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Charitable Giving in a down economy: Performance strategies for any market

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Through extensive donor and market research, along with insights from supporters’ actual behaviors, she identifies ways fundraisers can leverage trends into enhanced programs and performance. And taking a wait-and-see approach to optimizing your marketing program is a sure-fire way to lag behind industry leaders. Follow the Leaders.

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Tech Tools Working Together: How Text-To-Donate Paves the Way for Text Message Communication

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Kim Peterson , Content Marketing Specialist for Give by Cell , a technology company that provides mobile fundraising tools and text messaging services to nonprofits. Launched in 2008, Give by Cell pioneered the use of mobile fundraising and text messaging services to increase donor engagement.

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Social Enterprise World Forum 2008 - Part Two

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Social Enterprise World Forum 2008 was great for gaining a perspective on an island with a great deal of innovative social enterprise. Step in when the market fails. Go where the market won't go and demonstrate to the market what's possible. Finance needs to take into account social and environmental returns.

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Meet with your finance committee now: Lessons from the Great Recession’s impact on charitable giving amidst current market shocks

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We have to look at the financial markets. The dual shocks of COVID-19 and an oil price war have roiled global markets. As of mid-March, the S&P 500 has plummeted over 27 percent since a market high on February 19, 2020. Again, with the focus on financial markets, we’ve seen this before and not too long ago.

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5 Online Strategies to Encourage Recurring Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Lindsey Himphill , Digital Marketing Strategist at MobileCause – a nonprofit technology company that pioneered text-to-donate and also offers an extensive suite of online, mobile, and event fundraising solutions. Launched in 2008, MobileCause pioneered the use of text-to-donate in the nonprofit sector.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

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September 11 The 2008 mortgage crisis The Great Recession The 2016 Election The COVID pandemic The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tyre Nichols January 6 The current inflationary economy This lowering of esteem for organizations, whose solid reputations were previously taken for granted, is not anecdotal.

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A Short, Recent History of Nonprofit Website Design and Online Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Using the Wayback Machine – a website that allows you to view archived screenshots of your website all the way back to 1996, below is an exploration of how the World Wildlife Fund’s website and online fundraising campaigns have evolved since 2008. World Wildlife Fund Website :: March 15, 2008.

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