sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Not the ones with the fake contests and contrived conflicts, but the ones that pit you against the weather, the wildlife, and the natural environment. It’s just the contestants against the hard, cruel world, and it either brings out the best or the worst in people. Risk Management starts before funding.

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Grant Management Award International 82

Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2023

Peer-to-peer fundraising software solutions provide a platform that nonprofits can use to empower their supporters to collect donations on their behalf. These platforms typically include tools to allow supporters to create customized donation pages, set personal fundraising goals, and share the pages on social media.

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Platform Giving Fundraising Software 83

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. Review your activities and numbers from the last year. As you review each activity from last year, ask yourself: Should we keep doing it? Then post it for everyone to see – your team, Board, volunteers, and supporters.

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Fundraising Activities Active Activism 134

Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Consider incorporating these tactics to maximize support for your nonprofit: Select a Text-to-Give Provider. Before we dive into these tips, let’s do a quick review of how text-to-give works. Your supporters will receive a link that provides donation amounts and information about your campaign. Live support.

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Giving Ideas Fundraising Platform 98

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2009

In the month of September, the small, medium, and large organizations with the most positive reviews will be featured on GreatNonprofits and Guidestar. The contest asks clients, donors, volunteers, and board members to write reviews of these nonprofits. All reviews will be automatically visible on GuideStar.org.

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Award Contest Review Press 123

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Adding a golf tournament to your fundraising event roster is a win-win for your nonprofit and your donors—your nonprofit adds a reliable income stream and your donors get to support your mission through a fun activity. Social media is a great place to activate your support base as peer-to-peer marketers for your golf tournament.

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Charity Create Sponsor Sample 82

Whole Whale

AUGUST 13, 2020

Have your intern review the past year of posts and data from your major platforms. Expand this task to managing a public contest for supporters to email in pictures that volunteers can then clean up and put into the master library. Here are some ideas to make the most of volunteers online: Data/Image Projects.

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Volunteer Virtual Ideas Script 69

AFP Blog

APRIL 3, 2013

The Permanent Disruption of Social Media | Stanford Social Innovation Review : Spending an entire workday on Facebook isn’t part of a typical nonprofit employee’s job description. There are programs to run, decisions to make, funds to raise—all higher priorities than the online world of status updates, tweets, pins, and check-ins.

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Social Media Review Social Media 30

Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2020

Many of you are providing frontline support for impacted people with meals, financial help, and other vital services. Many others are working toward your amazing missions while trying to connect with your supporters in this new social distancing environment. You can also let your supporters know you’re thinking of them.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Your online donation tool is one of the quickest and easiest ways for supporters to give to your cause. If you want to optimize your modern fundraising strategy, you have to meet your supporters where they already are— on the internet. Garner support virtually by asking for in-kind donations. Leverages common tools.

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Virtual Ideas Guide Fundraising 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Keo Savon, the young Cambodian woman supported by Measuring Networked Nonprofit book royalties. I am donating my royalties to support the Sharing Foundation ‘s college education program for young people in Cambodia. My family is sponsoring Keo Savon , who we met this summer in Cambodia.

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Measure Network Cambodia Chapter 109

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and #GivingTuesday launched #MyGivingStory – a social media campaign and contest that asks people around country to tell their giving stories: to whom they give and why it is meaningful to them. I am honored to be a judge for the contest! The call for submissions runs through November 24.

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Storytelling Resource Practice Lebanon 50

Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Taking this event ( and others ) virtual can bring many benefits, including: Increased supporter reach, which is perfect for auctioning off those top prizes. More data and reporting, which is important to determine event success and makes following up with supporters much easier. Let’s begin. Outdoors-themed Auction.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

If you’re worried about getting your donors to participate in your fundraisers, come up with fun, creative ideas that will get your supporters excited enough to spread the word to their friends and family. When the holidays roll around, expand your giving day to celebrate the holidays with your supporters. 8 Days of Giving campaign.

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Ideas Fundraising Celebrate Pledge 52

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

For me, the two most prominent reason to include crowdsourcing in your engagement strategies for campaigns or contests include: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate. Is it just an event and you do not have the capacity to maintain or support a community around it once the event is over?

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Difference Community Case Study Slides 276

Neon CRM

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Corporate sponsorships are partnerships between a business and a nonprofit that exchange financial support for a positive brand association and tax deductions. Come prepared with a couple of different proposed partnership ideas, like a social media contest or an event sponsorship. Download the free guide below!

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Tips Sponsor Nonprofit Relationship 52

Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Go the extra mile with your appreciation efforts by reviewing your volunteer database to gather data on your top-performing volunteers. You can host a contest for your volunteers to come up with designs for their blankets. They’re passionate about your cause and support you for a reason. Let’s explore some ideas!

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Gift Volunteer Retention Design 83

Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

Take some time to send direct messages to these supporters from your Instagram account and encourage them to help grow your following on social media. Starting with a focus on retention, below are different tactics you can explore immediately after your virtual event or campaign to support your donor retention strategy.

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Virtual Donor Fundraising Retention 62

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up. A compelling video won over 12% of donors, while fundraising contests only 42% inspired 5% to give. Read the post below or visit SSIR to read and comment with that community. Slightly more than a third (34%) gave as a result of a workplace fundraising 52% drive.

