Virtuous Nonprofit Blog
The Responsive Nonprofit Summit 2020: The Complete Guide
Earlier this year, Virtuous hosted the first part of The Responsive Nonprofit Summit 2020. The goal was to bring together responsive nonprofit leaders to brainstorm, connect and strategize around fundraising in 2020. Specifically, we wanted to address the question: how do we emerge from this crisis to serve donors? Everyone felt a sense of urgency…
[Podcast] 3 Best Practices for Fundraising in 2020 with T. Clay Buck
On this episode, T. Clay Buck, recovering actor and reluctant data geek, joined us to discuss what fundraising leaders should be focused on as we wade into 2020 and beyond. He is the Founder and Principal of Tactical Fundraising Solutions a fundraising consultancy that helps fundraisers and nonprofits raise money more effectively through a systems-thinking…
[Podcast] 4 Things to Remember Before You Choose a Nonprofit Technology with Rubin Singh
Rubin Singh, the CEO & Founder of OneTenth Consulting, joined us to discuss the obstacles nonprofit leaders need to navigate as they adopt new technology, common mistakes that drive many nonprofit CRM implementations to fall flat, and the needs related to people and process that must be central to your platform adoption plan. Rubin is…
[Podcast] 4 Keys to Fundraising During the COVID-19 Crisis with Barbara O’Reilly, CFRE
Barbara O’Reilly, CFRE, joined us to talk about the challenges facing nonprofit leaders today and what we should be focused on, how we must balance empathy and urgency in our messaging, and her approach to navigating through each stage of a crisis: the response (our current phase), recovery, and resilience building. Barbara brings more than…
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[Podcast] 3 Ways to Build Donor Trust at Your Nonprofit with Andrew Olsen
Andrew Olsen joined us to talk about the decreasing trust that Americans have in NGOs to “do what is right”, what nonprofits should do to proactive build donor trust, and his suggestions on how a nonprofit’s posture toward donors directly impacts their ability to deliver on the mission. Andrew is a #1 Best Selling author,…
[Podcast] 3 Things to Remember About Donor Trust with Shannon McCracken
Shannon McCracken joined us to talk about the current fundraising landscape, why trust and relevancy our essential now more than ever, and her take on what nonprofit leaders should focus on amidst times of crisis and uncertainty. Shannon is the CEO of The Nonprofit Alliance, and lead the association through rapid growth since its launch…
[Podcast] 3 Keys to Donor Loyalty from a VP of Insights, Analytics and Experience, Hilary Noon
On this episode, Hilary Noon joined us to talk about the first-ever Donor Loyalty Benchmark Study, why donor loyalty is a metric fundraisers should be pursuing and a few practical insights nonprofits can use to cultivate donor loyalty. Hilary has committed her entire working life to serve with and on behalf of nonprofits. She is…
Event Analytics & How They Can Improve Your Virtual Auction
This post was contributed by Kelly Velasquez-Hague who brings over 20 years of fundraising, nonprofit management, and sales/marketing experience to her role as the Director of Content Marketing for OneCause. Nonprofit organizations of all sizes and missions have needed to adapt to unprecedented waves of challenges over recent months, so your own organization might be…
Leading Nonprofits Use Corporate Matching to Increase Revenue
This post was provided by Julia Beltran from our partner, Double the Donation. Over 18 million people in the U.S. qualify for matching gift programs, yet most of these individuals don’t know anything about their organization’s matching gift program. This causes a shocking result – an estimated $4 to $7 billion in matching gifts to…
After Close-Out: 5 Steps for After Your Online Auction Ends
This post was contributed by Kelly Velasquez-Hague who brings over 20 years of fundraising, nonprofit management, and sales/marketing experience to her role as the Director of Content Marketing for OneCause. As nonprofits move more and more of their fundraising and outreach operations online as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, finding new ways to engage…
