CrowdRise

JULY 13, 2018

Decent Humans is what we call the incredible community we witness on CrowdRise each and every day doing amazing things for good. And each month, we’re going to highlight a Decent Human in the nonprofit world that’s devoting their time and passion to giving back and making a difference. We hope that by sharing their stories of aid, altruism, and passion, others will be inspired to make an even greater impact on the world we live in

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Cause Related Marketing

JULY 12, 2012

When I posted about Qdoba’s instant-on cause marketing effort to benefit the Colorado wildfire crisis, the estimable cause marketer Steve Drake asked where was the rest of these kind of promotions were to be found, especially in the state of Colorado. In fact, a number of Colorado food and dining establishments have offered cause marketing, flat donations of money and food, in addition to prayers.

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Fundraising Breakthroughs

JULY 20, 2008

You’re aware that long-range fundraising planning is beneficial. Kn ow Thyself: Before beginning long-range planning in earnest, consider having your organization go through a self-assessment process, whether formal or informal.

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Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Use gift range calculators to set up levels. If you don''t even know how to come up with levels, try running your total goal through at gift range calculator. https://www.blackbaud.com/nonprofit-resources/gift-range-calculator.aspx.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2016

For example, if your nonprofit is in the $5.1 – $10 million range overall, you can see that 17% of nonprofits at that size have communications budgets of $100,000 – $300,000 (the royal blue line).

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Getting Attention

MAY 22, 2014

This is key stuff for all of us—these roles and responsibilities are our lives, present and future—and I’ve become intrigued by the incredibly varied range of experience, skills and personal characteristics that organizations are looking for to fill a very broad range of roles.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Limiting visual representations of trans and non-binary people in media also limits the range of stories in which we imagine those subjects. Prices range from $10 to $200 per photo credits. You know you need great photography. But for whatever reason, you don’t have it in-house.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

There’s a huge range depending on the size of your nonprofit and where you live. Curious if your salary as a nonprofit communications director is in line with what others are making? Check out the salary data for U.S.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

As professionals in this field, we certainly have a wide-ranging glossary of phrases at our disposal. Every profession has its fair share of jargon. Fundraising, and nonprofits in general, are no exception. Fundraising terms, acronyms, and jargon are as varied and valid as any other industry.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Different giving options Your donation pages should offer users enough options to meet a broad range of donor preferences, without creating a cluttered and confusing experience. There’s no secret trick to instantly improving digital engagement for nonprofits.

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NonProfit Branding

AUGUST 13, 2013

Nevertheless, we are up-and-running again, resuming our series of posts on a wide range of nonprofit topics. Cyber Gremlins got us! Last Thursday the Nonprofit Branding Blog collapsed. Our IT folks have re-built the site. A few more tweaks may be needed. Our tendency for a bit of heresy and a tad of snark remains [.]. Brand Management Uncategorized crisis communications nonprofit branding public relations VisABILITY

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 31, 2017

They tackle issues ranging from homelessness and poverty to ebola and LGBT rights. They have programs ranging from adult classes to youth summer camps to a dance company and memoir writing. Happy Halloween from all of us at EveryAction! Every year we celebrate by dressing up as some of our favorite nonprofit organizations as a way to recognize their incredible work and commemorate the start of end-of-year fundraising campaigns.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Their vibrant community presence spans a comprehensive range of bilingual and bi-cultural services in Health & Human Services, Housing, Education, and Economic Development.

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EveryAction

JUNE 3, 2016

The good news is that this is a slight improvement over last year, when average losses were more in the tens-of-thousands range.

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A Small Change

AUGUST 19, 2014

I’d like to invite you to give a gift in the range of $1,000 to $2,000 over 2 years. Would you give a lead gift in the range of $25,000 to $50,000 to this campaign? Try to say that ten times fast.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Participants in the Major Gift Benchmark Study selected a range that included the minimum value that qualifies as a major gift at their organization. The most frequent response (the mode) is in the range of $1,000 to $2,999.

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EveryAction

JULY 18, 2018

Consider organizing your supporters into these camps, ranging from your closest network all the way to the rest of the world. For some things, spontaneity is highly desirable, but any fundraising professional will tell you that planning a campaign isn’t one of them.

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EveryAction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

These conferences range in size, location, and topic. Running from February 27 through March 1, 2018, the conference will explore a wide range of issues facing immigrants and refugees at this critical juncture—and how diverse grantmakers across the country are responding.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Does it work across a range of popular calendar apps or just one? Scheduling a meeting shouldn’t be hard. But all too often, it feels like: via GIPHY. The back-and-forth is enough to suck your soul dry. Thankfully, there are apps to improve the process.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 28, 2018

For example, you could let them know what can be accomplished with gifts ranging from $50 to gifts of $5,000. Choose the range based on the giving capacity of your donor base.

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Getting Attention

MARCH 4, 2015

I couldn’t look away, but instead lingered on the image, taking in the different women and their range of expressions. When executed well, visual storytelling cuts through the clutter, delivering a mental image that resonates and is remembered (so more likely to be repeated).