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Celebrate Impact Fundraising Pakistan 201

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

My latest post on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog is now up. While you can learn a lot during a workshop, there is no replacement for really putting what you learn into practice; when you are back in the office trying something out, it is incredibly helpful to have online resources to support your work.

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Community Giving Washington Arlington 158

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 19, 2022

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you have the power to turn the winter season into an opportunity to engage your supporters with a peer-to-peer fundraiser! Peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising empowers supporters to fundraise on behalf of your organization by gathering donations from their personal networks.

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Ideas Campaign Fundraising Gift 52

Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Supporters of your nonprofit have busy schedules, so you want to ensure your event offers them value that is worth their investment of time. . You can easily adapt these for your nonprofit’s event, and review them before, during, and after your event to gauge your success. Be Mindful of Your Participants’ Time. How to Measure Success.

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Virtual Professional Marketing Fundraising 105

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Michaela Hackner and an amazing team from ForumOne worked to create a mashup tool for the Sunlight Foundation 's Sunlight Labs Apps for America 2 contest. You should try out their handy DataMasher and, if you like it, vote for it in the contest. Lots of NTEN folks there, so support them with your votes! ).

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Rhode Island NTEN New Zealand Mashup 47

Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Review procedures for rapid response and crisis management with key leadership. Review the upcoming month in the annual online marketing calendar. Plan for any meetings needed to solicit content or input from departments and outside support contractors.

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Online Tips Calendar Test 71

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2020

If you can get a group of people to review this together over zoom you’ve got yourself a ballot information party! There may be news stories about legal battles contesting ballots. As tax-exempt organizations, our role is to promote turnout, not to influence the outcome of the election.

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Organization Poll Social Mail 36

Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We at TechSoup are proud to support the important work of nonprofits around the world. To enter the contest, just answer a few questions on our “Success Stories” submission page ! Although there is only one winner in this contest, there are certainly no losers. Alright you got me, I’m in. What’s next?

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Digital Sponsor Law San Francisco 70

Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We at TechSoup are proud to support the important work of nonprofits around the world. Although there is only one winner in this contest, there are certainly no losers. To enter the contest, just answer a few questions on our “Success Stories” submission page ! That sounds great. How do you plan on doing that?

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Digital Sponsor Law San Francisco 65

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Reviewing each will help you develop a strategy on engaging your donors, specifically for your cause. Let the donor choose: A great way to increase donor participation is by letting them choose which area of your organization to support. Make it personal: Donors that support your mission are also supporting your volunteers and staff.

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Arts Culture Florida Maryland 22

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Many sponsors and donors want recognition for their support. In other cases, the organization and the donors want to send a message to other donors that this organization has broad and deep support. A dedicated blog post about a donor’s journey toward supporting the organization. Mention the donor on the event web page.

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Donor Sponsor Accessibility Music 337

Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2016

TechSoup organizes an annual event called Storymakers ; organizations from around the globe participate in a multimedia contest for a chance to win exciting prizes and learn how to effectively tell their story. These reports save time and make it easier for others to review your finances. Storymakers. Read more › 8.

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Adobe Tech Chart Files 36

Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2017

We have a special contest give-away in store at this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference: a free year-long subscription of Adobe Creative Cloud. While you are visiting us, ask about our new services, IT Assist and Expert Cloud Support , or our program, Boost. Stop By and Visit Us — Booth 217. Washington DC, here we come!

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Adobe Law Sponsor San Francisco 42

NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Instead, state a clear monetary goal, a clear time frame for achieving that goal and the specific items or projects that the funds will go to support. Start marketing the campaign to your top supporters far in advance of the launch using your organization’s newsletters, email communications and social networking sites.

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Nevada Nonprofit Social Network Campaign 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Beth's Birthday Cause I was listening to a story on Marketplace on NPR this afternoon with Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell who reviewed their 2008 financial goals and graded themselves on their accomplishments. For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Photo Remix Contest on flickr and donated $50 the winner's favorite charity.

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Giving Hunger Charity Blogger 50

NTEN

MAY 24, 2010

Beth Kanter and Allison Fine are investigating how nonprofits " vet online contest opportunities." AllysonKapin reviews 3 new tools that could help your organization and supporters raise money and/or awareness for your cause over on the Care2 blog.

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NTEN Vermont Social Media Policy 44

Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2014

Groups or individuals that advocate, support or practice (or, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, are believed to advocate/support/practice) discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status are NOT eligible. (b) a) Non-Discrimination.

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Organization Sponsor Free Map 60

See3

MARCH 13, 2008

The individual will be responsible for developing and executing new media strategies to support the Foundation’s organizational as well as internal and external communication goals and objectives. APPLICATION DEADLINE: Review of applicant materials will begin immediately and will continue until finalist candidates have been identified.

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Foundation Job Open Management 40

Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

As a nonprofit marketing or communications specialist, you may have noticed a rising tide of digital fatigue among your supporters when it comes to your organization’s online outreach efforts. . or grow your online following, use these four strategies to combat digital fatigue and re-engage your supporters: . engage with donors online.

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Digital Communication Tips Virtual 105