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Fundraising Trends: Mobile Giving and Crowdfunding, and the Next Generation of Canadian Giving

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In a major study of more than 800 Canadian donors that we at hjc recently completed with Blackbaud , Edge Research , and Sea Change Strategies , two big trends stood out: mobile fundraising and crowdfunding. The increase in use of mobile devices has led us to a place where mobile fundraising can no longer be ignored.

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Mobile websites vs. apps - what's right for you?

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mobile consumers now have smartphones , says The Nielsen Company. Combine that with this nugget: by 2014 more people will view web pages using a mobile device than a computer. What about mobile websites versus apps? Should you invest your time and money in building a mobile version of your site, or developing an app?

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Are you on the Mobile Bandwagon?

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Mobile is a growing trend that just won't quit. I was not an early adopter of a mobile device. I carried an old-fashioned flip phone for so long that some of my friends at the Convio Summit 2010 made fun of me. So even if you're behind the curve on mobile, don't try to boil the ocean - just start with those two simple steps.

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Is your site optimized for mobile?

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Continuing the theme of "busy mom" from last month , I wanted to take a moment to talk about the need for organizations to optimize their sites for use with mobile devices. 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.

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The End of the Beginning of Online Giving

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Mobile is the New Normal. There are 7 billion people on Earth and 5 billion of them have a mobile phone. It should come as no surprise that giving on mobile devices has seen tremendous growth in the past few years. Since 2009, online donations made on mobile devices have grown from 9% of all transactions to 24% in 2018.

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What to Look for in 2011

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Mobile technology : TMCNet.com reports that nearly a third of Americans used smartphones 2010 and last year Nielson predicted that by Christmas 2011, a full half of Americans will have smart phones. Consider how your organization can optimize your website and emails for the best mobile experience.

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4 Nerdiest Upcoming Convio Features

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By doing so, you'll then be able to push the envelope with mobile-friendly and other new-fangled webby goodness. This Winter, Luminate Online will officially support HTML5, allowing organizations to select this new DOCTYPE when building out content. Second, we've added some really fancy logic to redirect old event links to new ones.

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