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Fundraising Success: Silent Auctions vs. Raffles

Greater Giving

Silent auctions are a fantastic way to showcase unique items, foster healthy competition, and create a social, interactive experience for your supporters. You can even use online bidding to engage more donors in a unique blend of technology and generosity. The more tickets purchased, the higher the chance of winning.

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Year-End Reporting: Data-Driven Ways to Tell Your Story

Forum One

As you get started on sifting through your data reports and action items completed this year, keep an eye toward how your internal and external reports can blend data-driven stories of impact. If you can’t do something with the data, it’s not supporting the story you need it to tell.

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The Power Of Storytelling: Transform Your Fundraising Events

Bloomerang

Showcase your mission through a blend of video, testimonials, or live demonstrations. Active collection methods, like paddles or Text to Give , are generally more effective. For instance, announce a leading gift and then challenge others to match or support at descending levels. Use compelling narratives followed by direct asks.

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Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The ESI Award recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations whose innovations blend methods from the worlds of business and philanthropy, and that challenge the status quo to create sustainable social value with a potential for large-scale impact.

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

Survey existing donors on what compelled them to support you before. Learn from direct response – Study annual appeals, door knocking, and other methods that inspire immediate action. Illustrate the concrete change created by donor support. Sending a recurring newsletter or print mailing to engage supporters.

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How Can Nonprofits Make the Most of Overhead Funds?

ASU Lodestar Center

Many funders, including individual donors, are averse to funding these indirect costs, preferring to support direct program expenses: food for hungry people, medical care for the sick, and childcare for working parents. Building the infrastructure needed to properly support an organization as a whole is vital to the entity’s sustainability.

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Donor Privacy: Protecting Your Revenue and Reputation Online

OneCause

These unprecedented levels of giving represent a significant continued trend of increased generosity, especially in online methods such as peer-to-peer campaigns. She delivers a unique blend of technical, managerial, and executive experience in support of product development, A.I., Billion raised in the United States alone.

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