Care2

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Let Care2 and Sea Change Strategies help you by sharing the 10 critical action steps for mobilizing your donors and raising money this year end. Easy fixes you can make to your donation page, so that donors complete the donation process. Thank your donors - when, how, and for what. But don't worry: You are not too late!

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2016

In my last post, I answered the age-old questions, “ Can my 501(c)(3) really engage in advocacy? ” With that settled, it’s time to move on to the benefits of advocacy. How can advocacy make a measurable difference for your organization? All this being said, advocacy can be difficult to quantify. New donors.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 31, 2010

Last week in my post, Keeping Your Balance While Helping Haiti , I suggested that you research organizations working in Haiti that you would like to support by donating, volunteering, or helping in some other way throughout 2010. Have you chosen a way to support an organization working in Haiti throughout 2010?

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Year-end can be understandably very focused on fundraising, but given the importance of strong donor stewardship and high inflation that may place donating out of reach for some supporters, many nonprofits are curious about how to engage their donors without asking for gifts. The holiday season is a time of joy and giving back.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

The Truth About Donor Research This comes from the report Money for Good: The US Market Opportunity for Impact Investments and Charitable Gifts from Individual Donor and Investors. A lot of good information about how donors research their giving to nonprofits. All Rights Reserved

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Connection Cafe

MAY 7, 2013

According to a study conducted in 2010 that looked at charitable habits and multichannel preferences of four different generations of constituents, The Next Generation of American Giving , younger generations tend to give similar amounts, but to fewer charities. Younger Generations Engage with Fewer Organizations, but in More Ways.

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Care2

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Reconnect With Your Donors. Year-end fundraising can put a strain on your donors. But most importantly it can make donors feel like they are being treated like an ATM machine. But most importantly it can make donors feel like they are being treated like an ATM machine. In 2010 nonprofits heavily invested in Facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

HOW TO: Turn Slacktivists into Activists with Social Media – "Throughout the non-profit world, organizations struggle with social media’s impact on the volunteer and donor cycle. It seems that everyone is trying to bring younger donors into the fold. These are some of the common refrains I hear from nonprofits. .&#

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Care2

JUNE 24, 2010

“If 2009 was the year of the "tweet", 2010 is the year of the "check-in", said Joe Waters, Director of Cause and Event Marketing at Boston Medical Center on this weeks Live Discussion over at the Chronicle of Philanthropy. After all, location apps like Foursquare and Gowalla were the breakout technology at SXSWi just a few months ago.

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Care2

MARCH 14, 2011

This annual report analyzes the online fundraising performance of approximately 600 nonprofits that used the Convio platform in 2010. In 2010, Convio clients raised $1.3 Advocacy supports fundraising. In 2010, 6.42% of advocates were also donors. to find the appropriate benchmark for your online programs.

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Care2

DECEMBER 28, 2010

What’s on tap for social media and advocacy? I saw (and responded to a few great appeals in 2010) but much nonprofit communication still seems artificial, inauthentic and dare I say boring! Online Advocacy is broken. What fundraising strategies will be a game changer for nonprofits in 2011? Holly Ross, NTEN. And not apps.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 14, 2011

Well, maybe “exhilarating” isn’t the right word, but if you’re a research nerd like me, or if you’re wondering how well other orgs performed in 2010 (i.e. website traffic and registration, email communications, online fundraising and advocacy) look no further. Advocacy continues to play an important role.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Prices vary widely, from about $0.12 - $0.60

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Care2

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

It’s also great news for the many Frogloop readers who are nonprofit professionals and consultants engaged in online advocacy, fundraising and marketing. Increased website visitors 175% year to year. Launch of the Care2 Take Action Platform (TAP), which has now expanded to 100 media partners with a reach of over 80 million people.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2010

Since the release of the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , we know many of you have been hard at work looking at how your programs measure up against industry benchmarks. Are you promoting the same advocacy page on Facebook that you're using in your online advertising? Steve Peretz, M+R Strategic Services. Let's take an easy example.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

We awarded a total of $17 million in education grants in 2010. What does this mean for our work going forward, especially in terms of engaging with donors on their giving? Prior to Tides, Irene focused on serving low-income communities - especially immigrant families - through direct services, advocacy, and administration.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

