Tech + web
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9 nonprofit web design best practices
Not only a list of best practices but also tips on how to achieve them on your non-profit website. -
Experts Weigh-In on Nonprofit Website Design Best Practices
An interview-style post from npEngage if you prefer to learn from conversations and discussions. -
Best Practices for your Nonprofit Website
Slides from Matt Cromwell’s presentation at WordCamp Sacramento – these apply to all websites, not just ones using WordPress. -
Why Don’t Nonprofit Sites Convert?
When Zeldman speaks we listen – great advice on converting with your non-profit website.
Digital Strategy
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9 Tips to Maximize Your Fundraising with Social Media
Online donations are preferred by the majority of donors, here are a few ideas on leveraging your social media efforts to maximize fundraising drives. -
How Social Listening Resulted in One Nonprofit’s Most Successful Email Campaign Ever
Insight into using social media to define and redefine your digital strategy. -
How to Make a Donor Profile in 5 Easy Steps
Like personas but for donors. -
What to Post on Each Social Media Platform: The Complete Guide to Optimizing Your Social Content
Buffer knows a thing or two about what works on social media and they’ve created a simple to follow guide to making the best of each of the networks your organization uses. -
23 of the Best Fundraising Ideas for Growth
This post might seem like it’s all about fundraising but it actually more about adjusting your digital strategy to drive donations.
Fundraising Data
With #GivingTuesday just around the corner, there’s been a whole slew of articles about fundraising data that are sure to help you with your strategy for the big day.
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2017 Global Trends in Giving Report
This is our number one stop for all fundraising data. Great infographics if you want to get just a few ideas and download the full report for a deeper dive. -
Data for Good: Fundraising and Technology Insights for your Year-End Campaigns
A few highlight data from the 2017 Global NGO Technology Report, the 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report, and Network for Good’s donor platform in a slide presentation. -
The Ultimate List of Online Giving Statistics
Just in case you haven’t had your fill of giving data – this post has an impressive amount of stats organized by medium. -
2017 Major Gift Benchmark Study
If you’re interested in learning more about major gifts this is the place to get some factual insights. -
5 Inventive Ways Donor Data Can Boost Your EOY Fundraising
All data isn’t created equal – your constituency might be different from the general public out there, so here are a few ideas on surveying the folks that matter to your organization. -
NGOs and Data Security: Do You Know Where Your Data Is?
Since we’re talking about data we have to talk about making all that data secure.
Content Strategy
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How to Develop a Content Strategy: A Start-to-Finish Guide
Just in case you’re not sure where to start with this whole content strategy thing, this is a very thorough and informative guide. -
How to Add Urgency to Your Fundraising Appeals Without Being Pushy
Nothing worse than turning off constituents by being too pushy – here are a few tips to help make the urgent ask without putting off possible donors and supporters. -
6 Ways to Tell Your Nonprofit Story With Images
Because images a so much more engaging and should very much be a part of your content strategy.
WordPress
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How Gravity Forms and Give Work Together: A Case Study
We love using Give to set up fundraising portals on our clients’ websites. Here’s their latest case study on integrating with Gravity Forms. We also recommend checking out: Create a Peer-to-Peer Give Campaign with Caldera Forms to supercharge your year-end giving drives. -
14 WordPress Plugins Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning
Just in case you were wondering if you could do that with WordPress – yes, you can!
October Events + Conferences + Webinars
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NetSquared Montreal is back!
The meetup group is active again with a number of upcoming events. -
NFG Masterclass: The Secret to a Record-Breaking #GivingTuesday – 11 October
If you tune into any event in the next month – let it be this one. -
How to Captivate and Engage Constituents with Your Website
Of course, this very useful webinar is happening on the same day but thankfully just after the one above! -
48 Nonprofit Technology Webinars & Online events
All sorts of amazing online opportunities here – no point in posting them all separately here, just go to this page to find the right ones for your interests.
General
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Podcasts for Nonprofit Professionals
This list ought to keep give you plenty of entertaining and educational listening material.
Hope you found these links to be helpful for your non-profit. Come back in November (sheesh, has it already been a year since last November?!) for the next round-up!