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Manage nonprofit fundraising and engagement with Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit

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Overview

  • Module 1: This module introduces Fundraising and Engagement and outlines the capabilities that allow nonprofit organizations to use this application to enhance donor engagement and manage fundraising.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Learn the core capabilities of Fundraising and Engagement used to support donor management and fundraising.
    • Understand how key fundraising terminology is used in Fundraising and Engagement.
    • Get started with Fundraising and Engagement.
  • Module 2: In this module, you will learn how to work with the core records for managing constituents - Contacts, Organizations, and Households. You will see how you can track and update donor information including contact details, their supporting objectives, history of activities, contact preferences, donation and transaction summaries, and payment details. You will also take a look at how households are managed, and how to create one.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Manage relationships with constituents – individuals, organizations, and households
    • Track constituent preferences and activities
    • View donation history for a constituent
    • Manage payment and address changes for constituents
  • Module 3: Fundraising and Engagement lets you record and process gifts, provide a central source of truth for fundraising, and provide a complete history of giving for each constituent as part of their profile.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Understand how transactions work in Fundraising and Engagement
    • Process a transaction and view the results
    • Create donor commitments and convert them to donations
    • Understand and work with recurring donations and pledge schedules
  • Module 4: Explore functionality to manage and work with gifts in Fundraising and Engagement including gift batches, receipts, refunds, and write-offs.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Understand the types of gift batches and how to use them
    • Understand the purpose of receipt stacks and receipt logs
    • Create and generate receipt and thank-you letter templates
    • Refund a gift and write off a pledge
  • Module 5: This module will explore how memberships are managed in Fundraising and Engagement.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Understand the components involved with managing memberships
    • Set up memberships in Fundraising and Engagement
    • Add memberships to a constituent
  • Module 6: Learn to manage fundraising for major gifts with a dashboard for tracking and opportunity management.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Use dashboards to view major gifts received
    • Understand how to use opportunities to manage major moves
    • Understand components of an opportunity record
    • Understand funding reports
    • Create designation plans and donor commitments from an opportunity
  • Module 7: Learn to plan, report, and track fundraising performance.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Understand how designations are used to allocate funds
    • Understand the hierarchy of campaigns, appeals, and packages
    • Use designations and campaigns across Fundraising and Engagement
    • Create a new campaign, appeal, and package
  • Module 8: Learn how to create an event, set up event components, register attendees, and assign attendees to event tables.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Set up events in Fundraising and Engagement
    • Set up event components (tickets, donations, sponsorships, preferences, products, and disclaimers)
    • Use registration packages to register event attendees
    • Set up tables for gala events and allocate registrations to tables
  • Module 9: Configure giving levels, preference categories, objectives, and budgets for Fundraising and Engagement.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Configure and use giving levels
    • Set up preference categories
    • Configure and use objectives
    • Configure objective budgets

Syllabus

  • Module 1: Get started with Fundraising and Engagement in Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit
    • Introduction
    • Explain key fundraising terminology
    • Get introduced to Fundraising and Engagement
    • Get introduced to the Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit
    • Check your knowledge
    • Summary
  • Module 2: Manage constituents in Fundraising and Engagement for Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit
    • Introduction
    • Work with contacts and organizations
    • Track constituent preferences and activities
    • View donation information for a constituent
    • Manage payment methods and address changes for constituents
    • Manage households
    • Exercise - Create a household
    • Check your knowledge
    • Summary
  • Module 3: Process gifts in Fundraising and Engagement
    • Introduction
    • Work with transactions
    • Work with donor commitments
    • Work with payment schedules
    • Exercise - Process gifts
    • Check your knowledge
    • Summary
  • Module 4: Manage gift batches, receipts, and refunds in Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit
    • Introduction
    • Gift batches
    • Receipts
    • Refunds and write-offs
    • Check your knowledge
    • Summary
  • Module 5: Manage memberships in Fundraising and Engagement
    • Introduction
    • Membership overview
    • Membership setup
    • Add a membership to a constituent
    • Membership instances
    • Check your knowledge
    • Summary
  • Module 6: Moves management to raise major gifts with Fundraising and Engagement
    • Introduction
    • Development overview
    • Opportunities
    • Funding reports
    • Create designation plans and donor commitments from an opportunity
    • Exercise - Create an opportunity and convert to a donor commitment
    • Check your knowledge
    • Summary
  • Module 7: Manage designations and campaigns in Fundraising and Engagement
    • Introduction
    • Allocate funds using designations
    • Manage campaigns
    • Work with designations and campaigns
    • Exercise - Create a campaign with an appeal and a package
    • Check your knowledge
    • Summary
  • Module 8: Manage events in Fundraising and Engagement
    • Introduction
    • Event management
    • Event setup
    • Registration packages
    • Tickets and event tables
    • Exercise - Set up an event and add a registration package
    • Check your knowledge
    • Summary
  • Module 9: Configure settings for Fundraising and Engagement
    • Introduction
    • Giving levels
    • Preference categories
    • Objectives
    • Budgets
    • Check your knowledge
    • Summary

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