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43 Event Management Software Tools You Need to Know About

Wild Apricot

What if you had an army of robots to do all the grunt work for your events? This isn’t science fiction: this is the reality of many event managers. Instead of manually processing registrations, running checks to the bank, or trying to keep track.

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10 Steps to Consider Before Changing Your Fundraising Strategy

NonProfit PRO

We know how it feels to be caught by the desire to be safe by relying on past success versus attempting new strategies. We know that certain stumbling blocks can arise as you debate future directions for the staff and office. These 10 steps can help to keep a staff from missing a vital part of successful fundraising.

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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

There’s nothing more exciting than making the decision to start a nonprofit! It’s exhilarating and you want to just launch it already! Your vision for your new organization probably includes vibrant programs, happy donors, tons of community support, and the opportunity to change lives. But first, you need to build a solid foundation so your nonprofit will thrive, not struggle.

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Nonprofit profiles: advancing equity through data

Candid

Inequitable access to funding in the social sector remains a persistent problem, negatively impacting our collective ability to do good. Both nonprofits and funders feel this acutely, particularly in recent years as we grapple with a global pandemic and the systemic implications of racial injustice. . Funders share how frustratingly difficult it can be to find Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC)-led and community-based nonprofits that are closest to the needs but may not have the re

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AI for Grant Writing: 20+ ChatGPT Prompts You Can Use

This prompt guide for ChatGPT contains 20+ tested ChatGPT prompts, along with tips on how to use this tool the best way. Nonprofits can engage with ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas, refine project plans, and craft compelling narratives for grant proposals.

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[Webinar] How to Drive Donor Engagement with Social Media

CauseVox

Donor engagement is often a stressful activity for many nonprofits, small or large. Social media can help bridge the gap with focused strategies and clear intentions. Do you struggle to get heard in a noisy, cluttered online world? Do you want to create deeper connections with community members? Leveraging the power and potential of social media is crucial to get attention for your organization and to advocate for your mission.

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NCOA Gets $8M Gift From Scott

The NonProfit Times

One of the few known gifts in the latest round of giving by author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott was an $8-million gift to the National Council on Aging (NCOA). It’s the largest unrestricted gift in the 72-year history of the organization. Funds will support work to address “systemic inequities that make it more difficult for women, people of color, LGBTQ+, low-income and rural Americans to age with dignity,” according to the Arlington, Va.

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10 Volunteer Training Ideas for Onboarding All Types of Volunteers

Qgiv

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. Matt’s past work includes fundraising for the University of the Arts, Ursinus College, University of Cincinnati and the Boy Scouts of America.

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Gen Z: Engaging The Next Wave Of Donors

CauseVox

It’s no secret that the most effective fundraising strategies begin with understanding your target audience. When talking about generational cohorts, there’s countless articles written on cultivating and soliciting Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials. However, Generation Z is still an audience to be explored. Who is Generation Z? While generational cutoffs aren’t set in stone, Gen Z includes individuals born between 1997 and 2012.

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3 Ways To Improve Nonprofit Marketing Outreach

NonProfit PRO

Once again, nonprofits can invest in marketing outreach efforts to raise awareness. But instead of sending out the usual text messages, emails and bulk flyers in the mail, there are outreach methods and engagement techniques that can enhance and improve response rates and hopefully fundraising totals.

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Never Applied for a Grant? Here's What You Need to Know

Tech Soup

Maybe you've just started a nonprofit, either on your own or with a small team. Perhaps your experience comes from an activism or for-profit business field, and you've got a groundbreaking idea, but no experience in fundraising. Or maybe you're stepping into your first fundraising job, and you're struggling to know where to start. Whether you're working alone or as part of a larger organization, your first grant is probably your hardest.

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Practical Tips for Nonprofit Budgeting

Blue Avocado

Being the financial type, I am fond of saying that “the numbers tell a story.” And the story of what your organization plans to do in the coming fiscal year is called the budget. Every year, organizations like yours go through the process of creating a budget to be approved by your board of directors. […]. The post Practical Tips for Nonprofit Budgeting appeared first on Blue Avocado.

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[Workshop] Attracting and Retaining your Major Donors

CauseVox

Major donors can sometimes feel like an elusive prize that only few will ever receive. The truth is that major donors are no different than any other group of donors–they want to help causes they’re passionate about and they will continue donating money as long as they’re getting the proper return on investment (ROI) for their charitable giving.

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AI Might Be Coming for Your Nonprofit Job

NonProfit PRO

There's a lot of talk about artificial intelligence, technology, machine learning and artificial general intelligence. Hopefully, you're paying some attention. If you don't, then you might just be the person whose job gets taken over by AI. So, should you be worried?

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Developing a Successful Website with Growth-Driven Design

Tech Soup

Building a website can be costly, time-consuming, and a major strain on your organization's resources. However, there's no question that a well-designed website is an essential asset for your growing nonprofit. According to our Nonprofit Digital Marketing Benchmark Report , 53 percent of organizations plan to redesign their website within the next two years.

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Download Spreadsheet: Forecasting Nonprofit Finances & Pivoting Programs in a Crisis

Blue Avocado

Though many people see finance as nothing but a collection of terrifying spreadsheets, I see it as the central branch of nonprofit philosophy. When the pandemic hit, our nonprofit changed everything about the way we work—overnight—and spent the year testing, failing, and trying again. Part of my job as an executive director is to be […]. The post Download Spreadsheet: Forecasting Nonprofit Finances & Pivoting Programs in a Crisis appeared first on Blue Avocado.

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Fundraising Software: 17 Top Providers for Nonprofits

OneCause

The post Fundraising Software: 17 Top Providers for Nonprofits appeared first on OneCause.

