Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2018

” Guest Post: Giving the Gift of Giving by Amy Neumann. One of the greatest gifts anyone can give to another person, in my opinion, is the gift of helping others. Who could you give the gift of giving to, and bring them some extra joy? Looking forward to hearing your favorite ideas to share the gift of giving!

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MARCH 1, 2007

gift economy,??? There is another post called " The Future of Open Business " riffing off the recent Times Magazine article which defined the Gift Economy : People who are creating OpenSource Software on a volunteer basis. That I even know of Kropotkin comes courtesy of the Wikipedia entry for the ???gift

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APRIL 11, 2010

This year we toasted NTEN's first decade and people in the community who have been there since the beginning (including me ) But I'd like to raise a glass and toast Holly Ross, NTEN's executive director. She is not only an extraordinary organizational leader, but she is a brilliant community builder! Holly has been NTEN for ten years!

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JUNE 5, 2007

I think I found the perfect gift here. I can select a charity or cause that is meaningful to him, create a personalized card and get it to him by Father's Day. My Dad was a doctor and delivered babies. He has volunteered to train doctors at medical clinics that do not have a lot of resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2020

It may take an experienced major gifts officer an entire week to complete this task. The use of AI for these tasks is not just for major gift officers from larger fundraising shops who focus exclusively on five- or six-figure gifts. Artificial intelligence can also predict donors who are about to lapse and need re-engagement.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Major gift fundraising is an intuitive blend of art and science, with relationship-building at its core. The premise is simple: to have frank, engaging (and slightly irreverent) conversations about major gifts fundraising with donors themselves – giving fundraisers advice straight from the donor’s mouth.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

These include: Identify and facilitate connections between everyday givers (those giving less than $500 a year) and causes; Help donors identify causes that match their interests; Help nonprofits better steward donors and make sure they are engaged and renew their gifts more frequently; Scale personalized communications for all donors; Help researchers (..)

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MARCH 9, 2022

And here’s the most exciting part: Smart nonprofits create a “dividend of time,” a gift of new time that can be spent with clients and donors, preventing crises, thinking, learning, and even dreaming! You can purchase the book on Amazon! The Smart Nonprofit (Hardcover).

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MARCH 7, 2022

And here’s the most exciting part: Smart nonprofits create a “dividend of time,” a gift of new time that can be spent with clients and donors, preventing crises, thinking, learning, and even dreaming! You can purchase the book on Amazon! The Smart Nonprofit (Hardcover).

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

million for 520 South Florida nonprofits, with a total of 19,245 gifts. Working with a cohort of local partners , including Knight Foundation, The Miami Foundation helped incentivize community giving by making a bonus gift for every online donation between $25 and $10,000 received on Give Miami Day.

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JULY 25, 2013

For example, when a gift was smaller than $100 we had set up the system to send them an automatic email thank you letter, when it was between $101-$1,000 we added the gift to an “end of the week” acknowledgement list, and if the gift was larger than $1,000 the system created a task for the executive director to give them a call as soon as possible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2018

Let’s take a look at a few examples: Major Gifts Officer: A new platform called First Draft developed by Gravyty uses AI to identify and draft emails to prospects in an organization’s database.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Please consider a gift of $10, $25, or more to help me reach my goal of $500 to support the organization that does so much to help nonprofits harness the power of technology for their missions! I made the first contribution in memory of my father-in-law, William Halvorsen, who passed away yesterday. … Read More

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Web Analytics As Simple Gifts To Measure Mission 3. Production Note: I wonder if " Simple Gifts " is in the public domain?). " I would appreciate any suggestions, improvements, pointers to other resources or if your organization has a story to tell about web analytics. Possible Working Titles: 1. Analytics This!

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APRIL 4, 2014

They are also known as perks or gifts, and are used as incentives to motivate people to support a campaign. In a nutshell, donors that received a gift, felt selfish, which in turn reduced the motivation for giving. But studies have shown that rewards for donations may actually reduce giving.

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AUGUST 28, 2017

It times like this that I wish I had won that Power Ball 700 million plus lottery so I make a significant gift to many areas. Then it comes down to what aspect of the recovery do you want to support?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2008

If you have kids, you probably also read bedtime stories to them. In our house, we've read everything from Horton Hears a Who to Good Night Moon. Shel Silverstein 's The Giving Tree is also a popular request, despite the fact that it often makes me cry too. It is a story about a tree that gives everything to a young boy at every stage of his life.

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MARCH 12, 2018

Value your gifts and time. The advice is based on Maia’s extensive experience as a career coach and mindfulness practice. The book focuses on six principles: Become intimate with your core intention. Break through inertia and take action. Make friends with uncertainty. Think big and make the most of your resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2013

As my colleague, Farra Trompeter from Big Duck points out , there is huge potential: This move by Facebook builds on its Gifts program from last year, which never really seemed to take off beyond the initial nonprofit partners, and its more recent push to encourage Facebook users to support the Red Cross’ Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts.

