NetWits

JANUARY 14, 2010

The images coming out of Haiti following Tuesday's earthquake are heartbreaking. It is comforting to know that so many nonprofit organizations are already helping on the ground and more relief is on the way. People are using the Internet to stay informed about the disaster, help communicate what's happening, and to donate to charities.

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NetWits

MAY 15, 2012

With that type of growth you’d be silly not to spend time focusing on improving your organizations online fundraising program. However, according to our research , many organizations don’t have a well-developed retention strategy in place to ensure that first-time donors turn into repeated givers. Learn from them.

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NetWits

JANUARY 25, 2010

I’m sure the earthquake in Haiti is on all of our minds. None of us can prepare for a tragedy of this magnitude but it’s inspiring to see how we rally around the people of Haiti to help ease their pain. I made an end of the year list of nonprofit organizations that I wanted to support in 2010.

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NetWits

JULY 9, 2012

No matter how well an organization is doing with its online fundraising, it will eventually hit plateaus and declines. Turning periods of low online income into more profitable times is a skill that will keep your organization afloat during both foreseen and unforeseen dips. Turn One-Time Donors Into Regulars.

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NetWits

MAY 17, 2012

The only vertical experiencing a decline from 2010 to 2011 was International Affairs organizations. According to our 2011 Online Giving Report , the sector’s online earnings dropped by 55 percent; however, the drop was likely due to a spike in online donations coming from the Haiti earthquake in January 2010.

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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

Every fundraiser knows the role that social media users played in delivering dollars to the American Red Cross for disaster relief in Haiti and to Planned Parenthood for mammogram screenings in the wake of the Komen Foundation’s withdrawal of funding, but actually how social media delivers such results has been a bit of mystery.

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