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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

According to the Council for Aid to Education's 2008 Voluntary Support of Education Survey , matching gifts as a percentage of corporate giving totaled $175 million in 2008, up $6 million from the previous year. It’s not hard to see why matching gifts are so popular.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Idealist.org doesn't just aggregate existing information and resources, they also produce new content and research for those working in the nonprofit sector. The site is a project of Action Without Borders, a nonprofit founded in 1995 with a rich history of helping people share resources and information.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

However, it became evident after the market crashed in 2008 that many under-capitalized organizations were so financially fragile that they didn’t make it through. On internal reports, make sure to include information about your reserves. How should we communicate with funders, donors, and board members about operating reserves?

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Facebook’s newsfeed now acts as a major gatekeeper for news and information, leaving both news organizations and advocacy groups to guess what content will be algorithmically rewarded with a wide reach. What they actually did was far more mundane – the same type of modeling and segmentation that the Obama campaign deployed in 2008 and 2012.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

July 2008 : Supporters launch an uprising on mybarackobama.com in response to a vote made by Obama. Rather than call a press conference or use a media opportunity to respond to these constituents, he responds in the space where they spend their time and in the informal format they prefer, a blog post.

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

If you've read our major donor study The Wired Wealthy: Using the Internet to Connect with Your Major and Middle Donors , published in 2008 by Convio , Sea Change Strategies , and Edge Research , then you already know a few important things about major donors: half of wired major donors say that online giving is their preferred giving method.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

That happened sometime in 2008 or 2009. “Esther” told me that she was so pleased that one of the nonprofit organizations she supports proactively reached out to her to let her know that her card was failing and provided an easy way for her to log in and update her gift with her new billing information.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

I also did a little, non-scientific analysis of some of the cities that had jumps of 20-30 places in their 2008 to 2009 ranking. The 2008 rankings are based on the more than $777 million in online donations processed by Convio on behalf of thousands of the nation’s leading nonprofit organizations during the calendar year.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

Last week, Gartner “the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company” issued a press release around the results of a worldwide survey of CIO’s in the commercial sector. Author: Tad Druart. The survey identified cloud computing as the top technology priority for CIOs in 2011.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

More than 63% of online consumers plan to use the Internet to donate to charities of their choice during the upcoming holiday season, up from 51% in 2008 – when you look at the amount they plan to give it looks like organizations ready to engage online could see a more prosperous holiday season than those late to the online game.

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JANUARY 28, 2010

You should be collecting information about me – donations, interests, communication preferences. Since he started there in 2008, my family has made several donations to support the school. Even if you operate in silos, try to create the illusion that you don’t. Use the data you have about me.

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DECEMBER 18, 2008

The report was released on December 8, 2008 (with an interim report published earlier this year in July). The Congressional Management Foundation has put out a report on how to improve the state of affairs for communicating electronically with Congress. be courteous even if you disagree with your Member's position on the issue.

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JANUARY 19, 2021

With pre-populated designs, you just need to collect some basic information (including email address) from the sender. Similar to a card, you can also require basic contact information and include a soft ask on the confirmation page. Then, print out the cards and hand deliver to the doctor.

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APRIL 5, 2010

And like Easter candy there seems to be an endless craving for information about how nonprofits are faring and how they can do better. Overall, 69 percent of organizations raised more in 2009 than 2008, while 31 percent saw declines in their online fundraising. 60 percent of organizations grew their website traffic from 2008 to 2009.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

To provide more information and clarity, Jana Eggers, our Senior VP of Products and Marketing, recently answered the following questions on the Idealware blog. Common Ground seemed to hold a specific, useful niche in the CRM space, and at Idealware, we’re disappointed to see it go.

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MAY 13, 2016

This is early proof that you don’t need to start with an expensive tool—just make sure you collect information about your constituents so you can target them when you need them. Lesson #2: Consolidate Your Data. The database of those who engaged by volunteering and donating was the largest ever amassed by a previous presidential campaign.

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