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Nonprofit Marketing
May 6, 2020
How Nonprofits are Succeeding with Virtual Fundraising Events
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Nonprofit Marketing
April 14, 2020
Donor Management Software | 7 Tips to Choose a Solution
Donor Management Software provides organizations with a system to track information about not only their donors, but all of their supporters including volunteers, advocates, event attendees, and board members. Donor Management Software is also known as Nonprofit CRM or Constituent Relationship Management software, and is used to manage supporter data and record of interactions with each supporter. Choosing the right Donor Management solution for your organization requires a thoughtful and thorough approach.
Nonprofit Marketing
February 21, 2020
Nonprofit CRM | The Ultimate Buyer’s Guide
Today's CRM systems are much more than the original "Customer Relationship Management," systems that tracked customer names and addresses, and little else. Today's CRM systems are complex platforms that track every aspect of a company's client relationships and activity. Nonprofit CRM systems, also known as "Constituent Relationship Management" systems, similarly can track almost any piece of information about all of your supporters.
Nonprofit Marketing
February 11, 2020
League of Women Voters - Austin: Software Selection Process
We sat down recently with Joyce LeBombard, the President of the League of Women Voters Austin Area, to talk about the process her organization went through to select a software system. Joyce and the League of Women Voters Austin Area (LWV-AA), the largest League of Women Voters chapter in Texas, have agreed to let us follow them through their implementation and share their story with other organizations who might be going through the same process. We started by discussing how they made their system selection in the first place.
Advocacy
January 21, 2020
Advocacy Software: 13 Tools for Nonprofit Campaigns
Advocacy can be defined as individuals taking action to publicly express their support for specific causes. These clear and defined actions help advance that particular mission or cause and promote its success.
Nonprofit Marketing
January 15, 2020
Employee Turnover: Why It’s Bad for Donor Retention
Employers are facing a tough job market right now. With low unemployment rates, the market heavily favors candidates and employees over organizations. A whopping 3.6 million employees voluntarily quit their jobs in July 2019, the highest number on record since April 2001.
Nonprofit Marketing
January 3, 2020
Read Before Your Next Ask String Test
Since we published The Science of Ask Strings, we’ve gotten the question “what should my ask string be?” or “what should I test on my ask string?”
Nonprofit Marketing
December 15, 2019
Giving Season 2019: 5 Ways to Boost Employee Retention
As summer fades into fall and we start donning scarves and warmer jackets, no doubt your staff is abuzz with putting the final touches on fall fundraising events and programs, and preparing for your final end-of-year fundraising push.
Fundraising
November 26, 2019
Salesforce Fundraising Campaigns: 4 Ideas and Examples
If your nonprofit has conducted research about CRM software, you've probably come across Salesforce. Salesforce is a popular CRM for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
Nonprofit Marketing
November 25, 2019
Drive Donor Engagement by Mastering Employee 1x1s at Your Org
In nonprofit organizations, communication is key to ensuring your fundraising goals are met, and that your events go off without a hitch. As an Executive Director, you have to make sure everyone is on the same page, that roadblocks or challenges are identified as soon as possible, and that last-minute surprises are kept to a minimum.
Fundraising
November 5, 2019
4 Strategies to Perfect Your Year-End Fundraising Plan
This post was submitted by our friends at Averill Solutions.
Many nonprofits plan for year-end fundraising months in advance, and with the season quickly approaching, it’s time to make sure your organization’s strategy is perfected.
Nonprofit Marketing
October 30, 2019
Employee Engagement: 5 Strategies for Growing Organizations
Like many nonprofits, there’s a lot of effort that goes into the mission of the organization. You and your team spend months planning and organizing events, and coming up with creative ways to cultivate and retain donors. Not to mention working on your corporate gift programs, grant writing, and building relationships with community partners. Nonprofit work can be fulfilling, yet tiresome, sacrificial and emotionally draining.
Donor Management
October 28, 2019
Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) | Ultimate Guide
Salesforce is a powerful constituent relationship management (CRM) solution. There’s a reason it’s one of the most commonly used for organizations of all types: it’s completely customizable.
Donor Management
October 8, 2019
Salesforce for Nonprofits: Understanding the Essentials
If you've been researching CRM software for your nonprofit, or even if you haven't, you've likely heard of Salesforce. It's the world's leading CRM solution for businesses, nonprofits, consultants, and other organizations.
