What You Need to Know for Giving Tuesday
Why your database is your most important tool
Often underutilized and sometimes the source of frustration, your fundraising database has much more to offer than simply a placeholder for donations. Strategic planning, prospecting, and communications come to mind as three highly valuable uses for your CRM, and given the right configuration and organization of your data, all totally doable.
5 Strategies to Steal from For-Profit Business Playbooks
Nonprofits need to practice solid business strategies too. Check out this article by Bruce Eckfeld on www.inc.com that outlines five strategies nonprofits can (and should) steal from their for-profit counterparts.
5 Reasons Your Nonprofit Needs A Social Media Presence
Taking the Technology Plunge
Many industry leaders and studies of the nonprofit sector have stated over and over that nonprofits are generally behind in their use of technology and databases, or have put off the implementation of more tech-related tools. Understanding how technology and it’s multitude of uses can support a nonprofit organizations team productivity, work-culture, efficacy and day-to-day operations, will in turn enhance the effectiveness of the nonprofit organizations fundraising goals, campaign initiatives, donor data and relations.
Enjoy the tips from the shorter article here: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/5-ways-technology-can-hel_b_7422752
And for a more in-depth interview-styled look at how nonprofits can benefit from implementing up-to-date technology systems to enhance their relationships and engagements with their donor base and future donor prospects here: https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/can-technology-transform-the-nonprofit-sector
by Kiana Alzate