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The Importance of Understanding Donor Characteristics

NonProfit PRO

I determined from a group of independent variables what variables stood out as being the most effective for me to utilize over time. There was importance in understanding donor characteristics.

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The Power of Affinity Groups: Fostering Belonging at Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

There are many ways to approach fostering a culture of belonging in the workplace, and affinity groups are a great place to start. These groups, also known as employee resource groups (ERGs), are internal resources for people with similar identities and interests to engage in discussion, build their networks, and promote the visibility of diverse perspectives throughout the organization.

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The enduring value of lessons learned

Candid

Across the social sector, there’s one thing we can all agree on: data and knowledge are crucial to our collective success. With that in mind, Candid recently updated and refreshed our knowledge management platform, Issue Lab , doubling down on our commitment to connect people who want to change the world with the resources they need to do it. . If you're new to Issue Lab or haven't hung out on the platform in a while, here's what's on offer. .

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ROUND 2 BOOSTING FEMALE FOUNDERS WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Grant'd

The lid has now been lifted on the second wave of funding provided through the Boosting Female Founders grant program, with no less than 38 female founders (out of a staggering 2,500 EOI’s!) now sharing in $11.6m of grant funding designed to further power their entrepreneurial visions. With each successful applicant receiving between $70,000 to $480,000 for investment into their businesses, the timing couldn’t be more auspicious given that females are some of the most disadvantaged when it comes

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The Rise of Virtual P2P Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

To learn more about the pandemic's effect, we studied nonprofits’ reliance on peer-to-peer fundraising, as well as related aspects from registration fees to participant fundraising, in our “2021 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study.” .

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Qgiv Partner Showcase: The Alford Group

Qgiv

Meet one of Qgiv’s newest partners, The Alford Group. Their mission is to strengthen the philanthropic community by helping nonprofit organizations thrive in today’s dynamic, competitive environment. Like Qgiv, they strive to empower nonprofit organizations to change the world. Since their founding in 1979, The Alford Group has focused on serving more than 3,0000 mission-based organizations.

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

A weekly update with the latest social sector news. Study finds significant connection between poverty, poor health care. February 4, 2022. A significant link exists between poverty and high healthcare needs, a report from Robin Hood finds. Released in collaboration with Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy and the Leona M. and Harry B.

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5 Top Strategies for Better Member Communications

Get Fully Funded

When nonprofits think about improving communication with supporters, they often think of it as a separate task from the rest of their operation. However, the most effective communication is directly informed by and integrated into all of your functions and the nonprofit tools you use. . Your member relations shouldn’t be an afterthought. Rather, they should be a vital part of the overall strategy for your nonprofit.

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Never Visit, Call, Write or Email a Major Donor

NonProfit PRO

How does your donor like to be communicated with? It’s not about how do you or your organization like to communicate — but how does your donor want to be communicated with, that best suits them? Knowing how your donor wants to engage will unlock a new level of relationship with them.

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Newsletter: What Works Best at Checkout? Round-Up vs Specific Ask ; How to Raise More Money from Matching Gifts ; How Web 3.0 Can Be Used for Social Change

Selfish Giving

Did you know that people all over the world read my Selfish Giving newsletter??? ?????? It's true! While most of my readers are right here in the United States, I boast readers from the United Kingdom, Japan, Brazil, Russia, India, South Africa and just about every other country in the world! Cool, right? ???? But one of my favorite readers abroad truly lives on the other side of the world.

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How to Show Donor Love this Valentine’s Day

Qgiv

Showing donors appreciation is one of the best ways you can go about retaining your donors. Donor love is the act of showing that appreciation via thank-you emails, handwritten notes, kind gestures, donor appreciation events, and other methods. We put together a collection of ways to show donor love, including some donor love best practices. How to create a donor appreciation letter or email.

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Introducing First-Year Students to Philanthropy

Annual Giving Network

Consider tactics to kick off a strong student philanthropy program with your incoming students. The post Introducing First-Year Students to Philanthropy appeared first on AGN.

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Restricted Giving: The Legal Requirements Nonprofits Should Consider Before Accepting Restricted Donations

NonProfit PRO

Although some organizations may have experienced an uptick in unrestricted giving, restricted donations aren’t going away, and, when used effectively, they can be an important part of fundraising for a capital campaign or a new program.

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6 Ways To Use Pledge Now, Pay Later In Your Fundraising Campaigns

CauseVox

Looking for ways to increase gift size and have a predictable source of donor revenue, month after month? CauseVox’s Pledge Now, Pay Later (PNPL) is a state-of-the-art pledge donation option (similar to buy now, pay later for donors!) that’s designed to help you get more online pledges and automatically fulfill them. It’s a great way to expand the scope of your campaigns, from capital campaigns and sponsorships, to peer-to-peer campaigns and galas.

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System Update: Late January 2022

Qgiv

Features and Enhancements. Have you tried out the redesigned peer-to-peer registration experience yet? Check out our official announcement webinar to see the exciting new features! One of those new features is the ability for primary registrants to manage fundraising pages for additional registrants. In this system update, we’ve added a prompt to help users switch between profiles when they log into their Fundraising Dashboards.

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5 Top Strategies for Better Member Communications

Get Fully Funded

When nonprofits think about improving communication with supporters, they often think of it as a separate task from the rest of their operation. However, the most effective communication is directly informed by and integrated into all of your functions and the nonprofit tools you use. . Your member relations shouldn’t be an afterthought. Rather, they should be a vital part of the overall strategy for your nonprofit.

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Learn How to Market Your Events in 2022

NonProfit PRO

In 2022, nonprofits need to leverage online marketing tools and strategies to spread the word about their events. This fundraising event marketing guide is filled with tips, tricks, and ideas on how to use social media to promote your next event and convert followers to engaged attendees. You'll learn tools and strategies to guarantee the success of your next fundraising event.

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