s identity.

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Training Nonprofit Staff & Volunteers Effectively in 5 Steps

Get Fully Funded

Remember Captain Obvious? He was a character invented not long ago to sell bookings on Hotels.com. If he was on television today, he’d be telling us, “In 2020, the world changed.” No kidding! But what a lot of people are expecting (really, hoping) is that after a while, we’ll go back to normal. Not so fast. The world has changed a lot, and it’s not likely to get back to the old normal.

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Is “Thank You” On-Brand for Your Organization?

Mission Minded

When thanking supporters, avoid these 8 pitfalls and watch loyalty and appreciation for your work rise, serving you now and in the year ahead. The post Is “Thank You” On-Brand for Your Organization? appeared first on Mission Minded.

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Ask Donors To Consider a Recurring Donor Advised Fund Gift

NonProfit PRO

Donor advised funds are all the craze lately. Now is the time to motivate those donors who want to optimize their tax deductions this year to consider a gift from their donor advised fund. But did you know that you can ask donors to consider recurring gifts from their donor advised fund?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Does Sharing A Campaign’s Fundraising Goal Drive More Donations?

Bloomerang

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 whether or not it’s a good idea to announce and share a financial goal for their fundraising campaign. . Dear Charity Clairity, My supervisor and I are disagreeing about whether or not to announce a financial goal for our fundraising campaign and, if so, when to sh

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Enter the Fall 2021 Nonprofit Photo Contest

Blue Avocado

Every year, Blue Avocado’s publisher, Nonprofits Insurance Alliance (NIA), hosts the most popular photo contest of the nonprofit sector. All NIA members and Blue Avocado subscribers are eligible to enter and win cash prizes. This year’s theme: HEART FOR COMMUNITY Enter November 1- November 30 Show us a photo of how your nonprofit is making […].

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Segmentation Secrets to Boost Revenue on Giving Tuesday and at Year-End

NonProfit PRO

Equipped with augmented donor data, your nonprofit can apply these insights to inform your Giving Tuesday and year-end segmentation. Here are six recommended segments to leverage in your upcoming campaigns, as well as specific messages you can send to each one to maximize year-end giving.

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How To Overcome Doubt In Order To Better Serve Your Nonprofit And Your Community

Bloomerang

This post is part of a series on limiting beliefs. Read the previous posts on believing that your story doesn’t matter , thinking that success is selfish , being in a victim mindset , living in fear , and thinking you have no time. . In my previous posts, I addressed a host of self-limiting beliefs that keep us from excelling in our careers and changing our communities.

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Top 10 Form 990 Audit Triggers No One Told You About

Foundation Group

The post Top 10 Form 990 Audit Triggers No One Told You About appeared first on Foundation Group®.

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Let’s Talk About Communications Teams [PODCAST]

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

I recently sat down and chatted with Sarah Durham of Big Duck about communications teams. We tackle questions like. Who should be on the comms team? What skills do they really need? What team structures work best (and which don’t)? What are some of the control issues and power dynamics? How big should the team be? What should you hire out? Listen below or get the transcript here.

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The Importance of Development Officers

NonProfit PRO

You cannot generate a consistent flow of dollars without an experienced and dynamic resource development staff. Unfortunately, for many of us in the profession, keeping qualified and trained development officers is easier said than done.

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[EXAMPLE] See A Before And After Of An Effective End-Of-Year Appeal

Bloomerang

In this short post, I’ll give you an example of a successful and effective end-of-year appeal. I hope this example saves you time when you sit down to work on your appeals! . I recently had the opportunity to share feedback with an independent K-12 school on their end-of-year appeal. . Here’s the appeal they shared with me. Here’s a look at the updated appeal.

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4 Tips for Using Your Nonprofit Website to Engage Volunteers

Elevation

As a nonprofit professional or volunteer manager, you likely give plenty of thought to your website’s design and functionality. You’ve probably spent time optimizing different aspects of your website, from your SEO performance to your online fundraising efforts. But, have you considered using your nonprofit website as an engagement tool to interact with your volunteer audience?

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The Six Types of Simple Rules for Communications Workflows

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

Simple Rules: “Shortcut strategies that save time and effort by focusing our attention and simplifying the way we process information.”. Donald Sull and Kathleen M. Eisenhardt in Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World. Nonprofit communicators have to make tons of decisions a day. If making those decisions is hindering the amount of work you get done and making you feel overwhelmed, it’s time to make some simple rules of your own.

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How to Win the War on Talent — Attraction Strategies for Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

It’s important for employers to know what prospective and current employees want in a nonprofit organization. To remain competitive in today’s market for talent, nonprofit employers would benefit from taking this opportunity to reimagine their employee value proposition with these talent attraction strategies.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Digital Analytics Tools?

Bloomerang

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 whether or not it’s worth it to invest in digital analytics tools. . Dear Charity Clairity, We have some high-tech folks on our board, and some think we’re not doing enough digitally.

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New data for strategic disaster philanthropy 

Candid

The COVID-19 pandemic has filled our newsfeeds, our schools, our politics, and our living rooms for two years. Our collective attention has been almost singularly focused on the pandemic and its global effects. For the next 700 words, I invite you to remember the disaster events that occurred in 2019, just months before the pandemic outbreak. . In our eighth annual research report, Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2021: Data to Drive Decisions , developed in partnership with Can

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For the Love of Humankind: End of Year Fundraising for Community impact

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

As nonprofit leaders and advocates in the field, we oftentimes find ourselves asking: am I doing enough ? Or, why am I even doing this work? Or, Is anything going to change? We pride ourselves in setting realistic (or, some of us set outstanding) goals, to reassure that the work we are doing truly impacts the community we set to serve. We plan and evaluate, just to say, “We met our goals,” or that the work we’re doing is great for the community.

