Think about it this way and I bet you’ll raise more money more efficiently. In March of this year I stumbled on an article written for stockbrokers (financial advisors) that I found interesting because it recounted the top three reasons why clients leave: Poor investment advice. MORE
I really need your help. I funded a study to help you. Basically, we’re trying to help you and your peers understand more about major gift fundraising. I don’t think there are enough studies on the subject. MORE
My favorite quote of the day: "You can''t efficiency your way to greatness." I had the privilege of spending Thursday with my fundraising and marketing peeps at Engage 2013: A Case Study Conference in Philly. Thanks, Margaret !) MORE
Instead, they concentrate on old-fashioned, traditional metrics aimed at determining efficiency — e.g. ROI, RFM, conversion rates, Breaking Out of the Status Quo Communications Donor retention / loyalty / commitment DonorTrends / DonorVoice Fundraising analytics / data Nonprofit management Starting Over premium MORE
What’s great about Sean’s advice is that it’s efficient and doable. Yes, this has to matter to you. The current global cyber attack , built on ransomware, could wreck your communications impact and a lot more. MORE
From the people who brought us the Civil Rights Movement and Haight-Ashbury, draft-dodging and fuel-efficient draft airplanes comes a new movement meant to revolutionize the ways we think about aging. MORE
Conflict corruption Finding a job Rank at Work A different kind of teacher arbitrary boss charity how to get more done john taylor gatto mazarine mazarine treyz NGO nonprofit efficiency nonprofit inefficiency nonprofit workplace not-for-profit subversion subvert underground history of American education weapons of mass instructionAre you happy in your job at a charity? If so, stop reading. If you are ready to move on to a new job, I hope this post will give you some food for thought. MORE
make things more efficient). The Development Plan or Fundraising Plan is a master policy for a nonprofit to plan out, guide, and measure its fundraising for a specific period of time (sometimes one year, often two or three year periods, or more). The Development Plan often comes about shortly after or while an organization's leadership is conducting organizational self evaluation and future planing such as strategic planning. MORE
But if you want efficient toys, er, tools , for monitoring and updating your business’s social media, we’d like to suggest a few dashboards that can cull your various accounts into one place, allow scheduling of posts, and offer ways to save and/or reply to specific messages. MORE
are during emergencies (in real time and live on actual maps including, for instance, where emergency evacuation routes are and whether their clinics are located on then evacuation routes); and discerning what assets the partners have on the ground (to avoid redundancy and to be efficient while being effective, overall). Technological innovations are continually offering nonprofits, whether they know about them or not, advanced, simpler to use, faster solutions for their unique needs. MORE
In my previous post, I encouraged non profit managers and fund raisers to establish a goal of increasing efficiency. Three simple suggestions to accomplish this are as follows: Develop a passion for efficiency (or hire someone who has it). Efficiency doesn’t just happen. You need someone to spearhead your efforts to operate more efficiently. MORE
Example 2: Fuel efficiency display on my Nissan Rogue SL. Every time I refill the gas in my car I reset the meter tracking my fuel efficiency. As I drive the display shows my actual fuel efficiency along with my average fuel efficiency since the last re-fueling. As I drive if I notice i’m above the average in that moment or my average is higher than last week, I will consciously modify my speed or driving style to be more efficient. MORE
Save Your Nonprofit Money, Raise More Money, and Succeed - Yes, Now How Any Nonprofit Can Raise More Support, Acquire the Best Talent, Strive, and Grow. How Nonprofits Will Save More and Raise More: Or, How To Conduct Donor and Donations Analysis How Proof of Concept Can Improve Fundraising for a New Program and What Proof of Concept Is Why It Matters What the Public Thinks of a Nonprofit & How To Check. best practices upping the success rate how to fundraising MORE
Imagine a team serving and supporting the fundraisers by helping them come up with creative yet efficient and effective ways to thank and engage donors. Does your organization really appreciate its supporters? MORE
Rich is the founder of Merchant Negotiators, where he also regularly writes on the subjects of merchant account services and how businesses and nonprofits can most effectively and efficiently use them. This week we have a guest post written by Rich McIver. The Cost of Fundraising Through Social Media Tweeting, Posting and Liking your way to increased donations should be an. essential part of. MORE
This was Dan’s first go: “ I only donate to organizations that demonstrate competence in efficiently and effectively pursuing their stated objectives. Guest blogger Karen Petersen is a 12-year veteran of nonprofit fundraising. She currently serves as Director of Annual and Planned Giving at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology , in Huntsville, Ala. In my previous life, I was a TV reporter. MORE
