Tech + web

• 8 elements of a successful fundraising landing page
  A great place to start off with all things #GivingTuesday and some great advice to get your campaign page up to speed.

• Giving Tuesday #Inspo: 14 Donation Pages That Know What They’re Doing
  Sometimes it’s hard to visualize good advice, so here are a few examples to get you inspired.

• Is your website helping or hurting your fundraising?
  Ugh, more like some Do’s and Dont’s when it comes to optimizing your website for fundraising.

Digital Strategy

• Website Redesign Questions to Ask Nonprofit Staff
  Let’s switch gears for a little bit and talk about where to start when you’re thinking about a website redesign. Of course, you want to start with your internal team and this article provides a number of important questions to start the discussion.

• Building a marketing communications budget for your nonprofit
  We thinking of marketing and communications as ultimately related to digital and web. The advice in this article could certainly be applied to building a budget for any part of your organization.

WordPress

• Episode 54: The GiveWP Team
  We love to learn about the folks behind technology we use and by now you probably already know how much we love GiveWP. If you’re thinking about using their fundraising plugin, you might enjoy learning about how they’ve built it and their overall philosophy.

• WordPress 4.8.3 Security Release
  Just a friendly reminder to update your website.

• WordPress 2017 Survey
  We’re all about contributing to the community, so if you’re using WordPress we encourage you to take this quick survey which will, hopefully, hope to define the future of the platform.

• WordCamp US 2017
  And of course, WordCamp US is coming up in December so if you want to learn from industry experts grab your tickets today!

November Events + Conferences + Webinars

• [WEBINAR] 6 Steps to Retaining New Supporters from Year-End Campaigns – 4 Nov
  Webinar from Salsa all about keeping those donors from the year-end giving campaign.

• Virtual Conference: Get Ready for Year-End – 14 Nov
  This is a four-session virtual conference (oh and it’s free) that will cover a wealth of info to get you ready for building a successful year-end campaign.

• [WEBINAR] Year End Giving for Long Term Gains – 16 Nov
  If you can’t make it to the Salsa webinar on 4 Nov, this one will have you covered. Or heck, why not listen in to both?! There’s always room to learn more!

• NetSquared Montreal is back!
  The meetup group is active again with a number of upcoming events.

#GivingTuesday Resources

Last but not least, here are two collections of a wealth of resources you can use to make your #GivingTuesday campaign a success this year!

• #GivingTuesday Resource Center

• Everything You Need to Make This Your Best Giving Tuesday Yet

Here’s hoping that you’re now all ready to kick up your non-profit’s year-end efforts. Come back next month for more non-profit tech, design, strategy, and marketing links!