Responsive fundraising calls on nonprofits to create hyper-personalized donor journeys for each individual in their donor base. As such, it often requires more from nonprofit teams. Before we unveiled responsive fundraising, we knew it wasn’t enough to simply give a name to the new fundraising system. It was our responsibility to make it possible for…

Can your software decisions impact your donor retention? Yes! Especially if you’re choosing a nonprofit CRM. When you’re choosing software, it can feel like you’re making a cut-and-dried decision that’s mostly a matter of cost-comparison and ease-of-use vs. number-of-features. But nonprofit software is about a lot more than that.  A nonprofit CRM isn’t just about…

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. It’s never too early to get excited for the year-end holidays, right? For the nonprofit sector and this year, in particular, the year-end season is more important…

The Quick Start Guide to Raising More Money Online Online giving is a critical part of your entire fundraising system. We know more donors giving more of their gifts online. But more importantly, nonprofits are using online giving behavior to create more personalized donor experiences. To help you get the most out of your online…

Think about your donor development strategies from the beginning of 2020. Do you see any major issues compared to what you know now? Let’s be real: A lot of nonprofit folks have had to completely throw out all their plans and fly by the seat of their pants. No one knows exactly what to do,…

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What do you think of when you hear the phrase “marketing automation”? Factory lines, pushing out a product? Mass emails, devoid of the personal touch? A bunch of robots, slowly taking over your nonprofit?  How about greater personalization, high-touch donor journeys, and better engagement with your supporters, on and offline?  Fundraising and marketing automation is…

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…