Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Nonprofit strategic planning can help your organization meet challenges effectively and take advantage of new opportunities. Despite the many benefits that strategic planning can bring, 49 percent of nonprofits lack a strategic plan. Nonprofit strategic planning FAQs What is strategic planning for nonprofits?

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The Agitator

AUGUST 26, 2013

Don''t Miss these Posts donor retention DonorVoice fundraising loyalty marketing metrics nonprofit management premium'

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In today’s post,we dive into the Individual Donor Benchmark Report by Third Space Studio and focus on donor retention numbers. Do you ever wonder how you stack up against other nonprofits? This year’s report also dug into one of the most important data points for individual donor fundraising – your retention rate.

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Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 2, 2024

The nonprofit sector is filled with shifting best practices, emerging technology solutions, and noteworthy trends. By investing in employee training opportunities, your nonprofit can equip its staff with the latest tips and tools for success. Improved employee retention. More professional connections. Reduced operational costs.

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The Agitator

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Overall donor attrition in 2010 was 59% — that is, 59% of 2009 donors did not give again to participating nonprofits in 2010. Last year new donor retention was only 27%! If you’re interested in a low-cost, easy-to-use CRM that is built for fundraising results based on engagement and retention, I predict you’ll love Bloomerang.

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The Agitator

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The Agitator is gratified by this report from Fundraising Success indicating that retention mailings have grown by 16% from 2010 to 2011. Check our postings under 'donor retention'.]. As Ethan Boldt observes: “…fundraisers are putting more emphasis on keeping the donors they have on their rolls.” ” Hallelujah!

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The Agitator

JUNE 16, 2016

Chapter 9 of my book, Retention Fundraising: the art and science of keeping your donors for life, focuses on ‘Barriers to Retention’ The top two barriers? The real killers? #1: 1: Silos and #2: False Attribution. Those who work in organizations with more than one department are familiar with silos.

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Affnetz

APRIL 23, 2024

Nonprofit Donor Management Software | Top 10 Premium Solutions / By Bala Guntipalli Introduction: Buying nonprofit donor management software can be tough, but this blog helps you understand the criteria and sort through the top players in the market.

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The Agitator

APRIL 9, 2012

The Agitator is rather passionate on the subject of donor retention. So we were gratified to see this article — Keep ‘em Comin’ Back — from the Center for Media Research discussing an Acxiom/Loyalty 360 study of customer retention in the commercial space. Just 'Search' that term on our website!].

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The Agitator

APRIL 12, 2012

Tom’s post yesterday, Nonprofits and the Customer Experience not only warrants reading a second time, but I also feel compelled to pile on some more emphasis and detail because it goes right to the heart of retention and donor value. First off, most nonprofits actually have a donor service/call center, either in-house or outsourced.

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Nonprofit Fixer

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Keep the plates spinning Have you ever thought about starting and running a nonprofit? Are you considering applying for or accepting a role as a nonprofit executive director (ED) or CEO? If you have ever been curious about nonprofit leadership, you probably have wondered what a nonprofit executive or CEO does.

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The Agitator

JUNE 23, 2011

Back in April, we asked Agitator readers a simple question: What percentage of your nonprofit’s 1st time donors make a second gift? That’s not the first time The Agitator has focused on donor retention as a top priority. We fundraisers aren’t the only ones to give priority to retention. Not impressive.

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Affnetz

JUNE 18, 2022

Stewardship Program to Work for Your Nonprofit. Donor Management & Engagement / By Mike Crum. The Facts: Nationally, 70% of first-time donors never make a second gift and according the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Fundraising Effectiveness Project, the average donor retention rate was 43.6 percent in 2020.

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Affnetz

JUNE 18, 2022

Stewardship Program to Work for Your Nonprofit. The Facts: Nationally, 70% of first-time donors never make a second gift and according the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Fundraising Effectiveness Project, the average donor retention rate was 43.6 The bad news is a majority of Nonprofits do not meet donors’ expectations.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

You might be inspired to bring your idea to life by starting a nonprofit. million registered nonprofits in the United States, making these charitable organizations a staple of modern society. However, any new nonprofit needs a strong foundation to thrive. Around 30% of nonprofits cease to exist within 10 years of their founding.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 11, 2022

People truly are any company or nonprofit’s best asset and higher employee satisfaction is crucial for retention and production. Once you know them and understand them, you can better relate to them and help align their goals with the goals of the nonprofit! Get to know them and understand them. Practice empathy.

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The Agitator

APRIL 13, 2014

Debbi Barber at Grizzard, in a post last week titled One Simple Way to Improve Retention , hit the nail on the head. She recommended one improvement that would unfailingly yield higher lifetime value from any nonprofit’s donors.

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The Agitator

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Increasing the lifetime value of a donor file by increasing retention rates seems like a ‘no brainer’ when it comes to improving an organization’s fundraising performance. Or does your nonprofit follow more the scenario described in this post from Analytical. See here and here. Has that happened in your organization?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Helping Nonprofit Employees Achieve Work-Life Balance Isn’t Optional. Just on the work side of things alone, most of us in the nonprofit industry are managing full or more-than-full workloads. When thinking about burnout, I recommend starting with some of these potential stressors: Hiring and retention.

