Mon.Feb 27, 2012

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11 Donate Now Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. These best practices serve as a foundation for your online fundraising campaigns, but much of your nonprofit’s success also depends upon the service you choose to process your online donations and the design and frequency of your e-newsletter.

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The #1 Reason You Need a Recurring Giving Program and 3 Expert Examples

NetWits

The #1 Reason to Start a Recurring Giving Program. What’s the #1 Reason you need a recurring giving program, you ask? Let’s take a look. The lifetime value of an online acquired donor is roughly $128 dollars to your organization. Online fundraising research suggests that if you move an online acquired donor to on offline channel (i.e. direct mail) you’ll increase the lifetime value of that donor from $128 dollars to $197 dollars – An increase that any nonprofit organization would love to see.

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Facebook Brand Pages: How To Be Ready

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: Mari Smith. Two weeks ago, social media blogs were buzzing with the news that Facebook would unveil the long anticipated new format for Facebook brand pages that would include the timeline and cover image. Mari Smith, in this informative post , gave us a sneak peek at what it might look like for a big brand like Coke. According to Mari, there have been rumors that the new format will be shared at the Facebook Marketing Conference on February 29th in NYC.

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Free Non-profit Webinars for March 2012

Wild Apricot

Here's our monthly round-up of free non-profit webinars for March, 2012. Check out the 27+ webinars we found this month.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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TSDigs Tweet Chat Recap: Social Sharing and Amplification of Video

Tech Soup

Unfortunately, the old adage “if you build it, they will come” does not easily apply to digital stories. Getting viewers to watch, and share, your organization’s digital story requires more than just good production. Fortunately, TechSoup’s recent Digital Storytelling Challenge tweet chat gathered nonprofit video experts and other experienced storytellers to share what works, what channels are best and more.

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Meet Nikhil Kumar

Connection Cafe

Author: Corey Pudhorodsky. Nikhil Kumar. This month's interview with a Convio employee is with Nikhil Kumar, our Vice President of Service Delivery. In a nutshell, his team is the group that builds things for clients using Convio solutions. Whether it's a new donation form, advocacy page, CRM configuration, or data integration project, Nikhil's team is the group that is getting it done at Convio.

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The TED of Direct Marketing

Connection Cafe

Author: Tim Grailer. Recent research suggests that economic and policy changes over the last five years are continuing to make things difficult for fundraisers. Recession and slow recovery have reduced the total giving, more organizations are competing for constituent mindshare and walletshare , and there are proposals to reduce the charitable gift deduction and a rise in postal costs.

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Pinterest or Delicious: Social Bookmarking Coming back as Digital Curation

Amy Sample Ward

Lately, we’ve watched as images – from photos to infographics – have taken over the web. As photos take over Facebook newsfeeds and Pinterest explodes, I see so many people trying to accomodate an image-centric process into their digital curation. Have I lost you yet with all the buzz words and slang? Stick with me. My point is, for nonprofits at least, not every story has an image; sometimes what is incredible is the larger story we pull together or the context and annotation

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