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5 Ways To Make Your Donors Feel Loved
I feel like there is a lot of donor fatigue happening right now in the nonprofit community. Our donors are being solicited on every channel from numerous organizations multiple times a day. Today I received at least 10 fundraising pitches. Instead of treating our donors like ATM machines, we need to make them feel like heroes to our movement. Here are five ways to make your donors feel totally valued. 1. Connect their donation (even if it’s $5) to measurable impact. For example, tell them how…
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Why aren't we supporting leadership in a way that helps people grow?
Yesterday at the Nonprofit 2.0 Unconference we explored how to disrupt social change in the nonprofit sector. The day began bright and early, bursting with energy. Majora Carter started us off as the first keynote. Majora Carter is an activist, urban revitalization strategy consultant, real estate developer, and Peabody Award winning broadcaster. She recently launched another nonprofit to help train low-income people in the Bronx to code. Her…
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Web Design Pitfalls to Avoid
If your nonprofit is about to go through a website redesign, this is a major opportunity to completely overhaul your website and the internal processes that can easily ruin your site. Jared Seltzer, Co-Founder of Rad Campaign, and I had the opportunity to talk about these issues at 501TechNYC last month. While there are many ways you can ruin your website that will prevent you from effectively telling your organization’s story, inspiring action, and cultivating donors, here are a couple of web…
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The Ultimate Checklist to Choose a Web Vendor
Many nonprofits who are going through a website redesign on a tight budget want to know the best ways to find and hire a web vendor, especially one that will understand their goals and challenges. As the founder of a web agency and former nonprofit campaigner, I have sat on both sides of the table. I recently found this great checklist (via Darren Barefoot) that I think will be very helpful in talking with web…