May 24, 2018 / by Matt Devine / Events, Fundraising, Salesforce / 0 comments
If you use a Salesforce-based product, such as the Nonprofit Success Pack™ (NPSP) or Luminate CRM™, you have some of the most powerful, flexible reporting tools available for nonprofits. But do you know what reporting capabilities Salesforce has to offer? I recently teamed up with my colleague, Dan Weik, data consultant at Cathexis Partners, to […]
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Boost Your Fundraising with One Simple Change to Your Donation Form
July 12, 2018 / by Nicole Tucker / Fundraising / 0 comments
There’s one simple change you can make today that can yield a big difference for your nonprofit’s fundraising. Let me explain. As you likely know, when someone makes a donation to your organization through your website, you’re typically charged a transaction fee by your payment processor that effectively reduces each donation by some percentage (often […]
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[GUEST POST] 6 Ways to Motivate Your Peer-to-Peer Participants to Raise More
June 26, 2018 / by Amy Van Wyngarden / Fundraising, Peer-to-Peer Fundraising / 0 comments
As you design your next peer-to-peer social fundraising challenge, campaign, or event, consider how you can add elements that will motivate and encourage your participants to fundraise more and start fundraising earlier. At OneCause, we believe this means going beyond simply using leaderboards. Fundraising leaderboards certainly have a place, but if this is your only […]
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Think a Mission Ambassador is Out of Your Nonprofit’s League? Think again.
June 12, 2018 / by Laura Higgins / Fundraising / 1 comment
How many times have you secretly envied an organization with a mission ambassador? You know, the nonprofit with enough funds to hire a big name movie star or a winning quarterback to tout their mission? Or, the organization whose founder is larger than life? Believe it or not, your nonprofit can have a mission ambassador, […]
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Salesforce Reporting 101 for Nonprofits
May 24, 2018 / by Matt Devine / Events, Fundraising, Salesforce / 0 comments
If you use a Salesforce-based product, such as the Nonprofit Success Pack™ (NPSP) or Luminate CRM™, you have some of the most powerful, flexible reporting tools available for nonprofits. But do you know what reporting capabilities Salesforce has to offer? I recently teamed up with my colleague, Dan Weik, data consultant at Cathexis Partners, to […]
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[GUEST POST] 3 Ways Nonprofit Web Design Can Drive Donor Engagement
May 9, 2018 / by Carl Diesing / Fundraising / 0 comments
We know just how important your website is for driving online donations. However, online fundraising is only one objective of a great nonprofit site. When you make thoughtful web design choices, you can inspire your supporters (and potential supporters) to stay on your site longer and ultimately engage with your nonprofit both online and offline […]
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Don’t Miss a Donation!: Proactively Review Sustaining Gift Credit Card Expirations
April 9, 2018 / by Christina Relacion / Fundraising / 0 comments
Sustaining gift donors are some of your most engaged constituents. But, just like most people, they don’t always remember when their credit cards are expiring, or they don’t remember which cards they are using for which ongoing payments. This inevitably leads to declined transactions, and then you’re left to follow up with your sustaining donors […]
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Top Picks for Fundraisers at 2018 AFP International and NTC Conferences in the Big Easy
March 20, 2018 / by Mark Becker / Events, Fundraising, Peer-to-Peer Fundraising / 0 comments
It seems like the Big Easy will be the center of the nonprofit universe this April with both AFP International Fundraising Conference and the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in New Orleans. I won’t miss out on any of the fun: Cathexis Partners will be sponsoring and exhibiting at the events (booth #541 at NTC, and […]
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Tips for Writing Effective Email Communications for Your Nonprofit
March 8, 2018 / by Daniella Dowiak / Fundraising / 0 comments
Not every nonprofit organization is lucky enough to have dedicated writers to create and edit email communications. If your organization is like many, you’re on your own when it comes to writing, and you may find yourself struggling to create emails that engage constituents and move them to donate or take some other action. […]
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FREE WEBINAR: TeamRaiser™ Tactics that Work
March 7, 2018 / by Jon Reich / Events, Fundraising, Peer-to-Peer Fundraising / 0 comments
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Why Peer-to-Peer Fundraising is on My Mind
February 21, 2018 / by Mark Becker / Fundraising, Peer-to-Peer Fundraising / 0 comments
I’m often thinking about peer-to-peer fundraising. That’s not too surprising, given my role leading a team that helps nonprofits use technology to raise funds and engage with constituents. But, it’s been on my mind even more than usual lately. I recently did a podcast on peer-to-peer fundraising with Successful Nonprofits. In the podcast, I had […]
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