The current trend is away from the Apple iOS 2010 look with things like fancy drop shadows to the simpler Windows 8 'flat design' Flat design features contrasting colored simple icons to identify the sections of website. . The best advocacy website is Global Zero developed by Advomatic & Free Range.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Office suites include: Word 2010: Create professional documents with this -processing program. Excel 2010: Develop spreadsheets and keeping track of data. Outlook 2010: Manage your time and tasks with this program. PowerPoint 2010: Build slideshows and presentations with text effects, sound, and animation.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

In January 2010, we got agreement from our organization leadership to take a closer look at our brand and messaging. From the Big Duck website : Brandraising is a proprietary model developed by Big Duck to help nonprofits communicate more effectively in order to advance fundraising, programs and advocacy goals. Let's Raise a Brand!

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Nonprofits, the fifth largest industry in Arizona, historically the recipient of a most generous donor base, now wear the burden of the downturn in the national economy. Put out a mailing to past donors, create a marketing campaign and yet another fundraiser. (A Kunz's " The Great Connection: Engaging donors in your mission.".

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Need some metrics guidelines?

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Need some metrics guidelines?

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Basic, but specific enough to implement.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Need some metrics guidelines?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Join Fenton’s Lisa Witter, author of The She Spot, and Morra Aarons-Mele of Women Online for a free, 1-hour webinar on Thursday, February 25th on best practices for recruiting and retaining women donors. The She Spot: Best Practices in Marketing to Women Thursday, February 25th, 2010 at 2 pm EST.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) With all donor age groups?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

We’ll be adding in our e-advocacy platform as a future step because we’ll need to change what platform we’re using as the GetActive platform we’re on now is going away. The data transferred for e-advocacy isn’t quite as robust as I would like, but you get a lot more than with other solutions.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Imagine for a moment that your organization has a declining donor base. Most of your loyal donors are older and, frankly, they’re dying. You need to find new donors, and have decided to focus on acquiring younger ones. This sounds wise since Gen Ys are future donors and they’re attached to their smart phones. But is it?

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See3

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

And they have done it using $25 and $50 donors. They have raised lots of money from those small donors. For the Obama campaign to get to $117,300 from $25 donors mean they have 4692 people donating instead of only 51. We care about this because we care about using the internet for fundraising and advocacy. 350,000 donors!

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Care2

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Because movements comprised of advocates and donors is about building solid relationships and trust. The Dynamics of Cause Engagement study , which surveyed 2000 adults in 2010, found that people who frequently engaged in promotional social activity were: As likely as non-social media promoters to donate money. And that takes time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

NTEN set up an event area on Slideshare for the NTC 2010. Some events have set up branded channels, like the Bar Camp Channel. (5) 8) Advocacy. Here’s a slideshow that summarizes research interviews of donors from a local humane society. 5) Tool For Networked Nonprofits To Share Draft Documents and Get Feedback.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 4, 2013

This tool can be invaluable when trying to determine if it was strategy, implementation, economies of scale, or donor behavior that drove results. View historical data from The Blackbaud Index: Instead of just displaying the past 12 months, The Blackbaud Index will now display archived data going back to January 2010.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Would this help: 1) gain donors? Organization 2 is a small pro-choice membership organization that depends upon outside funding, has many stakeholders in many different communities, and provides advocacy and activism nationally. So, now the question – should a nonprofit organization have a blog? Should staff of a nonprofit blog?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2011

Capture Contact Information Sure, it is fun to talk about the fact that your parents live in the same apartment building as the person who just stopped by your table (side note: this really happened), but getting a name and e-mail address can help turn this new best friend into next year’s top donor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. LIVESTRONG: The Lance Armstrong Foundation Takes Advocacy Digital : LIVESTRONG has taken the fight against cancer digital, connecting people and communities to drive social change. Come to this session and find out!

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

In January 2010, we got agreement from our organization leadership to take a closer look at our brand and messaging. From the Big Duck website : Brandraising is a proprietary model developed by Big Duck to help nonprofits communicate more effectively in order to advance fundraising, programs and advocacy goals. Sounded perfect.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

" Your nonprofit’s website is the first interaction that many people in the community, including constituents, donors, and grant makers, have with your organization. Content management programs like Windows SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites (admin fee: $708) are used for deploying and managing a public-facing website.

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