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MARCH 3, 2009

Twitter has had a banner 2008. • ~5 million users at the end of 2008. • Net result is 600% growth in 2008. So, I’m not the only one out there who became a new user in 2008 and who plans to keep using in 2009. Like all social media tools, however, it takes nuturing. Statistics.

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MARCH 3, 2009

Twitter has had a banner 2008. • ~5 million users at the end of 2008. • Net result is 600% growth in 2008. So, I’m not the only one out there who became a new user in 2008 and who plans to keep using in 2009. Like all social media tools, however, it takes nuturing. Statistics.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

As many nonprofits and socially conscious organizations and businesses now know, the Obama for America campaign broke the mold this election season in almost every aspect: fundraising, outreach, grassroots efforts and particularly using the Internet and new media to do almost everything. a social networking site.

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JUNE 7, 2016

When an organization’s attention to perfecting its own programs overwhelms its focus on achieving long-term social change, it enters the ‘social entrepreneur’s trap’. – Michael Brown, cofounder of City Year [4]. 1] & [2]Anheier, H. Nonprofit Orgnizations: Theory, Management, Policy (1st ed.). 3] & [4]Crutchfield, L.

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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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MARCH 13, 2014

2013 was a strong year for fundraising, with charities posting their best increase since before the economy plunged in 2008, according to the 2013 Charitable Giving Report. With serious disasters abroad in 2013 eclipsing those in the U.S., Faith-based – Focus on fundamentals.

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AUGUST 4, 2015

While the financial markets gradually have recovered since they crashed in 2008, a focus on providing good customer services to donors has helped generate annual giving of roughly $300 million a year over the past five years to the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. Blackbaud also publishes a giving index for Canada.

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APRIL 7, 2010

Monitoring for this tag in different social media outlets is a great way to get a feeling of being here or learning about events that are happening while you are at the conference. Finally, don’t forget to check out the Past Session Materials from 2009, 2008, and 2007. First off, watch for the #10ntc hash tag.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Target people based on their level of engagement with you, their status as a donor or non-donor, an advocate, or a social media super user. Here's a gem of a post from Peter Genuardi in 2008 that addresses this exact point. You can use their behavior as a clue for this. Send the right content.

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APRIL 25, 2012

In my mind, the comparison works this way: DM=oil TM=coal DRTV=Nuclear Email= Natural gas Mobile, social, geolocation= solar, wind, geothermal. Many organizations learned this the hard way during the acquisition cuts of 2008-2009 trying to save money during the economic downturn. In the energy marketplace, coal and gas are still king.

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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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DECEMBER 18, 2008

The report was released on December 8, 2008 (with an interim report published earlier this year in July). See pages 15-16 of the report - poli-fluentials are people who participate in online advocacy, and are 7 times more likely to be "influentials" in their social networks. (If

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JANUARY 19, 2021

If you aren’t sure the person is a patient, maybe you ask them to share a community health-related post on social media. Chris Cain has designed and implemented solutions using Blackbaud’s digital platforms since 2008. If you know you are emailing a patient, ask them to write a thank you note.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

All your personal indicators – your organization’s web visits, prevalence of social media, your personal online engagement – say it’s growing, up and to the right. Author: Tad Druart. How do you think online constituent engagement is trending for nonprofits? But it’s one thing to have a hunch about the trends.

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MARCH 6, 2012

In 2008, 24 states held their contests, in 2012 it will be just 10 states. Social media takes up a lot of headspace, to the point that I've consciously decided to eliminate some of it because there's just too much to keep up with. But by and large, voting is still an in-person event. BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH!

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