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APRIL 10, 2014

They gave the most where they were deeply engaged and used all of their personal capital – human, intellectual, network and financial – for the good of the mission, vision and work. In a 2010 study by Indiana University and Bank of America, HNWI donors reported giving on average $35,000 a year when not engaged and $124,000 when engaged.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

Back then, fundraising was different. Do the heavy lifting work. Even more lessons learned and ideas can be found in the 2010 Nonprofit Resolutions Guide , and of course, I know there are many other tips participant fundraisers must have. What worked for your organization in 2009? And what are you looking to do in 2010?

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APRIL 9, 2010

If you currently work in a nonprofit organization, or the corporate world for that matter, you've no doubt had a conversation in the past year about "generational differences" today. How do you reach Generation Y with the many different outlets they use? Author: Jordan Viator. What motivates them in the workplace?

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MAY 20, 2010

These are the people that have developed social media “cred” They are different from your regular user; they are more invested, spending countless hours engaging with others. There are influencers and evangelists among all social media networks. They also have a nose for what is the truth and what’s not.

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JULY 6, 2010

Nielsen reports that as of Q1 2010 , 23% of people with mobile devices now have a smartphone instead of a regular old boring/dumb cell phone. You'll see the difference. Nonprofits might have different goals. But don't let that be a deterrent - rather, think of it as a challenge and an opportunity to test what works best.

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JANUARY 28, 2010

I’m connected in different ways to numerous nonprofit organizations. And with the publishing of the 2010 Nonprofit Resolutions Guide , 5 main lessons learned in the way of multi-channel marketing were evident in 2009. Have something else that works well for your organization? Author: Emma Zolbrod. Coordinate your efforts.

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MARCH 14, 2010

Seeing the "behind-the-scenes" work that goes into sketching, laying out and setting up the foundation for a web site is not well shared in the industry, but in the session " The Right Way to Wireframe " at this year's SXSWi, Todd Zaki Warfel and Russ Unger worked to change that. Tori is currently using a BlogSpot , one page website.

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APRIL 19, 2012

Thirty-something years later was no different. They take advantage of the information from a 2010 study by CMB Consumer Pulse that says 51% of Facebook fans and 67% of Twitter followers are more likely to buy their product SINCE becoming a fan/follower. Promote their business and your cause by offering a gift card at different levels.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

By communicating the impact of different donation amounts, you might sway donors to dig a little deeper into their wallets. Here’s how to plan a holiday email campaign that works: Run multi-part appeals: Everyone’s guilty of forgetting to respond to emails that are buried at the bottom of inboxes. After all, ‘tis the season!

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APRIL 4, 2013

It is the follow-up book to the critically acclaimed Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential from 2010. Now it’s time to get to work solving it.” “Our sector does have an extremely proficient and hard-working national advocacy organization: Independent Sector.

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AUGUST 22, 2014

[And if you want to really step-up your game, take a look at the new eBook about writing and designing fundraising appeals that work! ]. Lindsey Salmony works on Blackbaud’s Corporate Marketing team as a program manager, writer, editor, and graphic designer. ” So, what inspires and motivates people to respond?

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MARCH 22, 2017

An analysis of the data from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the 2010 Haitian earthquake and the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, 2012’s Hurricane Sandy, Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, and most recently the Nepal earthquake in 2015, followed a consistent pattern of donors choosing to give online immediately following the event.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

It’s also one I’ve been asking myself for nearly 12 years, ever since I began working for GuideStar in November 1999. (If Can you really use the same criteria to measure the effectiveness of a rural food bank that works locally and an internationally renowned art museum located in a major metropolitan area?

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

If you have struggled with this type of campaign in the past, now is a good time to sit down and determine what did not work (and what worked) so that you can see more success this year. Think of December 2010 as your golden opportunity. Don’t wait until next year. People really do want to give at this time of the year.

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