Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

How many times do we go to online giving sites and give up?” — Daniel Mansoor (see Science, technology, and design: A new framework in fundraising ). A/B testing can help determine which language resonates and which does not. . Future fundraising decision-making should be rooted in data. We’re in unusual times right now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Room to Read , a San Francisco based non-profit, will help us make that happen by bringing libraries and literacy to the world's poorest regions. Based on my experience with the Sharing Foundation in Cambodia, I know how important it is for children in developing countries to have books to read in their own language.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Building a robust monthly donor program is a Fundraising 101 strategy, but some nonprofits keep this strategy on the bench and instead look to events and campaigns for quick returns. I once sat at a fundraising lunch wanting to make a commitment for $1,000 to the nonprofit but didn’t have the ability to write that check that day.

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

Have you been called a “fundraising ninja”? Chances are, even if you have, that’s not your actual title (although we recognize some job descriptions do use this language). When communicating about literacy, we should always strive to avoid the term “illiterate.” Guru / Maven / Ninja / Wizard. What about a “social media wizard”?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2007

Our project on Global Giving focuses on literacy which is key to education and jobs for poor children. The Sharing Foundation's Khmer Literacy program helps farm children learn their native alphabet and numbers well enough to attend elementary school. The literacy school runs three sessions a day for 130 children of Roteang village???s

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

The last three years, in particular, have shown how online giving continues to be a growth engine for fundraising in the nonprofit sector. Since 2016, online fundraising has grown 17% among nonprofits in the United States. of total fundraising revenue. Diversification is the key to sustainable fundraising success.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Whether you're educating yourself or your staff, or teaching others technical skills, we can help you stay up-to-date on the latest technology, fundraising tools, or development strategies. --> While TechSoup may not have Trapper Keepers, we have tons of free and donated resources to keep any busy adult up to speed.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Social Media and Fundraising. However, another trend that is emerging is that we'll be discovering the limitations of social media in fundraising. In their most recent Best of the Web, Idealware's Laura Quinn recommended the NPR piece: A Click Too Far: Why Using Social Media Isn't That Great for Fundraising.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. I will explain the use of mapping, fundraising, and crowdsourcing. The same with live information, personal stories from witnesses, and so on. Examples from Haiti.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

American Literacy is Iffy. a fundraising email, new homepage message, event invitation, poster for your upcoming gala, annual report—your first job is to just get the ideas out of your head. We couldn’t have a language without them. In any case, users rarely read each word, left to right, all the way down the screen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

How do increase internet literacy with communities? What is the connection between social networking and fundraising? What type of language should i use? What are the best examples of social networking use? How do you decide which sites and tools are right for your audience? How to keep this conversation going?

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

If your nonprofit has never held a peer-to-peer fundraiser , here’s how they work: Your organization recruits individual participants who then raise funds directly from their friends, family, and networks. The possibilities for peer-to-peer fundraising events are nigh on endless, but here are nine of the most popular kinds: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

By Allison Weber , founder of Allison Weber Consulting , a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. The blog’s vibrant design and vivid language warmly invite readers into Rani’s narrative. Stories are windows into new worlds.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

I learned to speak the language fluently, and was there at a really intense time in terms of the civil war, and a lot of the political uprisings that were going on. It was written in very scribbled Nepali, her literacy skills were incredibly rudimentary, but what she ended up writing was a piece of journalism. I said, "You write it.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Local literacy program supporting students in Haiti raises record-breaking funds, moves 24 students off waiting list. Write the release in a straightforward manner, including relevant information with no sentimental language. And it should be part of your annual fundraising plan. Avoid exclamation points.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

One of the most common situations we see here, at Funding for Good, with groups that are 4, 5, 6, 7-years-old, they’re starting to apply for grants, you know, they’re upping their fundraising game, and they’re trying to share the impact from their first years. Your fundraising appeals.

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Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2023

From membership to social to programs to surveys to fundraising to research, it may seem like every department in your organization is drowning in data. Building an organizational culture where many people can learn how to speak the language of your data and interpret it properly empowers everyone to use it to drive impact.

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