Here’s what we teach nonprofit leaders about the case for “efficiency wages” as Walmart calls them. Want some proof that “efficiency wages” work? Hey girlfriend. You should get paid more. You should have more sick time, and more flex time to be with your family or go to school or rest. I know, I know, it’s all about the mission, but for me, it’s still important that you get paid more per hour. MORE
As a donor, I’m not looking for efficiency here. What’s up? Do you ever feel like a cog in a wheel? Push fundraiser, money comes out? Recently, Seth Godin wrote on his blog, “The factory-mindset encourages every worker to protect his time and his effort. MORE
You can spot trends so you can raise more money, more efficiently. Einstein once said: “Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts.” ” We all know that measuring performance is essential for improvement and optimization. MORE
You know your nonprofit could be more efficient. How can you help EVERYONE get more efficient and effective? I will be teaching four workshops in February, March and April at the Center for Nonprofit Organizations at 5930 Middle Fiskville Road in Austin! Want to come out and learn? MORE
But if you want efficient tools for monitoring and updating your business’s social media, we’d like to suggest a few dashboards that can cull your various accounts into one place, allow scheduling of posts, and offer ways to save and/or reply to specific messages. MORE
” Now, don’t get me wrong; I’m genuinely thrilled — for all the fundraising efficiency reasons we all understand — that more and more donors are making their gifts digitally. Awhile back I read yet another exclamation about the rapid rate of online fundraising growth. Fundraising blogs are littered with such exclamations. MORE
This is about utilizing Lean Manufacturing processes to get the fundraising tasks you need to do done in the shortest amount of time, always improving, and always looking for ways to do it more efficiently. Do you have too much to do? Want to go from this: To This? MORE
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How can you efficiently sort through all the noise to send one, single, highly personalized and highly relevant message to one donor? Not efficiently. They’ll talk about it at conferences. You’ll read about it in the Chronicle of Philanthropy. MORE
"RICHARD WILKINSON: (With a large wage gap) almost everything gets worse: homicide rates, how kids get on at school, math and literacy scores, teenage birth rates, obesity. MORE
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Do you advocate for people to give to causes, but never give to causes yourself? Why is that? MORE
When used wisely and strategically, nonprofit technology can often mean better and more efficient ways to raise money, to build relationships with your community and to accomplish your mission. The nonprofit technology landscape moves so quickly, it’s hard to keep up. MORE
Which should be more important to your fundraising … efficiency or productivity? If you said efficiency (sometimes expressed as ROI) … go to the back of the class! Efficiency or productivity? An arbitrary efficiency metric, like ROI, doesn’t pay for anything.” If you said productivity … gold star! Or, more productively, read this piece by Tom Hurley at DMW Direct. MORE
The foundation's mission is to advance energy efficiency and renewable energy -- essential components of a clean energy future. From The Foundation Center. Energy Foundation Offers Funding for Policy Programs to Address Energy Problems Deadline: Open The Energy Foundation ( [link] ) is a partnership of major donors interested in solving the world's energy problems. MORE
Create a clear process for working together that is easy and efficient. “I’m just too busy!” ” you scream to yourself. But all nonprofit communicators have a lot of their plates, so why do some thrive while others merely survive? MORE
MT: Hey, everybody. Welcome. This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising and I’m so happy to introduce Kishshana Palmer. Kishshana, hey. Thanks so much for being here. W hat’s your fundraising journey? MORE
Focusing on major gifts is cost-effective and efficient because of the significantly lower cost to acquire and cultivate them. 3% of U.S. Households are responsible for 67% (2/3) of all household charity (This is according to the 2011 Bank of America Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy). MORE
But the real goal is efficiency, and it comes with great financial and emotional rewards. Finally, find ways to make yourself conscious of when you are working efficiently on a task, and when you are jumping around without moving forward. efficiently the time is being utilized. MORE
But if you want to learn how to improve in your role at your organization I think there’s a better, less expensive, more efficient way to go— with a mastermind group! MORE
Fundraising Rosetta Stone. Are you onto a new job? What happened to your old job? Your old nonprofit is going to get a lot of money because you were there, but you can’t take the credit for it! MORE
