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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.

Wendy Levine

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. 

Alex Jeter

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.

Melissa White

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?”

Nick Ellinger

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. 

Melissa White

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.

Alex Jeter

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. 

Melissa White

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.

Alex Jeter

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. 

Melissa White