Tech + web

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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!