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

The good folks at Razoo offered me two gift $50 cards , one to make a donation to the charity of my choice and the other to give away. Let Your Kids Choose: Get a gift card from Razoo and let your kids tell you how to spend it. While her parents were concerned about her safety, she kept going. Faber is a Philanthroteen.

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DECEMBER 2, 2015

If you tweeted with the hashtag #IGiveBecause – you received a $20 gift card to donate to the charity of your choice on their site. I gave the gift of girls education. Global Giving did a creative campaign to encourage people to share why they give. kanter *Thank you* Beth! MomsRising (@MomsRising) December 2, 2015.

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MAY 6, 2005

Thanks to Julie Lueng a pointer to a Time Magazine interview with Katherine Ellison, author of The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2015

PLEASE MAKE A RECURRING GIFT : I’ve donated to the GlobalGiving Earthquake Fund – the money will go to a vetted network of NGOS – and they have a donor who is matching all recurring gifts. Image Source: ntegrity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2014

” The Humane Society staff had no advanced warning of this gift when Ellen announced the donation on her TV show on Monday. As soon as the Humane Society got word of the gift via Twitter, they tweeted a thank you since people were buzzing about it already on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2007

Heading down the home stretch. but wanted to share a few learnings re: personal fundraising. For this campaign, I haven't sent out any "email blasts" - except for one to the video blogging community list. This campaign is mostly being run off of my blog, personal emails, a little Facebook and mostly Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2013

The average online gift on #GivingTuesday 2013 was $142.05, which was significantly up from $101.60 That’s a 40% year-over-year increase in average gift size. Blackbaud processed more than $19.2 million in online donations on #GivingTuesday 2013. This was up from the $10.1 million processed on #GivingTuesday in 2012.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2005

I had the pleasure of sitting next to Dina Mehta , a blogger from Indian and fabulous person. She posted this about the Menu for Hope , a little fundraiser by food blogger, to help people affected by the earthquake in Northern India and Pakistan. I love seeing how grassroots fundraising translates to blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2016

To thank you for your time, BMP will hold a raffle for survey participants to win a grand-prize $250 Amazon.com gift certificates for their organizations, or one of 5 $100 Amazon.com gift certificates for their organizations. This is a confidential survey , and your name and email will not be identified in the report.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2016

Canva and Guy Kawaski generously sent me some t-shirts that I have gifted during my workshops. In my other training work, I’ve been a “Canvangelist” sharing Canva for Nonprofits at many of my workshops. In Cambodia, we are also teaching Canva, but I was all out of t-shirts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Social Media Breakfast Boston View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. tags: givelist giving ). Before you read any further, go over to Tyson Foods and c omment on this post about hunger in Massachusetts. For every comment, Tyson Foods will donate 100 pounds of protein to the Boston Food Bank.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2019

Understand Donor Behavior: Sometimes called the “Donor Journey” but understanding the path they take and how they engage, what triggers the gift, and more importantly how to keep them engaged and to stay around and keep committed. Nonprofits are selling donors joy and passion through the experience of their donation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

According to Blackbaud’s annual State of the Nonprofit Industry Survey , the three fundraising sources cited as the most effective are gifts from major donors, special events and direct mail. Despite these advances, many nonprofits are reluctant to jump on board, perhaps because so many are entrenched in the traditional means of fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2012

Note from Beth: We know that social media can bring in the small dollar donors, but what about larger gifts? Use Social Media to Reel in Big Fish Donors Guest Post By Geri Stengel, Ventureneer Note from Beth: We know that social media can bring in the small dollar donors, but what about larger gifts? Find out how one [.]

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DECEMBER 22, 2014

But it is also a quiet time of year and a good time to catch up on reading. Also, if you are looking for a last minute gift for the nonprofit networking and data nerd in your life, here’s some book recommendations. The Digital Mystique by Sarah Granger.

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

Bob Agres Executive Director of Hawai’i Alliance for Community Based Economic Development said that network weaving is the humility to discover the unique gift of each person you encounter and to connect it with a need. Guest post from Stephanie McAuliffe. That’s beautiful.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

Later this month, the Case Foundation will give the gift of data , a comprehensive report on GivingTuesday by the numbers. . — Beth Kanter (@kanter) December 3, 2014. While the magic of GivingTuesday isn’t the dollars raised, the early results indicate many successful fundraisers.

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JULY 9, 2009

To celebrate, ChildFund International is giving gifts of agricultural love and hope from the organization’s gift catalog for every 200 Twitter followers @childfund. Each country has different needs so the gifts vary: Chickens for a school in the Gambia.

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