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5 Ways to Increase Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

NetWits

When you add in everything else they do, from being an ambassador of the event to raising your organization’s profile in the community, it’s easy to see why these are relationships worth developing. As donor acquisition declined from 2005-2009, peer-to-peer fundraising was one way to find new donors. Don’t stop there, though.

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Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Signing up for new ones, making profiles, adding friends, adding applications, etc. They own my profile, and whatever time I spend adding content. People have left social networks before and they will do so again if there is an alternative that suits them better. Time suck: Social networks are a time suck. at 9:46 am Web 2.0

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What 1.9 Million Donors Can Tell Us About Fundraising on the Web: A Cliff Notes Tour of The Online Giving Study

NTEN

million gifts 1.879 million unique donors 66,470 different nonprofits Seven-year time span (2003-2009) Donations from a wide range of nonprofit sizes and types About the Study The purpose of this data mining wasn’t to create another study about the rapid growth of online giving (though it is skyrocketing). We looked at: 3.6

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Guest Post by Alan Levine: Social Media Recap from NMC 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Submitted by Alan Levine, publisher of CogDogBlog Since it is already a week in the rear view mirror, this ought to be my last post about the 2009 NMC Summer Conference. As an alternative, we created a Cafe Press shop with many more kinds of t-shirts then we could normally provide, plus other goodies. We eliminated the t-shirts too.

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3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips

Eric Jacobsen Blog

They pose alternatives. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. How Employees Approach Problem Solving Entrepreneur magazines March 2009 issue published this insightful advice about how different types of employees like to tackle problem solving: GEN Y Employees -- Form a team to brainstorm a solution.

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Find The Ideal Tone For Your Emails

Eric Jacobsen Blog

It acts somewhat similar to an email spell checker, and you can select the suggested alternatives or ignore the advice. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. ToneCheck , a software program that works with Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010, helps to ensure your tone is clearly communicated and understood.

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Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? Hogwash! - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

» Sunday May 31 2009 Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 02:22PM | by Mal Warwick My, my. Sue Anne Reed Communications Manager EMQ FamiliesFirst sreed@emqff.org May 31, 2009 | Sue Anne Reed I think I would have to agree with Mel on this one. June 3, 2009 | Ed Well said Mal. My 2 cents.

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