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What You Need in Your Nonprofit’s Fundraiser Toolkit

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Within this introduction, you can also include some basic background information on your history, mission, and values. In your instructions, you can also include helpful tips for things like what campaign photo the fundraiser might want to use, or ideas for their campaign page’s headline. Storytelling Examples.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

I’m joining a panel to talk about the response for support after the Haiti earthquakes last year. On the morning of July 7th, a page was created for the events taking place in central London and as both television news and personal witnesses revealed more information the page content grew – by the minute. Examples from Haiti.

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The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti

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Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones. How can we do that? 100% of donations went directly to disaster relief.

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Create an Online Donation Receipt that Leads to More Donations

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It might provide the necessary receipt information, but it just isn’t warm enough to meet the donor’s needs. When you send a prompt, well-written, moving, and informative receipt, you demonstrate to the donor that you are a well-organized organization that values professionalism. Information required by the IRS (US only).

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7 “Must Do’s” When Thanking Donors To Win Their Heart and Set Up Future Gifts

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To do that, you have to connect with them emotionally through a story, a photo, and hero language that makes them feel special and important, like they personally stepped in and made a difference through their gift. It provides the donor with the relevant information and touches the donor’s heart. A perfect thank-you letter does both.

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Crowdsourcing: Community vs Crowd

Amy Sample Ward

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Three specific examples that are very different include: Connectipedia : a wiki-based platform that allows anyone interested in philanthropy or social impact in the Pacific Northwest (or beyond) to share research, resources, information, or data about people, places and topics.

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New Book: How To Implement Multichannel Online Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Click to see larger version.