Idea Architects

JANUARY 2, 2015

I am always thankful to get past December 31 of any year. It''s not because I hate New Year''s celebrations or all the talk about a clean slate, making resolutions, or starting a diet. In a four-hour span on December 30, I received emails from four organizations I support asking me to make a donation before year''s end.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Each year, the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs the popular Wikipedia website, puts on a series of fundraising appeals so effective that the website has tens of millions of dollars sitting in reserve at the moment. Here’s what you can learn. Below, a few takeaways from Wikimedia’s fundraising approach.

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MemberClicks

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

What should be included in a feedback survey for workshops? Creating and sending Your workshop feedback survey How to analyze workshop feedback survey data What should be included in a feedback survey for workshops? You want your questionnaire to identify what worked and didn’t. What did participants struggle with?

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Beth Kanter

OCTOBER 18, 2016

We are heading into the most stressful time of year for nonprofits, especially for fundraisers. Year-end giving campaigns. With Giving Tuesday just around the corner, the kick off the that busy time of year for most nonprofit development directors and their teams is just ramping up. So, take a deep breath!

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Beth Kanter

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Katya Andresen recently summarized an article in the SSIR talks about the shift from a linear marketing pyramid to a non-linear funnel in the nonprofit sector. While the shape of the decision-making journey might be different, the key metrics is still the same – conversion from awareness, engagement to activity. Tis the season.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 30, 2014

Note from Beth: What if your organization embarked on its first ever crowd funding campaign with a goal of raising $50,000 and only raised $10,000? Would you stop doing crowd funding, social media infused fundraising and revert back to traditional methods of fundraising? Or would you learn, pivot, and improve?

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Idea Architects

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Every few months I share a few interesting websites, blogs, or publications from sources a bit off the beaten path of most volunteer or staff leaders. Facilitating Learning by Sharing a Work in Progress.

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Beth Kanter

AUGUST 12, 2015

Note from Beth: I hope you are enjoying summer break as much as I am! I’ve taken a little break from blogging to enjoy some much needed family time. I’m lucky because my colleague, Joe Waters, offered me a guest post for your to read while I’m away from blogging. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2000.

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Beth Kanter

AUGUST 13, 2015

Flickr Image from Carlos ZGZ. Note from Beth: For the past two years, I’ve had the honor of facilitating a peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees who are hosting Giving Days. What Sesame Street Can Teach Us About the Giving Challenge – Guest Post by Susie Bowie. Reach out to them.

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Reid All About it

JULY 20, 2018

In the “great minds think alike” department, first we have Mitch Joel who says, “The future never comes when you can’t nail the present.” And then, Wes Trochlil applies the “broken windows” policing theory to data management : “If you take care of the small things, the bigger problems are less likely to occur.” 1 CAE credit.

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Beth Kanter

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Image from Flickr by Xurble. This is an adaptation of the article “ Nine Valuable Marketing Lessons From a Nonprofit – Charitywater.org ” written for the KISSmetrics blog by Chloe Gray. With that in mind, here are nine marketing lessons other nonprofits can take away from charity: water. We want our donors to be advocates.

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Achieve

JULY 14, 2022

Fundraising Appeals. Plus, we added a few tips at the end to help you cultivate the most successful email campaign. As soon as someone joins your mailing list, they will immediately receive an email detailing who you are and what you do. Welcome Email Series. Email Newsletters. Event Invites and Follow-Ups.

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Achieve

JULY 23, 2020

Sometimes the best fundraising strategies require nonprofits to not ask for funds. Focus on your stewardship strategies so that when it ends, your faithful supporters will resume their regular contributions to your organization. . But what do non-financial contributions look like? Our favorites include: .

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 26, 2015

After publishing this post about Save the Children’s Crowd Funding Campaign – where I mentioned the Dalai Lama Foundation’s successful campaign , I noticed this tweet in my stream from Brian Rusch the former deputy director for the DLF : Woohoo! I’m always on a higher path of learning.

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Beth Kanter

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Note From Beth: Next month I’m lucky enough to be doing the keynote at Social Media for Nonprofits Conference in San Francisco to share some ideas from my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” winner of the 2013 Terry McAdam Nonprofit book award. Flickr Photo: Mr. T in DC.

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Beth Kanter

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Contest ends October 25, 2013, so start pitching! Dear Reader, I know we don’t really know each other, but I have a quick favor to ask. Gobbling up the opportunity like a pint-size princess snarfing Snickers straight from her trick-or-treat bag? It looks something like this: Dear Friend, You know how important our mission is.

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 10, 2014

I’m just back from the SXSW Interactive Festival where I was on a panel called “ What Social Media Analytics Can’t Tell You ” moderated by Alexandra Samuel of Vision Critical , Jeremiah Owyang , Crowd Companies, and Colby Flint, Discovery Channel.

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Spark Consulting

APRIL 11, 2018

In my last post , I shared the link to the webinar my Steal Like a Fundraiser co-author Sohini Baliga and I presented for Wild Apricot on March 21. What if your membership is a low fee like $25/year? The trick now is to start looking for the ones who do more than just pay their $25 a year – or who want to do more than that.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As a nonprofit leader, you’ll be delighted to learn that new research affirms what most of us knew: Americans are generous. In fact, this year’s edition of. a recently released analysis of American giving patterns, these gifts are coming from fewer people. It’s a trend that’s reflected in our own research.

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