Connection Cafe

JUNE 28, 2011

Over the past couple of years I’ve developed a little bit of a love affair with one of our clients: Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). WCS is a global conservation organization that manages five living institutions in New York City, including the Bronx Zoo. Author: Michelle Shefter.

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NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

Nonprofits around the globe are using online games not to only educate the public, but to get donations and supporters – and even help find cures for diseases. Gamers are exactly the kinds of people you want helping your organization succeed. Gamers are already helping tackle real-world problems, just by playing games.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

This post summarizes the results and a few insights about social media fundraising and network strategies as a way to share back what I learned and to help bring some closure. Social Proofing Helps Generate Donations. The outpouring of support from friends, colleagues, and even strangers has been heartwarming – thank you.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

But with so many elements to modern fundraising—both online and offline—it can be tough to keep up. Keep reading for an overview or use the links below to skip to the topic where you need the most help. For example, you don’t want to only reach out when you’re making an ask. Goals S.M.A.R.T. The purpose of S.M.A.R.T.

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Everyaction

APRIL 9, 2018

Beautiful Forms Donors who support conservation efforts are keenly appreciative of the beauty found in the natural world around them, and they look for you to demonstrate that you understand this by providing an aesthetically pleasing user experience when interacting with your materials, such as donation forms. Offline Organizing Capability.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

Here’s our wrap-up of new, updated, and helpful appsfor doing good. This week I found apps that will help your collaborate, communicate well, and stay safe and fit! iOS/Android: The First Aid app from the American Red Cross is a great example of why the content of an app should inform it’s functionality and design.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

Here’s our wrap-up of new, updated, and helpful appsfor doing good. This week I found apps that will help your collaborate, communicate well, and stay safe and fit! Charities like Habitat for Humanity, Feeding America, and the Nature Conservancy are already on board. Frogloop has you covered. Checkon.me

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Connection Cafe

JULY 26, 2017

According to the latest research from the Charitable Giving Report: The average donor retention rates for first-year offline-only donors is 29%. Building a customized donor stewardship plan will help you keep donors engaged and combat declining donor retention numbers.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2012

I secretly hoped that at least those other 95% recycled… And I couldn't help but draw parallels in my mind about marketing channel mix and energy. So direct mail and telemarketing (offline) for the large part rule the roost. To reinforce the two points above, "conservation" alone is not the solution.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Harvey McKinnon (Harvey McKinnon Associates) and Teva Harrison (The Nature Conservancy Canada) join Ryann Miller (Care2) to discuss why to have a monthly giving program, what it means for donor loyalty, and the fundamental elements of all good monthly programs. What about sending text messages connected to your email actions the next day?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

After studying irrigation and soil and water conservation, which pays attention to the interface between social systems and irrigation technology in developing countries, she worked for ten years in Africa. My question is whether you need to work on the mindset first, or whether the tools can help shift the mindset as well. Technology.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

Online fundraising sites are powerful tools to help you fundraise. Fundraising websites are powerful tools to help you raise more money; it’s the rallying point for all of your planning and messaging. See how CauseVox makes it easy for you to create an online fundraising site that helps you raise more with less effort.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

That’s why we work with a group of like-minded strategic partners— BDI , DNL Omnimedia , Donorly , and Oneicity , who share our passion to help make a difference. We hope you find their advice for nonprofit multi-channel marketing helpful! For example, older donors (65+) still respond well to direct mail offers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. For a great example of a nonprofit using Meetup, see the the Nature Conservancy’s Picnic for the Planet. MoFuse :: mofuse.com.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

So, Kevin, we appreciate your help. . But if they feel like their peers are giving, it really helps tremendously. . ” And Lynn Grant, a great fundraiser working with Nature Conservancy in Canada, was going into a corporate office a number of years ago, they were going to ask for a quarter of a million dollars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

In 2014, it rang in the new year with a new series of its Internet data reports , which aggregate a range of statistics to help make some sense of what’s happening in terms of Internet usage around the globe. While this represents around 150 million more users than this time last year, these numbers may still be conservative.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

For example, see Plan Asia’s Flavors Page at flavors.me/planasia. Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. For example, you can see my Re.vu To see a live example, view the Wibbitz Demo.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

For example, see Plan Asia’s Flavors Page at flavors.me/planasia. For example, see the Local Impact Map for TechSoup.org. Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. Meetup :: meetup.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

For example, see Plan Asia’s Flavors Page at flavors.me/planasia. While it’s not a fundraising tool built specifically for nonprofits, if your nonprofit works with individuals and communities who are in financial need and in crisis, HopeMob has a large community of supporters that can help. For example, you can see my Re.vu

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Windows Live Writer is primarily known as tool to help you better format and publish blog posts to the Web, but it’s also a very useful, simple, and free tool that can be used to easily generate HTML code. To see a live example, view the Wibbitz Demo. For example, here are the results for a search of the word “nonprofit.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

For example, see Plan Asia’s Flavors Page at flavors.me/planasia. For example, see the Local Impact Map for TechSoup.org. Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. Meetup :: meetup.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

For example, see Plan Asia’s Flavors Page at flavors.me/planasia. Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. For example, you can see my Re.vu To see a live example, view the Wibbitz Demo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

3) Tweet Meet Give : This approach weaves together online and offline activities and leverages "Tweet Ups." Take for example, The Free Rice Game , an interactive online game that donated rice to the United Nations World Food Program based on clicking. I think the #HelpHoneyBees hashtag campaign was very effective and helped.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

These principles will no doubt be copied, refined, remixed, and extended as nonprofits experiment with social media-powered fundraising techniques: Weaving Together Online/Offline Into Real Time Web Fundraising Events. A great example of how well this multi-channel approach works is the Humane Society’s Spay Day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2011

She helps us understand exactly what a filter bubble is – and why it is potentially a big problem for activists. For example, a campaign about a push to reduce prison penalties in California to reduce the budget might not get a reader’s attention as a more “likeable&# cause.

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