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JANUARY 18, 2017

We’ll equip communicators with the tools they need to listen thoughtfully to those who have different perspectives and develop messaging strategies that appeal to a wider range of audiences.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

There are various levels of outsourcing including: Big firms Name-brand marketing and PR firms often have a wide range of capabilities. Photo credit: gotcredit.com For many smaller and mid-sized nonprofits, media relations isn’t a stand-alone function.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Created in 1998, the United Nations Foundation links the United Nations' work with others around the world, helping the UN address a range of global issues, including climate change, global health, women’s empowerment, peace and security, poverty eradication, and more. Every day - and especially on #GivingTuesday - the United Nations Foundation raises awareness and funds for a wide range of humanitarian issues and initiatives.

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Social Media Bird Brain

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

With the internet, I have a very large hunting range which takes me from the mountains of Science and Academia to Silicon Valley, from the collaborative social media communities on the outskirts of Nonprofit/Social Good to the silly whimsy of. image via Carolyn Essert-Villard I have a hungry brain – if I don’t feed it new ideas and information regularly, it starts to eat itself out of boredom.

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J Campbell Social Marketing

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Facebook also rolled out updated reporting , where nonprofits can now select a range of dates and have daily transaction reports emailed in one spreadsheet instead of downloading multiple CSVs. #GivingTuesday 2018 is coming up fast!

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

We have more than 30 items on our Wish List, ranging from kitchen and bathroom supplies to linens and window coverings. Last week we shared some our favorite fundraising asks , and today we are back with a few more classics that work.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JULY 9, 2015

I lingered on this image, taking in the different women and their range of expressions. Visual storytelling done right cuts through the clutter to resonate with the people you want to act. That kind of imagery is worth far more than 1,000 words.

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Mission Minded

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

These emails range from scams to spam to promotions for things I don’t want or need. If you’re like me, you get 20 – 40 emails a day that say you simply must read them. I recently got an email whose artful copy motivated me to read on. View the email online.) It didn’t start […].

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 20, 2018

Nonprofit Tech for Good has put together a list of 82 Free or Low-Cost Online Tools & Mobile Apps for Nonprofits with categories ranging from social media management to productivity. Monarch. Kansas City, MO. Photo Credit: Deena Davis. It’s that time again!

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Getting Attention

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Lead Brand Strategist & Senior Project Manager , Free Range (Oakland, CA). Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. New Opportunities. Chief Communications Officer , Flamboyan Foundation. Washington DC).

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

They’ve won numerous lawsuits ranging from stomping out the remnants of Jim Crow to protecting the rights of migrant workers.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MARCH 9, 2016

The typical open rates for that kind of newsletter are in the 20-25% range. The average click-through rates for a B2B consulting/training newsletter are in the 2-3% range. Even when our open rates were lousy, we were still consistently in that range.

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Non Profit Marketing 360

OCTOBER 12, 2016

An oral, under the arm or rectal thermometer price range under $10 and temporally-artery thermometers are expensive ranging from $25 to $100. Ear thermometer cost range is about $15 to $60 while behind the ear thermometer cost $20 to $45.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Participants will network and learn about other areas of practice, discuss a range of opportunities and challenges faced by different sectors, and work collaboratively to improve impact measurement.

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ImpactMax

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Each time I do that, the range of options kind of astounds me. Flickr/mysza831. A little holiday gift for you! A couple of times a year, I dig into the web to find free tools that can help nonprofits tell their stories in ever more engaging ways.

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A Small Change

JULY 22, 2014

Ask the donor for exactly what you’d like them to give (or a range of amounts). What are the steps of a successful solicitation? Every solicitation should be made up of a few simple things a thank you, a story, an ask, a close, and follow-up.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 28, 2017

In partnership with HBCUs, the United Negro College Fund provides historically black colleges and universities with a range of support that enables them to maintain high-quality academic programs while keeping tuitions low.

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A Small Change

APRIL 29, 2015

Actually, it’s almost difficult to remember a time when a regular barrage of thoughts, videos, meals, reflections, events, parenting snafus, rants, groups, and other posts ranging from the really important to painfully unimportant were not frequently shared with us.

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EveryAction

JUNE 28, 2018

A broad range of healthcare focused organizations depend on member and donor database software to manage relationships with supporters.

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Non Profit Marketing 360

OCTOBER 6, 2011

one is better at seeing the long-range implications of social media on nonprofits than Beth Kanter. In August and September, Facebook announced changes in the features of both individual and organization pages. These changes are potentially far-reaching. Nonprofits using Facebook will need to re-think how they use it to engage their constituents.No She has posted three provocative reviews of the new features, along with some sensible advice about keeping priorities in order.

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Getting Attention

APRIL 3, 2014

Presenters spoke on topics ranging from online coalition building to storytelling. Today’s guest blogger, James Porter, is Associate Director, Development & Communications for the END Fund , a nonprofit dedicated to controlling and eliminating neglected tropical diseases.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

By appealing to a wide range of our senses, videos capture our attention and activate our emotions, unlike any other medium. When you're building a movement, video is an indispensable storytelling tool.

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