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Understanding Donor Intent and How to Honor It

Wild Apricot

Imagine for a minute that your old college has asked you for a donation to help renovate a lecture hall. Having fond memories of your post-secondary years and wishing to help improve the experience of current and future students, you happily make the.

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Building a Digital Ecosystem Around Your AMS

Association Analytics

The post Building a Digital Ecosystem Around Your AMS appeared first on Association Analytics.

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8 Tech Survival Tools Every Association Marketer Needs

Higher Logic

The post 8 Tech Survival Tools Every Association Marketer Needs appeared first on Higher Logic. Find out which tech tools association marketers like you are using to work more efficiently and creatively. The post 8 Tech Survival Tools Every Association Marketer Needs appeared first on Higher Logic.

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Should I Sunset My Program?

Aaron Wolowiec

Dr. Michael Tatonetti walks through a High-Low exercise that your team can use to quickly determine the value of individual member benefits (or any product your association offers) has for your members.

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A New Look At Running Grants & Programs: Why Use A System When You Have Excel?

Speaker: Gareth Webb & Phil Selley, Founding Partners at Intouch Business

For many nonprofit organizations and NGOs, managing grants and monitoring projects with spreadsheets and manual processes feels familiar—but is it holding your organization back? As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.

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Salon Conversation: Digital Transformation

Spark Consulting

Join me and Maddie Grant for the next Association Women Technology Champions Salon on Wednesday, October 13 at 4 pm ET. AWTC Salons are interactive, collaborative gatherings where everyone shares experiences, knowledge, and resources about a topic, and our topic on the 13th will be D igital Transformation. What are your questions about Digital Transformation?

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4 Essential Strategies for Establishing a High-Performing Professional Development Committee

WBT Systems

In a time of accelerating change, everyone who cares about advancing their career (or holding onto their job) knows they have to keep increasing their knowledge and learning new skills.

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Why We Are Leaving Facebook Groups

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

I was going to wait a bit longer before sharing this news, but after yesterday’s Facebook worldwide blowout, I figured I might as well share now. Over the next several weeks, we are transitioning out of our Facebook Groups and into a private-label solution called Circle. We at Nonprofit Marketing Guide have used Facebook Groups practically since they became available.

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OnePlan Launches High Christmas Market Planning Tools Anyone Can Use

Event Industry News

The same platform that major football stadiums and music festivals use to make their events safe and successful has been adapted for event organisers to plan markets and other festive holiday events; Plan every detail right down to the inflatable Santas. London, UK: OnePlan has released a new version of its suite of event and venue planning tools specifically made for Christmas markets.

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Faced With Challenge, ENA Delivers Value

.orgSource

To say that emergency nurses must be ready for anything is an understatement. This is a profession that routinely prepares for the unexpected. As CEO of the Emergency Nurses Association, Nancy MacRae knows how to be sure-footed in a volatile environment. She and her team keep their balance by adapting to change and delivering value. […]. The post Faced With Challenge, ENA Delivers Value appeared first on.orgSource.

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Find New Non-Dues Revenue Streams for Your Organization with This Free Guide

Struggling to generate revenue beyond membership dues? You're not alone. Our free guide, The Ultimate Guide to Non-Dues Revenue for Associations , offers practical strategies to help your organization boost financial health. Inside, you'll explore creative ways to generate income, including: Educational offerings tailored to your audience Event-based revenue opportunities Job boards that drive engagement and income Corporate sponsorship ideas A checklist to evaluate and strengthen your current a

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6 Core Nonprofit KPIs to Monitor the Health of Your Fundraising Program

Bonterra

With the end-of-year period quickly approaching, it’s a good time to audit your metrics to make sure your overall fundraising strategies are working as planned. In this article, you’ll find a list of 6 core nonprofit KPIs to help you monitor the health of your fundraising program and to compare your results to others across the nonprofit industry.

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Is Facebook Now Optional for Nonprofits?

