by iMission Team | Apr 15, 2024 | Technology
Generative AI brings exciting new opportunities to improve, innovate, and transform the nonprofit sector. Yet, a recent Google survey found that although four in five nonprofit professionals think generative AI may be applicable to their work, nearly half said their...
by iMission Team | Mar 23, 2024 | iMission Blog, Nonprofit Strategy, Technology
Gmail and Yahoo announced major changes to email deliverability, all of which took effect on February 1, 2024. Make sure your nonprofit is in compliance!
by iMission Team | Jan 5, 2024 | Article, Marketing, Technology
Your CRM (or Customer Relationship Management tool) is the intelligent database at the heart of all your outreach efforts. It keeps records of all your contacts, which allows you to track each person’s engagement over time. To best connect with your...
by iMission Team | Dec 15, 2023 | Article, iMission Blog, Marketing, Technology
Marketing automation platforms offer amazing capabilities for your nonprofit. They allow you to streamline your outreach and keep your audience engaged — all while limiting the demands on your staff. But if you’re shopping for software for the first time, you’re...
by iMission Team | Dec 14, 2023 | About Us, iMission Blog, Salesforce
The iMission Salesforce team is growing! Please say hello and welcome to our new salesforce consultant, Valerie Achterhof! Valerie supports nonprofits across the country in harnessing the power of Salesforce. She is a data, dashboard, and report-writing expert with a...
by iMission Team | Nov 7, 2023 | Article, Technology
Digital Mapping helps nonprofits in five critical ways: fundraise, strategic planning, story telling, and mobilizing activists.
by iMission Team | Nov 5, 2023 | Fundraising, Marketing, Nonprofit Strategy, Salesforce, Technology
Learn how to use marketing automation for nonprofits to boost your donor engagement to ensure funding keeps rolling in.
by iMission Team | Oct 22, 2023 | Fundraising, Marketing, Nonprofit Strategy, Technology
Walk through the strategy behind nonprofit marketing automation to help you turn a potential donor into an ambassador for your organization.
by iMission Team | Oct 10, 2023 | Article, Case Studies, Salesforce
Learn how Salesforce and iMission empowered Keep America Beautiful’s digital marketing and leads management using marketing automation!
by iMission Team | Sep 8, 2023 | Article, Case Studies, Salesforce
Learn How Salesforce and iMission were able to empower a CT-based nonprofit to deliver over $30 Million to low-income residents!
by iMission Team | Sep 8, 2023 | Article, Case Studies, Salesforce, Technology
Bassett Healthcare recently completed a CRM transition from Raiser’s Edge to Salesforce working with iMission. Read our case study details!
by iMission Team | Sep 1, 2023 | About Us, Article, Salesforce
iMission Institute is happy to report the promotion of Riley Cameron to Director of CRM Services effective September 1, 2023. Learn more!
by Rob Leighton | Aug 31, 2023 | Article, Salesforce, Technology
Are you wondering if you really need to hire a Salesforce nonprofit consultant? There are many reasons to work with a qualified pro!
by Rob Leighton | Aug 28, 2023 | Article, Salesforce, Technology
Learn how to crack open the power of the leading constituent management platform. Get started with Salesforce for nonprofits with these tips.
by iMission Team | Aug 17, 2023 | Article, Salesforce, Technology
More and more nonprofits are migrating from Raiser’s Edge to Salesforce. Set up your organization’s roadmap for success.
by Rob Leighton | May 10, 2023 | Article, Salesforce, Technology
Learn the 5 steps you can take to make your Salesforce implementation a success. Need more info? We’ve got you covered! Give iMission a call!
by Charles Comstock | Mar 5, 2023 | Article, Salesforce, Technology
Learn how the best in-class tools allow you to seamlessly integrate Zoom to Salesforce. See which integration best fits your organization.
by Lisa Evans | Nov 7, 2022 | Article, Fundraising, Marketing, Social Media
Nonprofits: connect with the right people at the right time on LinkedIn! Find corporate & foundation partners, volunteers, advocates & donors.
by Rob Leighton | Oct 31, 2022 | Article, Social Media, Technology
This guide helps you create an effective LinkedIn newsletter for your nonprofit. It includes how-to’s and best practices. Read more!
by Rob Leighton | Oct 10, 2022 | Article, Salesforce, Technology
Choosing the right email marketing platform for your nonprofit is a big decision. Learn about the differences between Mailchimp & Salesforce!
by Taylor Hale | Sep 6, 2022 | Article, Salesforce, Technology
Learn the basics of importing data into Salesforce for your nonprofit: different tools available, how to define your project and your data.
by admin | Jun 17, 2022 | Article, Technology, Web Design
Understand the process of redesigning a website for your nonprofit and how to ensure the best process with your web design consultant.
by Charles Comstock | Jun 10, 2022 | Article, Technology
The Diaper Bank of Connecticut uses Digital Mapping to tell their powerful story and target neighborhoods across CT.
by Rob Leighton | Jun 9, 2022 | Article, Salesforce, Technology
Learn how Salesforce can power up your nonprofit program management. Bring the power of digital tech to social & human services
by admin | Jun 2, 2022 | Article, Technology
Google offers a $120,000 grant to nonprofits. In this webinar you’ll learn how Google grants benefits your organization.