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MNA Association

JANUARY 22, 2024

We also value our team and would like them to stick around (aka employee retention). I know nonprofit budgets are tight and that most of our team members are underpaid for the incredible work that they do. The post Navigating the Pay Maze: MNA’s Experience with Compensation Equity first appeared on Montana Nonprofit Association.

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The Agitator

JANUARY 12, 2014

— donor retention. Seems to me there is significant similarity between the management mindset of some of the Big Box stores and burger chains and many nonprofits. Don''t Miss these Posts donor retention fundraising marketing metrics nonprofit management research premium' Let me explain.

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The Agitator

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Commenting on Tom’s Ingredients of Retention Success post, Mazarine Treyz of Wildwoman Fundraising poses the intriguing question of whether retention of donors may possibly be related to an organization’s ability to retain its professional fundraisers. Mazarine asks …. ” Look, I am a fundraising.

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The Agitator

JANUARY 27, 2015

At the start of the year Steve MacLaughlin, Blackbaud’s Director of Analytics, in his post 5 Things That Won’t Happen in 2015 hit on what I consider the biggest risk facing nonprofits these days — doing nothing. Donor retention / loyalty / commitment Fundraising philosophy/profession Nonprofit management premium'

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The Agitator

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Consequently, any organization serious about improving its retention rates had better be deadly serious about the quality of donor services it provides. Sadly, this essential ingredient in the retention recipe gets short shrift in most organizations.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

If you loved our 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2019 calendar! We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! Nonprofit Management. Nonprofit Technology, and more! Alliance Management Institute (AMI).

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The Volunteer Hub

MAY 18, 2023

Volunteer engagement surveys are an invaluable tool for nonprofits. Explore how these surveys can provide crucial insights, elevate the experience for volunteers, and optimize processes, to help nonprofits better achieve their mission. Conducting a satisfaction survey can help a nonprofit identify areas where improvements can be made.

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The Agitator

AUGUST 31, 2014

Up until then our tireless Agitator editors were happily and busily white boarding the steps that fortunate organization might take to ensure the best retention possible from this massive burst of flash philanthropy. Fundraising philosophy/profession Nonprofit management premium'

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The Agitator

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

He preaches a lot about retention and how monthly giving programs relate to it. direct marketing Don''t Miss these Posts donor retention fundraising legacy marketing loyalty nonprofit management planned giving telemarketing You Deserve a Raise premium' Of course, that’s because if you can communicate with someone.

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The Agitator

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Once again … the nonprofit world has painfully proven Aldous Huxley’s maxim that “facts do not cease to exist simply because they are ignored.” Once again … for the 7th year in a row the Donor Retention Rate among 2,840 American nonprofits surveyed has again dropped.

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The Agitator

JANUARY 21, 2014

If you are seriously interested in arresting your nonprofit’s declining retention rate, there are several approaches you can take — tactical improvements to your cultivation and renewal streams, improving ‘customer service’ aspects of your operations, telling a more compelling story (delivering both emotion and results).

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The Agitator

JUNE 8, 2014

Don''t Miss these Posts donor retention fundraising loyalty nonprofit management premium' The drains, who suck out the emotion, neutralize feelings and commoditize giving till it becomes like any other commercial transaction. They’ve professionalized to the point that passion, dreams and aspirations are usurped and replaced by.

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The Agitator

APRIL 14, 2014

As Roger says here , in one of dozens of posts talking about lifetime value … Don''t Miss these Posts donor retention loyalty nonprofit management Seth Godin premium' Despite the fact that The Agitator has probably pushed this key point more than any other.

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The Agitator

APRIL 18, 2011

We asked one question: “What percentage of your nonprofit’s 1st time donors make a second gift?&# [Folks at agencies and consultants were asked to indicate an average over the clients they've typically served.]. Nothing fancy about last week’s Agitator survey. Here are the results … 31% — Less than 30%.

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The Agitator

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Donor acquisition Donor retention / loyalty / commitment Fundraising analytics / data Fundraising philosophy/profession Nonprofit management premium' Here’s a summary of all 10 Barriers along with a link for those particular barriers in which you’re most interested.

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The Agitator

OCTOBER 1, 2013

How are you managing the Donor Journey? accountability donor retention fundraising nonprofit management You Deserve a Raise premium' So here’s Tony’s piece. By Tony Elischer “I spend my life ‘on the road’ visiting many.

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The Agitator

JANUARY 8, 2014

It’s fashionable these days for many nonprofit fundraisers and their consultants to claim they’re ‘data-driven’ Problem is, most focus on the ‘data’ part of the slogan; few understand the requirements of the second word — ‘ driven’. Here are my candidates for a basic set of 2013 KPIs every fundraiser needs.

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The Agitator

APRIL 30, 2017

Today we’re adding TrueNCOA to The Agitator Toolbox. This easy-to-use tool enables you to quickly update the addresses on your file for just $20 regardless of the size of your file. Most organizations spend far too much for address correction services.

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