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

When I’ve trained nonprofits on social media over the years, I told them they had to have at least a minimal presence on Facebook. It was always the elephant in the room that you couldn’t ignore. I’m not saying that anymore. While Facebook is still indispensable for many nonprofits, including those that have found ways to successfully fundraise there through peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns or newsy or value-laden advocacy campaigns, it’s just not universally true anym

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A healthy return for live events

Event Industry News

By James Tucker, CEO of GovNet. I regularly read interviews in which some of the world’s most talented footballers and biggest-selling musicians explain they still get nervous ahead of a huge match or a gig – often down to the uncertainty of what is going to happen next or and the expectations on their shoulders. As I jumped off the DLR at Custom House last Monday evening, and briskly marched up the long walkway towards the ExCeL – a venue where we had hosted so many successful shows over

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Community matters: How to be a good neighbor and build connections in your HOA

Ungated

Delivering baked goods or introducing new residents to others in the community are some of the ways you can be a good neighbor. According to a CAI survey released on National Good Neighbor Day (Sept. 28), nearly 67% of respondents who live in a homeowners association or condominium say sharing important community information and resources is how they engage with new residents.

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Forecasting Failures Are Costly: Heres How To Fix Them

Speaker: Dave Sackett

Traditional budgeting and forecasting methods can no longer keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving business environment. Static budgets, rigid annual forecasts, and outdated financial models limit an organization’s ability to adapt to market shifts and economic uncertainty. To stay ahead, finance leaders must leverage a future-forward approach—one that leverages real-time data, predictive analytics, and continuous planning to drive smarter financial decisions.

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Why it’s Essential to Embrace an Employee-Centered Remote Work Plan

Achurch

The nationwide move to a more remote-inclusive workplace stems from employees’ need for greater flexibility. The effort to balance work and life outside of work is not new. What is new: the weight employees are placing on flexibility. Today, an employer’s long-term success depends upon underestimating how highly flexibility ranks with their people. .

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A List of #GivingTuesday Resources for 2021

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Giving Tuesday is less than 60 days away! I hope you have already started planning, but just in case you haven’t or need some more help, here are some resources you can use to make Giving Tuesday 2021 a success. If you are new to this day of giving start with What is Giving Tuesday? from Kindful. Then go directly to the source with the GivingTuesday.org site’s Resources Page. which includes logos, graphics, Canva templates, key messages and more.

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EventPro UK

Event Industry News

Built on a foundation of over 35 years’ industry expertise, EventPro Software combines the functionality needed for venue booking, event planning, and catering management in one comprehensive, scalable system that can be deployed On-Prem through desktop or network installation, or via our Private Cloud with separate client-dedicated databases. EventPro comes with a standard base of core features, such as customer relationship management (CRM), invoicing, reporting, communications and more, to wh

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Talking and Listening are Mutually Exclusive

Smooth The Path

The higher a person rises in an organization, the more taking they tend to do. On average, people spend 62.8%* more time talking than when they held a more junior level. *I totally made that stat up for illustration purposes. Perhaps the talking habit starts because there are more meetings, which provides more opportunities to talk. And more people might ask more questions, and so there are more opportunities to talk.

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The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!

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How a modern AMS can help your association’s digital transformation

Nimble AMS

Many associations are starting to re-think their technology strategy to adapt to our changing world. . Here’s how Nimble AMS can help your association’s digital transformation journey. If you’re concerned about your association’s ability to stay resilient, no matter what the future brings, I hope it makes you feel better to learn that you’re not alone. .

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When Do People Open Your Emails?

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Litmus recently released their 2021 State of Email Engagement which had some interesting insights. Included in that was data regarding when subscribers were more likely to open your emails. They have it broken down by several countries, but here is the data for the US. Source: [link]. Looks like morning is the most popular time with about 7.4% of all opens happening at 10am and 21.2% happening between 9am and noon local time.

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First Sight Media supports Event Tech Live 21

Event Industry News

First Sight Media will continue its relationship with Event Tech Live (ETL) as official livestreaming and production partner for the 2021 edition, providing the kit and expertise to deliver ETL21’s virtual side as well as filming and broadcasting directly from the Old Truman Brewery. First Sight Media has been involved with Event Tech Live since the show’s inception seven years ago, playing a “pivotal” part in ETL20’s late switch from hybrid to fully virtual and in ETL US & Canada, which lau

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Surf Lessons Applied to Event Planning

Smooth The Path

30 years ago I took a surf lesson. The instructor was very focused on teaching us to identify surfable waves. We floated around in the bay trying to decide, with our novice brains, which waves were not too big, not too small, and when to start paddling. By the end of the lesson, I totally lucked into catching the right wave AND, with my last shred of energy, managed to get myself into a semi-standing position to ride the board into the shore.

