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Building Effective Nonprofit Communications Teams (Infographic) #NPCOMM2017
Communication team effectiveness is the key to success within a nonprofit. Kivi Leroux Miller provides an infographic with helpful tips on this strategy.
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How to Create a Better Annual Report
Having an annual report can seem unnecessary as donors often perceive them as they are boring thick booklets. However, if this is the case, who was your annual report written for? It is essential you cater these to donors.
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Social Media Capital for Nonprofits
Social Media Capital for Nonprofits: How to Accumulate It, Convert It and Spend It.
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How to Craft a Killer Thank You Letter
Thank you letters can be difficult. What are the best tactics to make your donor overall happy they made a gift? Gail Perry discusses the steps in successfully writing these letters to retain these donors.
Read MoreDonor Recognition Ideas to Keep Them Coming Back
Recognizing donors is important, there are endless ways in which you can do it. According to John Haydon, this article discusses his top eight.
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Sharing the MLK, Jr. Holiday in a Culturally Competent Way
Martin Luther King Jr.’s notorious holiday is approaching. Many people spend this time as a relaxation period, or another day off. Instead of letting a very relevant holiday go, learn how to share it in a culturally competent way in
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Major Gift End of the Year To-Do List
Major gift donors need special attention this time of year even if they are not planning to make a major gift. Here are five major gift end of the year to-dos to consider.
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How Will a Trump Presidency Impact Nonprofits
Gail Perry offers some practical advice, full of hope and the need to connect with donors in this uncertain environment.
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The Millennial Way of Charity
Millennials want to connect to a cause they believe in and expect transparency, sophisticated storytelling and technical savvy from nonprofits. Many will also volunteer and lend the force of their own social networks to spread the word.
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Powerful Segmentation Ideas for Year-End Campaigns
Segmenting your email list to deliver the right message to the right audience will help you get – more new donors, more renewals, more monthly donors and higher average gifts.
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A Donor Relationship is Not a Trick
Reinier Spruit advocates listening to donors, and investing more in personal contact, because the long-term impact of doing this is valuable.
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Alliance for Nonprofit Management Releases Largest National Study of Nonprofit Board Chairs
The study sought to answer two research questions: How do individuals prepare for their role as chair of a nonprofit board? And, what do board chairs perceive their leadership roles to be in relationship to the board, the community, and
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7 Rules for Successfully Soliciting Board Members
Smart work behind the scenes will make sure that soliciting board members goes smoothly and productively.
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Four Things That are Not Fundraising
Many people tend to educate, brag, or try and be funny to raise funds. Learn what it takes to turn words into money.
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Linking Challenge to Opportunity to Strategy
Why it’s important to link your strategy to your supporters and create a challenging narrative.
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4 Ways to Reduce Churn With Email Campaigns
Getting email campaigns right is worth your time.
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