It makes us more efficient. MT: Hey, everybody. This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising, and today I am so pleased to be interviewing Sheena Greer of Colludo about play. Sheena will be speaking about this subject at our Fundraising Career Conference 2017 , and Sheena, welcome. MORE
Better yet, if employees were allowed to work from wherever they feel they could get the job done in the most efficient and effective manner, that would likely reduce the horrendous job dissatisfaction rate and above average sick-leave. Government Insight 10 5 Canada cut-backs effectively efficiently fiscal restraint harper ottawa public serviceTwo weeks ago I managed to seriously fracture my humerus bone. MORE
MissionBox aims to help nonprofits operate more efficiently and effectively, making the world a better place. In the nonprofit sector, professionals often feel that they need to take on everything by themselves. MORE
We were missing key opportunities to market efficiently. You know how I feel about editorial calendars. They are the single most important tool for a communications director. So I get VERY excited when I hear a good nonprofit editorial calendar story. . MORE
He’s prompt, efficient, reliable, creative, and patient with people who don’t quite know what they need yet. So lately I had started to feel like I was living kind of a double life, or maybe a triple life, or a quadruple life! MORE
Old-fashioned, traditional organizations measure the efficiency of the organization’s own internal actions rather than the effectiveness of how the organization’s actions directed toward the donor actually affect donors’ attitudes. A surprising number of fundraisers fail to understand a basic axiom of the organization-donor relationship: It is the actions an organization takes toward its donors (donor experience) that determines the attitude positively or negatively of the donor. MORE
Efficiency Related Topics The Agitator
APRIL 2, 2013
Which should be more important to your fundraising … efficiency or productivity? If you said efficiency (sometimes expressed as ROI) … go to the back of the class! Efficiency or productivity? An arbitrary efficiency metric, like ROI, doesn’t pay for anything.” If you said productivity … gold star! Or, more productively, read this piece by Tom Hurley at DMW Direct.
Marketing for Nonprofits
MAY 11, 2013
My favorite quote of the day: "You can''t efficiency your way to greatness." I had the privilege of spending Thursday with my fundraising and marketing peeps at Engage 2013: A Case Study Conference in Philly. Thanks, Margaret !)
Wild Woman Fundraising
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
Here’s what we teach nonprofit leaders about the case for “efficiency wages” as Walmart calls them. Want some proof that “efficiency wages” work? Hey girlfriend. You should get paid more. You should have more sick time, and more flex time to be with your family or go to school or rest. I know, I know, it’s all about the mission, but for me, it’s still important that you get paid more per hour.
Wild Woman Fundraising
MARCH 3, 2011
This is about utilizing Lean Manufacturing processes to get the fundraising tasks you need to do done in the shortest amount of time, always improving, and always looking for ways to do it more efficiently. Do you have too much to do? Want to go from this: To This?
Public Sector Marketing 2.0
JANUARY 28, 2012
Example 2: Fuel efficiency display on my Nissan Rogue SL. Every time I refill the gas in my car I reset the meter tracking my fuel efficiency. As I drive the display shows my actual fuel efficiency along with my average fuel efficiency since the last re-fueling. As I drive if I notice i’m above the average in that moment or my average is higher than last week, I will consciously modify my speed or driving style to be more efficient.
Public Sector Marketing 2.0
NOVEMBER 6, 2011
Better yet, if employees were allowed to work from wherever they feel they could get the job done in the most efficient and effective manner, that would likely reduce the horrendous job dissatisfaction rate and above average sick-leave. Government Insight 10 5 Canada cut-backs effectively efficiently fiscal restraint harper ottawa public serviceTwo weeks ago I managed to seriously fracture my humerus bone.
iMarketSmart
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
I really need your help. I funded a study to help you. Basically, we’re trying to help you and your peers understand more about major gift fundraising. I don’t think there are enough studies on the subject.
A Small Change
APRIL 22, 2009
In my previous post, I encouraged non profit managers and fund raisers to establish a goal of increasing efficiency. Three simple suggestions to accomplish this are as follows: Develop a passion for efficiency (or hire someone who has it). Efficiency doesn’t just happen. You need someone to spearhead your efforts to operate more efficiently.
Wild Woman Fundraising
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
Conflict corruption Finding a job Rank at Work A different kind of teacher arbitrary boss charity how to get more done john taylor gatto mazarine mazarine treyz NGO nonprofit efficiency nonprofit inefficiency nonprofit workplace not-for-profit subversion subvert underground history of American education weapons of mass instructionAre you happy in your job at a charity? If so, stop reading. If you are ready to move on to a new job, I hope this post will give you some food for thought.