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2025 Association Survey Results Report

GrowthZone’s 11th annual survey highlights trends, challenges, and strategies shaping the membership industry through insights from U.S. and Canadian association professionals. Get your copy of the 2025 Association Survey Results Report to see how your organization measures up: The biggest challenges associations are facing Membership retention trends and non-renewal insights Strategies for automatic renewals and reinstatements Shifts in member engagement tactics Why members are joining (and sta

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The Millennial Attention Span: A Closer Look

CommPartners

Our attention spans are shrinking. You’ve heard it before. It’s something repeated so often that many of us simply accept it as fact. But is it true? Are our attention spans really getting shorter? The truth is more complicated than you might suppose. As leaders in the e-learning and event spaces, we recognize the importance […].

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Mixed Links for Nonprofit Communicators – October 8, 2021

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Toups Meatery. New Orleans, LA. Happy Friday! Exciting things are happening here, but I haven’t forgotten to collect the best articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of nonprofit marketing and fundraising for you. This week we have more on Apple’s new iOS, content ideas, web design trends for 2022, Facebook woes, and more. It’s time for Mixed Links… Find out How Advertisers are Navigating iOS 14’s Mobile Tracking Changes.

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Conference Compass’ hybrid points

Event Industry News

Conference Compass, the Dutch next generation event platform specialist, has produced a telling, timely document ‘How to run the most engaging hybrid events’. In this episode, CEO Jelmer van Ast, who founded the company more than 11 years ago, discusses the thinking behind the publication and what its ambitions are before going on to look at the trends, or steps, towards hybrid, the strength in smaller/more local events and rethinking the reach for a larger audience.

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Prepping for 2022: Chapter Virtual Idea Swap

Mariner Management

With 2021 winding down, what’s ahead for chapters? COVID will still be “a thing” and, for some, budgets will still be in flux. We can expect there will be challenges and new opportunities galore. So let’s put our collective heads together to think positively and proactively about 2022! Join us on Wednesday, October 20 at 12 p.m. for the chapter virtual idea swap— Prepping for 2022 —where we’ll offer tips based on 2021 and collaborate on how to prepare for next year.

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Turn Messy Data into a Strategic Asset with This Essential Guide

Is messy, outdated, or duplicate data making it harder to track engagement, revenue, and performance? Poor data quality can slow your organization down and prevent you from making informed decisions. With The Dirty Data Guide , you'll discover: Practical steps to clean your data and maintain accuracy over time. A checklist to help your team implement data hygiene best practices.

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Welcome Back! In-Person Events Are Happening

Eplys

Even though the pandemic is far from over, the events industry is starting to pivot from virtual events and preparing for the return of in-person trade shows and conferences, albeit safely. Rich Vallaster, Director of Marketing and Tradeshow Wonk at Personify, recently sat down with Susan Newman , Senior Vice President of Conferences at the National Retail Federation (NRF), to discuss the decision points for moving forward with their largest annual event in January of 2022.

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

A weekly update with the latest news from PND. Funder collaborative launches effort to build more equitable economy. October 7, 2021 The funder collaborative Families and Workers Fund has announced the launch of a five-year initiative to help build a more equitable economy by reimagining the systems that drive economic security, opportunity, and mobility.

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Arcotherm Biemmedue UK at The Showman’s Show

Event Industry News

Portable heating specialists Arcotherm will be in attendance at the Showmans Show on the 20 th and 21 st October with a new look. Having rebranded to Biemmedue UK on September 1 st our new branding will be on display for the first time at this years show, come and see us on stand 112, Avenue A. As well as our trusted EC, GE and Jumbo ranges, we will be displaying a new 40Kw electric model the EKT-ideal for those wanting to lower their carbon footprint.

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