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Making the most impact for Haiti relief: Avoiding Fundraising Fraud during Crisis

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In the past 8 days, the surge of generosity for Haiti relief has been amazing. In less than a week, nonprofits using Convio systems have raised over $100 million through email appeals, websites and social media outreach and many other organizations are raising record amounts. Author: Jordan Viator.

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Mobile donations and dating – The world has changed

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million people used their cell phone to donate. 77 percent of respondents were aware of the Haiti text-to-donate efforts. 77 percent of respondents were aware of the Haiti text-to-donate efforts. Much like mobile fundraising – donation expected immediately.oh Here are some of the key findings.

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Emergency Response Guide

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Is your organization working to ready itself to respond to the needs caused by the earthquake in Japan? Convio wants to help you. Being prepared for an unforeseen surge of donations is something every nonprofit should be positioned for, and the swell of attention doesn’t need to come only from a natural disaster.

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Online Engagement and Giving: Making the Most of Real Numbers

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Alan Cooke, Convio. More than $250 million was raised online for Haitian relief efforts in the first 21 days after the quake through Convio powered emails, websites, and other campaigns (up from approximately $120 million in the same period during Katrina). To get your invitation visit [link].).

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Donors needed for our friends in Japan. Will you help?

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Already the NonProfit Times is reporting that charitable donations are lower for the response to the disasters in Japan than to the earthquake in Haiti. This is a long list and not intended as an endorsement of any specific organization. It is overwhelming knowing that this series of tragedies is so much greater in scale.

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Romancing the Donor

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So I’ve tapped the Casanovas of Convio for a whole array of ideas for sweeping your donors off their collective feet. Be sure to include a link to your donation form at the end of your video. Make it personal – Include value propositions next to the giving levels on your donation form. The same is true for donors.

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Keys to Following Up with Disaster Response Donors

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Convio acquired StrategicOne earlier this year, and they have done significant analytics on disaster donations with some hefty data sets to look at, so Katie Beth had some excellent suggestions. A disaster happened and an organization receives a sudden, spontaneous burst of giving. Is it working?”