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JANUARY 25, 2012

Register for our Event Fundraising eNewsletter to receive more practical fundraising tips like these in your inbox. Many summer peer-to-peer fundraising events will be opening registration in the upcoming months (hopefully, yours included). Superstar fundraisers respond differently than those who raise the minimum.

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APRIL 19, 2012

Download The 2011 Index of Higher Education Fundraising Performance Report to learn more about the 6% revenue growth and other key performance indicators of annual funds at more than 100 public and private institutions. Overall, like other fundraising areas, Higher Education fundraising is bouncing back to pre-recession levels.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Armed with a fundraising page and email tools, peer-to-peer fundraisers turn their family and friends into donors. So, I thought I’d share five ways your organization can increase peer-to-peer fundraising revenue. So, I thought I’d share five ways your organization can increase peer-to-peer fundraising revenue.

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JULY 9, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. No matter how well an organization is doing with its online fundraising, it will eventually hit plateaus and declines.

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MAY 10, 2010

On mothers day 2010 they set out to raise money for Mama Lucy - a change maker who’s dedicated her life to helping kids in Arusha, Tanzania. We can learn some things from this online fundraising project. The folks at Epic Change continue to do great things using the web as their medium.

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NetWits

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Reviewing the way you use links may be a good place to start – effective link copy and placement can have huge effects on click through rates and related fundraising results. The 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study found that as click-through rates increased, so did conversion rates.

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JUNE 9, 2011

Hey online fundraisers! For large nonprofits here is some even scarier news: the Chronicle of Philanthropy reported in October of 2010 that donations to the nation’s largest charities dropped 11% last year. The median expected change for nonprofits in 2010 was supposed to be an increase of 1.4%. Guest post by David J.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

I’m not sure what 2010 looks like yet, but based on the growth we’ve seen since 1997 (as shown below) it’s pretty safe to say that 2010 online giving numbers went up. So, how are you thinking about your online fundraising strategy? Did you know that online giving passed 15 BILLION in 2009? Amazing, eh?

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NetWits

JANUARY 25, 2010

Make sure you start 2010 off right by adopting the latest best practices for online advocacy as a proven strategy to recruit and retain donors, while advancing your mission. Did you know that activists on your nonprofit’s email list are seven times more likely to donate money to your organization than non-activists are?

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2011

Social media for social good is grassroots organizing, fundraising and impact in the digital world. Crowdrise came on the scene with a big splash in 2010. Essentially you can set up a page that allows you to fundraise by asking people to donate money in support of the cause you care about instead of buying you a gift.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

billion in total fundraising from 1,560 nonprofits. compared to the same time period in 2010. The percentage of total fundraising that comes from online giving decreased to 6.3%. Every nonprofit sector in the analysis has had double-digit online fundraising growth since 2009. Large organizations grew by 8.6%

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

2) A medical foundation exceeded their fundraising goals and averaged over $1,000 per gift when they personalized their email appeal by: Thanking people for last year’s gift (in the headline and first paragraph). MailerMailer’s 2010 Email Marketing Metrics Report, MarketingSherpa “Email Marketing Benchmark Guide” 2008.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

As I’m writing this there’s over 2000 items on the list – can we get it to 5,000 by the time Thanksgiving 2010 is over? Tweetsgiving 2010 – #EpicThanks. The folks at Epic Change, creators of Tweetsgiving and To Mama with Love , are the ones behind Tweetsgiving 2010 – Epic Thanks. Let’s do this!

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MAY 31, 2011

This is in line with the 2010 Online Giving Report. Only 11% of online donors acquired in 2007 were still giving in 2010. Nonprofit organizations need to focus even more on stewardship, relationship management, and diversification of fundraising sources. Online giving growth was not slowed by the most recent recession.

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APRIL 16, 2010

Chris Noble of www.Studiogood.com and www.Whatgives.com took some time to talk with us at SXSWi 2010. Foursquare) and fundraising. We cover a couple cause marketing initiatives (Pepsi Refresh and Check in for Charity) that focus on a really interesting combination of location based social networking (i.e.

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JANUARY 11, 2012

14 million Americans scanned them in June of 2011 , and there was a +4500% increase in use from 2009 to 2010. Engagement, advocacy, fundraising – these are all areas where QR codes will help you tap into the mobile market. They are everywhere – and people are scanning them! Are you using QR codes at your nonprofit?

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JULY 12, 2011

In 2010, 78% of nonprofits surveyed by NTEN who had raised money on Facebook raised $1K or less in 12 months. of the organizations fundraising on Facebook, raised $10K or more. Like other studies have noted, social networks like Facebook are not raising much money. Check out the key Facebook data below.

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JUNE 15, 2011

According to the BBC in 2010 “In many regions, penetration exceeds 100%, where there is more than one connection per person in the country. description : The American Cancer Society Relay for Life application is a great tool to track your fundraising progress, and to keep current on all Relay for Life news! link : [link] #.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Blackbaud has just released the 2010 State of the Not-for-Profit Industry Survey results for the Asia Pacific. If you place importance on online fundraising, ensure that your fundraising team has input into your website. What can your fundraisers bring to the mix that your marketing and communications teams may have overlooked?

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

As Blackbaud’s 2010 Conference for Non-Profits approaches this October 21-22, 2010 in Washington, DC, I’m working with colleagues to put the finishing touches on my sessions, and one in particular — one of my favorite topics — is simply too much fun to not share here: Targeted Content*. What is Targeted Content? Enter Targeted Content.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2010

The essay should also focus on how the organization should use technology and media to further its goals beyond fundraising. Check out a few of Blackbaud’s Interviews at SXSW 2010. Your 300-word essay should briefly explain what the designated organization does and the challenges it faces. Responses cannot exceed 300 total words.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Needless to say, without good SEO, you’ve got a very slim chance of being found by people searching for things you offer (events, fundraising opportunities, volunteer opportunities, programs, etc). Do you run fundraising events? At Blackbaud we saw our non-profit customers send over 1 Billion emails in 2010. Staggering.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

As you wind down for 2010, it’s worth having a quick think about what your priorities will be when you next step back into your office. Where will your focus be in the new year? How will you reinvigorate yourself, your work and your organisation in 2011?

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

If you’ve been in the nonprofit industry for a while, you’ve likely heard that “direct mail is dead” or that offline fundraising is on the decline. That online fundraising is the way for your organization to break through its fundraising ceiling and raise millions of dollars tomorrow. to $20+ billion in 2010.

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AUGUST 31, 2012

According to the Run Walk Ride fundraising council “The top thirty “thon” event fundraising programs generated $1.69 million or 2.46% from 2010 levels.”. There are thousands of smaller nonprofits who run peer-to-peer fundraising events. There are thousands of smaller nonprofits who run peer-to-peer fundraising events.

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MARCH 29, 2011

billion subscriptions), from 53 per cent of total mobile subscriptions at the end of 2005 to an estimated 73 per cent at the end of 2010. In one particular niche fundraising space we’ve been looking to see how mobile is changing the game. Are you thinking about how this affects the non-profit space yet?

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