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Looking Ahead to 2022: Three Keys to Nonprofit Governance Are Essential to Optimize Operations

NonProfit PRO

These are uniquely challenging times for nonprofits. Nonprofits can look internally to maximize potential and remain operational. For nonprofit leaders navigating this difficult season, here are three tips to get started today.

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How And Why To Run A Nonprofit Focus Group

Bloomerang

If you’re looking to collect feedback from your constituents, you may want to consider holding a nonprofit focus group. It can offer a great way to gain access to invaluable information from your supporters and local community members. What’s the point of a nonprofit focus group and when should you hold one? Although there are many benefits to holding a nonprofit focus group, the main goal is to collect specific data from a certain group of people.

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

A weekly update with the latest news from PND. Climate finance partnership to fund community-led forest conservation. November 11, 2021. A partnership aimed at addressing the climate financing gap for Indigenous communities has been launched with the goal of mobilizing $20 billion a year by 2030. Announced at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, the Peoples Forests Partnership is designed to close a gap in carbon financing: Indigenous peoples manage a fifth

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Mixed Links for Nonprofit Communicators – November 12, 2021

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

Happy Friday, friends! Let’s wrap up the week with the most helpful articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of nonprofit marketing and fundraising. This week we have lots of social media news and tips, a question to ask about Giving Tuesday, what to do about that thing you’ve been putting off and more. It’s time for Mixed Links….

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Transactionalism — The Monster in Your Staff’s Closet

NonProfit PRO

The ultimate expression of transactionalism is assuming that people will not support your mission with their money or time if they are not directly impacted by whatever it is your mission fights.

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Buckle up, fundraisers—hyperinflation and other factors are likely to change everything very soon

iMarketSmart

I sincerely hope I’m wrong. After all, I’m no economist. But it’s becoming more and more difficult for me to ignore the storm clouds gathering on the horizon. I’m not talking about Fundraising Climate Change. I’ve been sounding the alarm about that for over a decade now. That’s the term I assigned to the worldwide growing distrust of charitable organizations , along with a collection of other issues I believe will negatively affect charitable giving over the next decade and beyond.

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How to Create a Nonprofit Fundraising Events Strategy for 2022

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Kevin Santiago , Marketing Director at Paybee – an all-in-one charity fundraising platform that specializes in virtual, hybrid, and in-person fundraising events. Nonprofit fundraising changed drastically in 2020 with a shift toward virtual galas and a need to raise money online. It shifted again in 2021 as small social gatherings returned, enabling nonprofits to produce hybrid fundraisers that connected them with in-person and online donors.

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The Gratitude Season

Ann Green

Now that November is here, many of you are working on your year-end fundraising campaign. It’s also the beginning of the gratitude season with Thanksgiving in the U.S. and the December holidays just around the corner. Is it just me, or did it seem as if stores got into holiday mode earlier than ever this year? Now is a great opportunity to show some gratitude to your donors.

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Does the Next Generation Need to Work at Nonprofits?

NonProfit PRO

Should the next generation go into the nonprofit industry to make a social impact? Or, are there ample opportunities within corporations, social enterprises, and developing small business and actively engaging in philanthropy for the next generations?

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One foundation’s quest for better demographic data

Candid

We are in the midst of a timely and important discussion in philanthropy about increasing support to organizations led by people of color and women. However, many grantmakers like the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation have lacked access to the empirical data on race, gender, and other characteristics of leadership in the organizations we seek to fund.

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What are Key Messages and How Can Nonprofits Use Them Effectively?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Beth Singer , Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and events through design solutions. If your organization is like most nonprofits, you are continually reaching out to stakeholders to: Educate. Change minds. Move people to action.

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Stop Wasting Your Time With Uninterested Donors

NonProfit PRO

If you are in this situation with a caseload filled with non-responding, uninterested donors, then you are wasting your precious time. That is a fact.

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How To Engage Women Philanthropically in Today’s World

NonProfit PRO

Activities in which we engaged to keep us safe from the pandemic took a toll on our ability to sustain relationships with women. Nonprofit organizations that overcame these obstacles found creative approaches to continue to engage women in meaningful ways. Here are three ways to engage women in your mission.

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2021 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study

NonProfit PRO

Though education around peer-to-peer fundraising has improved over the years, there is still a significant number of nonprofits unaware of what this fundraising method is or, more importantly, the benefits it can have on revenue. Peer-to-peer revenue was hit hard by the pandemic, but regardless peer-to-peer efforts -- even when pushed to virtual formats -- continue to get results.

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Giving Tuesday 2021: Are You Ready?

NonProfit PRO

The countdown is on! You’ve got 24 hours on 11.30.2021 to maximize donations. Download the Ultimate Giving Tuesday Guide for a complete list of nonprofit strategies to make this year’s campaign the best yet!

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Create a FREE Fundraising KPIs Dashboard

NonProfit PRO

Are your donors engaged? Is your organization growing? Are your email campaigns being effective? In this three-part toolkit, we include a guide and a master list of metrics you should really care about to determine the success of your organization, as well as a dashboard to track your data and measure your trends. Download the FREE Guide.

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The Ultimate Year-End Giving Guide

NonProfit PRO

Download CharityEngine’s Ultimate Year-End Giving Guide to learn how to maximize donations for the rest of 2021.

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