[NFG Masterclass] How to Create Donor Surveys That Improve Your Fundraising
August 29, 2018
Speaker: Rachel Clemons
If you don’t regularly survey your target audiences, your fundraising efforts are merely educated guesses. And if your surveys aren’t carefully crafted, you’ll end up receiving misleading data. But done well, surveys can empower you with real, actionable, and surprising insights into what your current and prospec…
[NFG Masterclass Webinar] A Donor Stewardship Roadmap: 3 Important Steps Needed to Honor Your Donor
August 22, 2018
Speaker: Lisa Clark
Join Network for Good and special guest, Lisa Clark, for a webinar about stewarding your donors!
According to data from the Association of Fundraising professionals, the average donor retention rate in the U.S. after the first gift is around 45 percent. It's an amazing reality that over half of those who give to an …
Bridging the Donor Generation Gap Infographic
August 14, 2018
By: Linda Lombardi
Bridging the donor generation gap is a struggle every nonprofit faces. One of the constants of nonprofit work is the need to cultivate the next generation of donors and activists. At the same time, you don’t want to ignore donors who have been loyal, longtime supporters. Successfully engaging multiple generations ens… Read More
4 Messaging Strategies to Turn Advocates Into Donors
August 9, 2018
By: Linda Lombardi
Every nonprofit fundraiser has a dual objective—cultivate existing donors and grow your base by prospecting and acquiring new donors. One area to focus on is activating your organization’s advocates or non-donor groups (volunteers, program participants and their families, community partners, etc) to donate. Not onl… Read More
[Checklist] How to Integrate Technology into Your Fundraising to Boost Results
August 8, 2018
Embrace technology and incorporate the strategies in this checklist into your campaigns to expand your outreach, and deepen engagement with your donors and the larger community. …
3 Ways to Engage Younger Donors
August 7, 2018
By: Liz Ragland
How can we get younger people to donate to our organization? What’s the silver bullet to getting more younger donors? This is a common issue that many nonprofits encounter regardless of how long they have been around or how big their donor base is. Well, as we all know, there really isn’t a silver bullet… Read More
[NFG Masterclass Webinar] Thanking Your Donors: How to use Technology to Show Gratitude
August 15, 2018
Speaker: Alyssa Wright
Join Network for Good and special guest, Alyssa Wright, for a webinar about an important piece of the donor experience: thanking your donors. In today's giving environment, donors expect more from nonprofits. While a thank-you note sent in the mail a month after making a donation was sufficient in the past, today's don…
9 Tips to Write a Winning Nonprofit Message
August 2, 2018
By: Linda Lombardi
Every nonprofit has multiple messages to tell, from your mission and organizational history to the story of the community you serve. You share your story every day—with donors, volunteers, staff, foundations, community partners, journalists. Think of the stories that keep people coming back time and again. They all h… Read More
[eGuide] How to Motivate and Inspire Donors
August 1, 2018
Discover seven reasons why donors give—and one big reason why they don’t. Plus, tips to inspire donors and how donor management can improve fundraising.…
How to Tell Your Nonprofit’s Story
July 31, 2018
By: Linda Lombardi
Sometimes the trickiest part of telling your nonprofit’s story is simply getting the order right. Subplots and tangents have a way of derailing a good story and causing your audience to lose interest. But creating a compelling story arc doesn’t have to be difficult. Think back to you high school English classes… Read More