Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Thanks to Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific , I’ve had the great honor to present a series of online fundraising and social media trainings to over three hundred non-governmental organizations (NGOs) throughout Asia Pacific over the last three years. Of course, being based in the U.S., 2) Launch an e-newsletter.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 24, 2018

This October 31 st , it’s not ghosts and ghouls that most nonprofit fundraisers are worried about. As the End-of-Year fundraising season approaches and strategic planning for 2019 looms, technological advances, donor demographic shifts and nonprofit workloads all pose challenges for nonprofit fundraising professionals.

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Network for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Download How to Write Amazing Fundraising Appeals That Raise More , and check out these 5 tips to ensure your email reaches (and resonates) with your donors: Tip 1: Think Before You Write. Is it an appeal for donations? get donations to the Spring campaign”). Avoid sounding like spam. Curious to see it up close?

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

In terms of fundraising, Pisapia mentions that cultivating an online presence, particularly in social media, allows nonprofits to see their audience in a new way and directly interact on an individual level to create a community. .

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Ask: Send a personalized request for support that acknowledges the donor’s past gifts and shares the impact their donation will make. Your donor engagement strategy may outline different recognition tiers by gift amount ($50 donations receive a shout-out in your newsletter, and $250 donations receive a plaque, for example).

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Neon CRM

MAY 22, 2023

Email marketing has emerged as a powerful tool for nonprofits to drive supporter engagement and boost their overall fundraising efforts. Send In the First 24 Hours Post Donation According to recent email marketing research , the timing with which an email is sent is one of the most essential criteria regarding its likelihood of success.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Mass texting, or SMS (Short Messaging System) are generally 160-character–long messages that are sent, as the name would suggest, en masse. The FCC is also a lot more strict about SMS spam versus email, so you have to do it the right way (here are 5 ideas to get your organization started with mass texting ). donation + $0.30

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 10, 2021

In the Simple Development Systems’ donor communications model, we’ve always recommended both a print and an e-newsletter. When done well, your print newsletter can be an additional source of revenue that can generate as much — if not more — than a fundraising appeal. When that happens, your ask looks like spam in my inbox.

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Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

Digital fundraisers are busier than ever, reaching more people through digital channels than ever before. There is a lot of learning and experimenting going on in digital fundraising, which is fueling new innovations in how to raise money across the whole spectrum of digital channels. This is where EveryAction comes in!

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

And if you’re watching this recording, I hope you’re having a good day, no matter when and where you are because we are here to talk about the four-step plan to get more donations and greater fundraising results. So like you said, the four-step plan to get more donors to grow your fundraising results. Steven: Yeah.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 19, 2011

I’m really happy to be part of the 11NTC Scholarship fundraising campaign this year. The system will send you a confirmation email you must respond to before you can log in for the first time. It went into my spam filter, FYI.). You can also support the 2011 NTC Scholarship Campaign by donating an item to the auction.

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3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 1, 2015

You keep mailing out newsletters and fundraising appeals. Are you keeping records on people who haven’t made a donation in five years, ten years? Have you been blocked for sending out spam because too many of your emails go to bad addresses? Perhaps this story is familiar. Year after year you gather information about donors.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

A diverse and holistic fundraising strategy is crucial to a nonprofit’s success. Whether you are fully dependent on donations or utilize a variety of revenue sources like government grants, corporate partnerships, major contributions, or membership fees, successful fundraising is key to maximizing your impact on your mission.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 2, 2010

As fundraisers, we are in the business of building relationships and knowing who we are talking to helps us to tailor our messages and ultimately communicate in a more meaningful manner. Your database system should allow you to build a profile for your top segments. It will also help to prevent people from marking you as Spam.

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NTEN

JANUARY 18, 2011

You can bid on items like: Kinect Dance Central Dance-Off / Copy of Dance Central Donated by Microsoft. Yogalicious Private Yoga Session Donated by Megan Keane, TechSoup. Wonder Warmers--hand spun, hand knit gloves Donated by Barbara Christensen. It went into my spam filter, FYI.) You want to donate an item?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

Online auction anecdote: He shared a story about an organization that had received a donation of toilet paper for an event 12 months before the event. How does/that leverage into fundraising? short code fundraising??? ??? that someone could punch in a number on their cell phone and make a donation to a charity.