Wild Woman Fundraising
JANUARY 5, 2011
You know your nonprofit could be more efficient. How can you help EVERYONE get more efficient and effective? I will be teaching four workshops in February, March and April at the Center for Nonprofit Organizations at 5930 Middle Fiskville Road in Austin! Want to come out and learn?
Non Profit Marketing 360
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
But if you want efficient toys, er, tools , for monitoring and updating your business’s social media, we’d like to suggest a few dashboards that can cull your various accounts into one place, allow scheduling of posts, and offer ways to save and/or reply to specific messages.
Non Profit Marketing 360
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
But if you want efficient tools for monitoring and updating your business’s social media, we’d like to suggest a few dashboards that can cull your various accounts into one place, allow scheduling of posts, and offer ways to save and/or reply to specific messages.
Seeking Grant Money Today
FEBRUARY 26, 2012
Save Your Nonprofit Money, Raise More Money, and Succeed - Yes, Now How Any Nonprofit Can Raise More Support, Acquire the Best Talent, Strive, and Grow. How Nonprofits Will Save More and Raise More: Or, How To Conduct Donor and Donations Analysis How Proof of Concept Can Improve Fundraising for a New Program and What Proof of Concept Is Why It Matters What the Public Thinks of a Nonprofit & How To Check. best practices upping the success rate how to fundraising
Non Profit Marketing 360
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
But the real goal is efficiency, and it comes with great financial and emotional rewards. Finally, find ways to make yourself conscious of when you are working efficiently on a task, and when you are jumping around without moving forward. efficiently the time is being utilized.
Wild Woman Fundraising
FEBRUARY 8, 2017
It makes us more efficient. MT: Hey, everybody. This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising, and today I am so pleased to be interviewing Sheena Greer of Colludo about play. Sheena will be speaking about this subject at our Fundraising Career Conference 2017 , and Sheena, welcome.
Wild Woman Fundraising
APRIL 20, 2010
"RICHARD WILKINSON: (With a large wage gap) almost everything gets worse: homicide rates, how kids get on at school, math and literacy scores, teenage birth rates, obesity.
Seeking Grant Money Today
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are during emergencies (in real time and live on actual maps including, for instance, where emergency evacuation routes are and whether their clinics are located on then evacuation routes); and discerning what assets the partners have on the ground (to avoid redundancy and to be efficient while being effective, overall). Technological innovations are continually offering nonprofits, whether they know about them or not, advanced, simpler to use, faster solutions for their unique needs.
Seeking Grant Money Today
JULY 1, 2012
make things more efficient). The Development Plan or Fundraising Plan is a master policy for a nonprofit to plan out, guide, and measure its fundraising for a specific period of time (sometimes one year, often two or three year periods, or more). The Development Plan often comes about shortly after or while an organization's leadership is conducting organizational self evaluation and future planing such as strategic planning.
Social Media Bird Brain
APRIL 29, 2015
Rich is the founder of Merchant Negotiators, where he also regularly writes on the subjects of merchant account services and how businesses and nonprofits can most effectively and efficiently use them. This week we have a guest post written by Rich McIver. The Cost of Fundraising Through Social Media Tweeting, Posting and Liking your way to increased donations should be an. essential part of.
Getting Attention
MAY 15, 2017
What’s great about Sean’s advice is that it’s efficient and doable. Yes, this has to matter to you. The current global cyber attack , built on ransomware, could wreck your communications impact and a lot more.
iMarketSmart
JANUARY 22, 2016
Imagine a team serving and supporting the fundraisers by helping them come up with creative yet efficient and effective ways to thank and engage donors. Does your organization really appreciate its supporters?
Wild Woman Fundraising
MARCH 16, 2015
Conflict Fundraising 101 Keeping a job churchill efficiency fundraising efficency fundraising job how to be effective how to get more done joy sutera make new choices napping take a nap the wonderful thing about life is that you can make new choices Time Management The magical expanding job.
