October 25, 2023 / by Mark Becker / Fundraising / 0 comments
Part of your nonprofit’s technology strategy involves the specific software choices you make. It’s about the mix of software products you need to have in place to support your fundraising, marketing, programs, advocacy, accounting, and more. But while the software itself is important, there’s another aspect of your nonprofit’s technology strategy that’s critical to optimizing […]
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How to Optimize Your Nonprofit’s Efforts Throughout the Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Lifecycle
November 29, 2023 / by Mark Becker / Fundraising, Peer-to-Peer Fundraising / 0 comments
When peer-to-peer fundraising is part of your nonprofit organization’s fundraising strategy, it can be easy to become focused on one aspect – such as recruiting participants or getting participants to return for the next event or campaign. But long-term success requires an ongoing effort to optimize the full peer-to-peer fundraising lifecycle – from recruiting, activating, […]
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How to Improve the People Part of Your Nonprofit’s Technology Strategy
October 25, 2023 / by Mark Becker / Fundraising / 0 comments
Part of your nonprofit’s technology strategy involves the specific software choices you make. It’s about the mix of software products you need to have in place to support your fundraising, marketing, programs, advocacy, accounting, and more. But while the software itself is important, there’s another aspect of your nonprofit’s technology strategy that’s critical to optimizing […]
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Simple Ways to Optimize Your Donation Page to Improve Fundraising Results
August 23, 2023 / by Mark Becker / Fundraising / 0 comments
Are you looking for ways to improve your nonprofit’s fundraising results? We’ve written a lot on this blog about how to use technology to improve fundraising – from using marketing automation to employing artificial intelligence. And while there are many technologies and approaches you can use to drive better fundraising results, one of the simplest […]
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How to Streamline Your Nonprofit’s Volunteer Management
June 21, 2023 / by Mark Becker / Fundraising / 0 comments
Volunteers play an important role for nonprofits. They help your organization get more done and they tend to donate more. Even so, many organizations still to manage volunteers using only spreadsheets and manual processes. It’s time to turn this around. Today, there are software solutions that help you streamline your volunteer recruitment efforts to get […]
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Is Email Dying as a Nonprofit Communications Channel?
June 7, 2023 / by Mark Becker / Fundraising / 0 comments
With all of the communications channels available today, you might ask yourself, “Is email on its way out for nonprofit communications?” It’s true that we have more options today than we had in the past, including texting, social media, and online advertising. But have newer communications channels elbowed out email? Research suggests that not only […]
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6 Ways to Reduce Your Nonprofit’s Software Costs
May 24, 2023 / by Mark Becker / Fundraising / 0 comments
Your nonprofit’s technology can be a big expense item – especially when it comes to major software, such as your customer relationship management (CRM) or fundraising software. Costs include everything from the software purchase itself to implementation, customization, maintenance, and training. But there are some clever ways you can save money on your nonprofit software. […]
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Improve Fundraising (and More)
May 10, 2023 / by Mark Becker / Fundraising / 0 comments
Artificial intelligence (AI) used to sound like science fiction. Now it seems like it’s making headlines every day. Some folks seem intimidated by AI-based technology, like ChatGPT. Some are experimenting with what tools like ChatGPT can do. Others are impressed by the possibilities of AI. With all of the hubbub about AI, I wanted to […]
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AddThis is Going Away. Is Your Nonprofit Ready?
April 26, 2023 / by Mark Becker / Fundraising / 4 comments
You might have heard that the AddThis social sharing tool from Oracle is going away as of the end of May 2023. Since many nonprofits use AddThis on their peer-to-peer fundraising websites (and sometimes their general websites), we thought we’d answer some questions about what tools you can use as an alternative. What to know […]
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Could Your Nonprofit Be Doing More to Optimize Fundraising Results?
April 19, 2023 / by Mark Becker / Fundraising, Nonprofit Data / 0 comments
You might be looking for ways to raise more funds. But you’re already busy running peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns, hosting fundraising events, sending fundraising emails campaigns. The list goes on. How can you improve results without adding another project to the calendar? There are practices you can incorporate into your ongoing work to boost the outcomes […]
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Knowing When It’s Time for New Software for Your Nonprofit
April 5, 2023 / by Mark Becker / Fundraising / 0 comments
It can be easy to become entrenched in the software your nonprofit uses for customer relationship and donor management. It’s not unusual for organizations to hang onto the same software for multiple years – even decades. Sometimes, the hesitation to change technology comes from a “this is the way we’ve always done it” mentality. Sometimes […]
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