by Rob Leighton | May 12, 2022 | Advocacy, Article, Technology
Learn how the iMission team used digitally powered solutions to help SimplifyCT provide free tax services in CT, growing tax advocacy
by admin | Feb 2, 2022 | Article, Salesforce, Technology
As cyber attacks grow more common, passwords no longer provide sufficient safeguards against unauthorized account access. Salesforce Multi-factor authentication (or MFA) adds an extra layer of protection against threats like phishing attacks, increasing security for...
by admin | Jan 11, 2022 | Article, Salesforce, Technology
Salesforce Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is required to provide greater security for your organization’s data. Learn about the changes MFA will have on your organization and how to get the conversation started with your team. In this webinar recording, you...
by Lisa Evans | Jan 7, 2022 | Article, Marketing, Technology
It’s true! Using the grant your nonprofit can drive increased traffic to your site and build an engaged audience to help support your cause. What could your nonprofit do with $10,000 of free advertising every month? How many volunteers could you recruit? How many new...
by Lisa Evans | Nov 3, 2021 | Article, Marketing, Web Design
Your nonprofit’s website is the face your organization presents to the world. Learn how your website can become a more powerful force for fundraising, community engagement, and brand building. What you need to know to conceptualize a website design/redesign. How to...
by admin | Sep 30, 2021 | Events, iMission Blog, Technology
Did you know that Google offers a $120,000 grant to nonprofits? It’s true! Using the grant your nonprofit can drive increased traffic to your site and build an engaged audience to help support your cause. What could your nonprofit do with $10,000 of free advertising...
by admin | Apr 25, 2021 | Article, Fundraising, Technology
iMission Institute, a leader in nonprofit marketing and advocacy, has been named as a partner by Everyaction. The EveryAction platform provides an innovative engagement platform to nonprofits, which dovetails with iMission’s own corporate mission of using digital...
by Chazz Clevinger | Feb 9, 2021 | Advocacy, Marketing
Effective advocacy messaging starts with a clear campaign goal or objective. Having an advocacy software platform is critical in achieving that objective alongside creativity and ingenuity of advocacy practitioners. Aside from the focused goal and your advocacy tool,...
by Lisa Evans | Oct 27, 2020 | Article, Fundraising, Technology
Nonprofit broadcast texting is a powerful tool for engaging donors, volunteers, and clients. Unfortunately, many nonprofits are not harnessing texting power. The good news. Any nonprofit can get started quickly with texting. After all, you and most of your...
by Lisa Evans | Oct 8, 2020 | Article, Fundraising, Nonprofit Strategy, Technology
It’s fundraising season so here at iMission, we wanted to provide a quick and easy How-To Guide for you to get your donor orientation campaign off the ground. Let’s review the basics: what’s a donor orientation series? It’s a series of emails – possibly automated...
by Lisa Evans | Sep 9, 2020 | Article, Fundraising, Nonprofit Strategy, Technology
Nonprofit fundraising must find new and innovative ways to succeed. Google has expanded its tools within Google for Nonprofits that can help. Most importantly, Google’s tools for nonprofit organizations make it possible to conserve cash while...
by Rob Leighton | Sep 9, 2020 | Article, Nonprofit Strategy, Technology
When times get tough, people come together in unity to support each other. This is what happened when the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites across Connecticut were shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this shutdown, many low-income...
by admin | Sep 1, 2020 | iMission Blog, Nonprofit Strategy, Technology
A website is more than just an expensive yellow pages ad. A website is more than just an expensive yellow pages ad. If you want it to be, that is. When we’re talking about nonprofit web design best practices, it’s A LOT more. A basic nonprofit website can do a lot for...
by admin | Aug 15, 2020 | iMission Blog, Technology
Introducing Regina M. Trimble! We are pleased to welcome Regina M. Trimble as a Senior Salesforce Consultant. Regina will be supporting our community health and social service nonprofit providers. Regina comes to us as an experienced project...
by CT Nonprofit Salesforce Users Group | Aug 11, 2020 | Events, iMission Blog, Technology
An accounting system is about the numbers. A constituent relationship management (CRM) system is about people, like donors. In the past, these systems have not connected easily, creating obstacles for the Resource Development, Grants Management, and Finance teams to...
by Lisa Evans | Jul 2, 2020 | Fundraising, iMission Blog, Nonprofit Strategy, Technology
Texting is a powerful tool for nonprofit engagement. For starters, texts are typically 3-4x more likely to be opened and read than an email sent through a platform like Constant Contact or MailChimp. Peer-to-peer (P2P) texting for nonprofits is also much more likely...
by CT Nonprofit Salesforce Users Group | Jun 11, 2020 | Events, iMission Blog, Technology
Streamline Your Program & Grants Management With Salesforce! If you’ve been struggling with streamlining your Programs & Grants Management, this webinar is for you! June 18th, 2020 webinar recording. Join expert panelists and CT nonprofit executives...
by Rob Leighton | Mar 30, 2018 | iMission Blog, Nonprofit Strategy, Technology
This is one of those hacks that you won’t believe you ever lived without. All you need is the desire to blow up your nonprofit Facebook engagement! The Secret Sauce of Nonprofit Facebook Engagement Motivating your inner circle to engage with your page is the...