Wild Woman Fundraising
APRIL 21, 2010
Tags: Conflict Culture clash Fundraising Generational clash Keeping a job Time Management death development driven dying effective efficient graveyard managing out of control quiz workaholic workaholics anonymous
Seeking Grant Money Today
MAY 18, 2008
The foundation's mission is to advance energy efficiency and renewable energy -- essential components of a clean energy future. From The Foundation Center. Energy Foundation Offers Funding for Policy Programs to Address Energy Problems Deadline: Open The Energy Foundation ( [link] ) is a partnership of major donors interested in solving the world's energy problems.
Getting Attention
MARCH 21, 2017
This was Dan’s first go: “ I only donate to organizations that demonstrate competence in efficiently and effectively pursuing their stated objectives. Guest blogger Karen Petersen is a 12-year veteran of nonprofit fundraising. She currently serves as Director of Annual and Planned Giving at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology , in Huntsville, Ala. In my previous life, I was a TV reporter.
Wild Woman Fundraising
APRIL 27, 2010
Do you advocate for people to give to causes, but never give to causes yourself? Why is that?
J Campbell Social Marketing
MAY 17, 2017
When used wisely and strategically, nonprofit technology can often mean better and more efficient ways to raise money, to build relationships with your community and to accomplish your mission. The nonprofit technology landscape moves so quickly, it’s hard to keep up.
Non Profit Marketing 360
JULY 26, 2011
From the people who brought us the Civil Rights Movement and Haight-Ashbury, draft-dodging and fuel-efficient draft airplanes comes a new movement meant to revolutionize the ways we think about aging.
J Campbell Social Marketing
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
MissionBox aims to help nonprofits operate more efficiently and effectively, making the world a better place. In the nonprofit sector, professionals often feel that they need to take on everything by themselves.
iMarketSmart
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
Focusing on major gifts is cost-effective and efficient because of the significantly lower cost to acquire and cultivate them. 3% of U.S. Households are responsible for 67% (2/3) of all household charity (This is according to the 2011 Bank of America Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy).
iMarketSmart
AUGUST 17, 2016
Think about it this way and I bet you’ll raise more money more efficiently. In March of this year I stumbled on an article written for stockbrokers (financial advisors) that I found interesting because it recounted the top three reasons why clients leave: Poor investment advice.
The Agitator
JULY 13, 2016
Instead, they concentrate on old-fashioned, traditional metrics aimed at determining efficiency — e.g. ROI, RFM, conversion rates, Breaking Out of the Status Quo Communications Donor retention / loyalty / commitment DonorTrends / DonorVoice Fundraising analytics / data Nonprofit management Starting Over premium
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
JULY 18, 2017
We were missing key opportunities to market efficiently. You know how I feel about editorial calendars. They are the single most important tool for a communications director. So I get VERY excited when I hear a good nonprofit editorial calendar story. .
iMarketSmart
OCTOBER 5, 2016
How can you efficiently sort through all the noise to send one, single, highly personalized and highly relevant message to one donor? Not efficiently. They’ll talk about it at conferences. You’ll read about it in the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Wild Woman Fundraising
JANUARY 18, 2011
He’s prompt, efficient, reliable, creative, and patient with people who don’t quite know what they need yet. So lately I had started to feel like I was living kind of a double life, or maybe a triple life, or a quadruple life!
The Agitator
AUGUST 31, 2015
” Now, don’t get me wrong; I’m genuinely thrilled — for all the fundraising efficiency reasons we all understand — that more and more donors are making their gifts digitally. Awhile back I read yet another exclamation about the rapid rate of online fundraising growth. Fundraising blogs are littered with such exclamations.
iMarketSmart
JULY 11, 2016
You can spot trends so you can raise more money, more efficiently. Einstein once said: “Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts.” ” We all know that measuring performance is essential for improvement and optimization.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
AUGUST 2, 2016
Create a clear process for working together that is easy and efficient. “I’m just too busy!” ” you scream to yourself. But all nonprofit communicators have a lot of their plates, so why do some thrive while others merely survive?
iMarketSmart
JANUARY 6, 2016
But if you want to learn how to improve in your role at your organization I think there’s a better, less expensive, more efficient way to go— with a mastermind group!
The Agitator
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
Old-fashioned, traditional organizations measure the efficiency of the organization’s own internal actions rather than the effectiveness of how the organization’s actions directed toward the donor actually affect donors’ attitudes. A surprising number of fundraisers fail to understand a basic axiom of the organization-donor relationship: It is the actions an organization takes toward its donors (donor experience) that determines the attitude positively or negatively of the donor.
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