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NTEN

JANUARY 20, 2011

The system will send you a confirmation email you must respond to before you can log in for the first time. It went into my spam filter, FYI.) Here are a few more amazing items in the auction: Website Effectiveness Assement Donated by John Kenyon. Tweetup Painting Donated by Wendy Harman, American Red Cross.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Thirty-eight percent of people who donate to charity already say they are more likely to give during the holidays. The system will pull articles from your blog and send them out on a set schedule. Email Spam Test. Are you worried your emails are getting thrown into spam folders?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 4, 2017

These partners deployed Azure services to create a system for helping to more quickly and reliably rescue missing children. Outdated or invalid addresses, deceased supporters, missing phone numbers, and more can cost your organization time and money by sending out appeals for donations to people who can't receive them.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

Before we chat, can I get your credit card number and the amount for which you would you like to make your donation?”. So … here are 5 steps you can take to improve your email welcome series and improve your online donor acquisition and online fundraising efforts : 1) Create one (a new donor email welcome series).

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

By engaging your donors with tailored messaging, you’ll inspire your donors to retain their support and continue to donate to your mission. You’ll also minimize the risk of spamming your supporters with messages they’re unlikely to respond to. You can also add extra fields to your donation forms to collect even more data.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Email deliverability is an important metric for nonprofit fundraisers and digital staff to track, especially in the time leading up to major digital fundraising days, such as Giving Tuesday. Between 2016 and 2017, spam rates rose for nonprofits across the board, averaging at 24.16% for the year. With an average of 3.29

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2015

As planning begins, you might be wondering what other organizations do to ensure end-of-year fundraising success. So we asked Autumn Woish, development system administrator for National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), to join us and dish her secrets on how they raised more than eight times their average monthly donations in December alone!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

To wit: we’ve put together this simple guide to the donated software that most all nonprofits and libraries need in their toolkit, especially when they’re just starting out. Don’t forget: log in and check your eligibility to see which of the donations below are available to your organization. Get Your Office Running.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

If you are ready to ride an epic wave of generosity with an airtight end-of-year fundraising strategy join our special guest Rachel Muir. If you’re watching the recording, I hope you’re having a good day no matter when and where you are because we are here to talk about end-of-year fundraising. Rachel: Absolutely. .

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

If you try to use your regular email, you run the risk of being marked as spam, looking unprofessional, and not being able to measure open rates. A system like Constant Contact complies with U.S. CAN SPAM laws so you don’t have to worry about it. Check out the Fundraiser’s Paradox from Bluefrog Fundraising.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) does it rely on graphics/images?

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EveryAction

AUGUST 17, 2016

Fundraising reports Communications reports Digital Reports. Your donor management platform should be able to show you the “journey” that Oscar took before his last donation. Did he engage with a recent fundraising email? Answer a call to donate on social media? Reporting to your board of directors. One last thing.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Why then, do they still limit their effectiveness by using antiquated systems for the data so important to making these marketing tools effective? We all have experience with the challenges presented by these systems. I want to reach out to people who have donated multiple times in the past, but did not donate this year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

One unique idea is in the area of donor advice, for example developing a personal assistant for donors to help them decide where to donate. She makes the case that if we understand the power of technology and the unique character of humanity, we can work to build systems that amplify each.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2012

" The Internet has become a spontaneous, grassroots fundraising tool – Small Act – "Philanthropy has turned on its ear. " The Internet has become a spontaneous, grassroots fundraising tool – Small Act – "Philanthropy has turned on its ear. It’s a tricky task, but someone has to do it!"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2009

CNET's Caroline McCarthy published an article called " Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0 " based on an interview with Toby Daniels of Think Social and Scott Harrison of charity:water reflecting on how the landscape has changed for fundraising on social networks. There's great fodder for discussion from the ideas in the article.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Learn how Qgiv can help you use your nonprofit website to supercharge your fundraising! Research has shown that good design can help nonprofits earn more and higher donations. Earn increased donations and create a positive giving experience. An easy-to-find donate button. Let’s get started! Request a Demo.

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Neon CRM

JULY 27, 2023

Here’s how to approach the goal of boosting engagement in a SMART way: Specific : Increase donor engagement with fundraising activities Measurable: Increase fundraising email open rates and social media followers by 20%. Let’s consider a fundraising campaign for cleaning up an oil spill, which also requires volunteers.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 14, 2021

Nonprofits who were afraid to fundraise. When we whole-heartedly embrace the challenges of our times and practice heart-centered donor-centric fundraising, we’ll emerge victoriously. Read on to discover what smart fundraisers will be doing in 2021…. Focus on the basics (Create Your Systems). And missed out.

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