Expert Roundtable: How to Choose the Best Crowdfunding Platform for Your Nonprofit
Apr 28, 2017
Note: This post was written in 2014. We’ve written more content with new research since then, including How to Get Nonprofit Software Discounts. Crowdfunding isn’t new. In fact, one of the earliest crowdfunding campaigns took place in 1884, when Joseph Pulitzer asked New Yorkers to donate funds to complete construction of the Statue of Liberty’s ...
Survey: What Motivates People to Become Repeat Volunteers?
Apr 28, 2017
Note: This post was written in 2014. We’ve written more content with new research since then, including How to Get Nonprofit Software Discounts. Twenty-five percent of American adults volunteer, but that number is at a 10-year low—putting extra strain on the 85 percent of nonprofits that rely exclusively on volunteer staff to manage the services ...
How to Turn One-Time Donors Into Repeat Donors
Apr 27, 2017
Note: This post was written in 2014. We’ve written more content with new research since then, including How to Get Nonprofit Software Discounts. Nonprofit fundraising is hard. And getting donors to donate more than once isn’t easy either. The Urban Institute found that overall donor retention rates fell to 41.5 percent in 2010-11, down from 49.6 ...
How Top Sellers Use LinkedIn to Land More Sales
Apr 25, 2017
LinkedIn has revolutionized the way over 259 million business people connect with one another, making it an incredibly valuable resource for B2B companies. For B2B sales professionals, LinkedIn’s Sales Navigator is an especially useful tool as it allows users to extensively search LinkedIn’s vast network, identify and connect with prospects and pitch them on their ...
Survey: How to Get People to Attend Church More Often
Apr 24, 2017
Since the 1970s, overall church attendance has gradually declined. Indeed, in their 2011 book, “The Other 80 Percent,” Scott Thumma and Warren Bird highlight multiple studies that indicate only half of members actually attend church—and of those who do attend, only 20 percent are actively involved in other church activities. So how can church leaders ...
The Secret to Call Center Retention and Productivity
Apr 24, 2017
Five years ago, Appletree Answers experienced some serious growing pains. The call center, which initially started as a one-man operation, eventually acquired 13 competitors, raising the number of employees to 350. This rapid expansion led to a dissolution in unity and pushed the turnover rate to 97 percent. The company could have turned to the ...
The Evolution of Estimating Technology [Infographic]
Jan 22, 2016
The construction estimating process has changed a lot since the days when paper spreadsheets and desktop calculators ruled the bid room. Work that used to take days can now be done in a fraction of time. What’s more, with the right software, a single estimator can handle a workload that once demanded a team. Processes ...
Free & Open-Source vs. Proprietary: How Construction Software Licenses Stack Up
Dec 10, 2015
Is free construction management software really a good investment? What are the benefits of a free vs. paid license? These questions are key when considering a new system. After all, it’s easy to focus on construction software’s features and imagine how having all the bells and whistles can save time—even free up evenings and weekends again. ...