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How Nonprofits Can Jump on the Bitcoin Bandwagon

NonProfit Hub

Its popularity increased as younger generations, who grew up through the 2008 financial crisis, recognized that our financial system needed big changes. . We’re seeing nonprofits accept Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies at an increasing rate, generating attention and improving fundraising outcomes. What is Bitcoin?

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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, the best practices below are based on Nonprofit Tech for Good’s experience using Twitter almost daily since 2008. Tweets with links have an 86% higher retweet rate and higher engagement overall because people are hesitant to retweet or engage with tweets that do not have a source or a call-to-action.

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Three Ways Nonprofits Can Pioneer m-Advocacy

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As social media taught us, those nonprofits who act quickly and embrace emerging trends tend to experience the highest success rate, and similar to the rise of e-advocacy and “E-mail Action Networks&# beginning in 2000-01, the nonprofit sector is on the brink of transitioning their e-advocacy efforts to the Mobile Web.

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How to Keep Donors Engaged When Everything is Changing

Connection Cafe

I first heard Penelope Burk speak at the International Conference of the Association of Donor Relations Professionals in 2008. While we may have tried new approaches, event strategies and methods of communication, our work within the fundamentals of donor relations has not changed. Zero unsubscribes.

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American Giving Challenge Raises $2.1 Million Dollars for Charity

Care2

There was a demonstrated shift in the adoption of social media by nonprofit organizations themselves: in the 2007-2008 Giving Challenge, a significant number of cause champions were volunteers; and in the 2009 Challenge, 40% of champions were staff of the competing nonprofit (only 25% identified as volunteers).

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Research Friday: Does your nonprofit have an outcome-driven culture?

ASU Lodestar Center

More sophisticated methods of evaluation include random controlled trials (RCTs) or the use of a logic model. For many years, nonprofit watchdogs such as Charity Navigator have rated nonprofit organizations based on financial accountability and transparency. Sources: 1. Carman, J.G. & Fredericks, K.A. Nonprofits and evaluation.

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10 Things Fundraisers Can Do to Adapt During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

Connection Cafe

If you have a researcher on the team and they are cut, this means that fundraisers, who are likely paid at a higher rate, will be spending double or triple the same amount of time learning new methods and likely coming up with sub-par results. Strategize with this economic downturn in mind, not the 2008 recession.