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Ring in 2010 with New Resolutions to Revitalize Your Nonprofit in the New Year

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The New Year has officially begun, and it’s the perfect time to reflect on the year past, or for most people, look forward to see what resolutions and initiatives can be planned to make the new 2010 better than 2009. Increase fundraising for participant-led events. Use social media to reach the next generation of supporters.

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Social Media Lessons from 4 Generations of Canadian Donors

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The study, which builds on a similar study conducted in 2010, looked at the philanthropic habits of the following generations of Canadians: Generation Y (or Gen Y, born 1981 – 1995). Some interesting and helpful data emerged, including some specific information about how each generation approaches social networks.

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Changing Channels: Easier on your TV than in Fundraising

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But navigating information channels is trickier than navigating TV channels, especially if you don’t have the right information. Because new channels have arrived on the scene since 2010, it makes sense that giving would be spread across them. In 2010, giving online meant donating money through a website or email.

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4 Nerdiest Upcoming Convio Features

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This is good because it means that a page on imaspammer.biz can't read information from your organization's website, but this is bad because it means yourwebsite.com can't read information from yourotherwebsite.com, at least not without a lot of hackery. And don't worry, imaspammer.biz still won't be allowed in. Oh, memories.

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Engaging Young Donors

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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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There is a silver lining to 2009

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Well, according to the data that appeared in the recently published report, Giving USA 2010: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2009 , nonprofits overall did a very good job at weathering the storm. Some valuable nuggets of information: - Total charitable giving was down 3.6 And how’s it looking for 2010?

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Nonprofit Website Effectiveness

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To see how good a job you’re doing at providing this critical information, ask yourself a few questions. Your website content needs to be structured in a way that meets the information needs of these different audiences. Do you track key information about your website (e.g., Who are we? Hopefully, it does the latter.