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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It’s an ideal community to connect co-workers, influencers, donors, and corporate sponsors. Habitat for Humanity focuses on periodically posting curated content relevant to the cause of homelessness and housing. Fundraisers and executive staff should actively engage donors and funders on LinkedIn. LinkedIn Profiles.

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

While focused on selling products, many of Ogilvy’s principles and “rules” around research, messaging, and motivating action remain surprisingly relevant today, especially for nonprofit organizations seeking to engage donors and volunteers. Survey existing donors on what compelled them to support you before.

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Fundraising for Education: Your Guide to Doing Virtual Fundraising Right

Qgiv

These recurring donations can really add for education nonprofits, since monthly donors give 42% more in one year than one-time donors! Your first step is to choose a fundraising platform that is both easy-to-use, and let’s your donors participate in the way they choose. that encourage participation. Keep Up Engagement.

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Why Your Nonprofit Should Be A Big Listener

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This bold project is incubated by Ocean Conservancy , and made possible by grants from the Waitt Foundation and other donors. Public opinion polls provide some types of insight, but take time and money. Are people more compassionate to animals, more generous towards the homeless? What is Big Listening?

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Get the Tools to Train and Educate

Tech Soup

Job training for at-risk youth, veterans reentering the workforce, or even homeless populations. Develop cost-effective marketing strategies, learn to acquire new donors, and get a handle on your planning process with the Learning Institute program from the Society for Nonprofit Organizations (SNPO). Train Nonprofit Managers.

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How to structure your nonprofit social media plan

Get Fully Funded

When planning to post about these topics, make sure you are building scheduled posts into your social media editorial calendar to “tease” the event in the days or weeks leading up to it and getting your donors ready to give! Engagement through thank-yous, polls, contests, or highlighting a volunteer or project. Saving bears?

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[VIDEO] Demystifying the Grants Lifecycle: Grant Seeking Lessons and Pro-tips from the Field

Bloomerang

We’ve got some polls for you. But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond this webinar series, we are first and foremost a provider of donor management software. Most of you have answered, so we’re going to just end the poll. So I’m actually going to launch my second poll. So don’t be shy.

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