The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

In working with dozens of non-profit organizations on year-end giving programs, I have found that there are five basic rules that must guide your strategy if you want to steadily increase year-end fundraising each and every year at your charity: Rule #1: Make Sure Your Message is Consistent. Avoid the gimmicks and the hype.

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Care2

APRIL 25, 2011

For example, if you are organizing a field event and need to keep in touch with 15 organizers the day of, group texting would be a great option to stay connected, answer questions, and deal with logistics. Group texting could make nonprofit campaigners lives a lot easier in communicating quickly and more efficiently with key staff.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2021

Get event registrants hyped before the big day! Tell your supporters about the perks of pledging with your organization when you make your ask. For example: Hey Lend-a-Paw Volunteer! We’d love it if you could help us with our virtual gala on March 20. Sign up here: [LINK TO VOLUNTEER SIGNUP FORM]. 3) Send reminders to guests.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2012

Your organization’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is directly related to whether your staff fully understand each sites’ unique functionality and toolset as well as how to best integrate these tools into your long-term online communications and fundraising strategy. The Broadcast Web], Web 2.0 [The

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2014

Does your organization partake in any e-learning? Leap of Reason , an organization focused on supporting leaders and funders, recently published The Beyond-the-Hype Potential of E-Learning report. The aim of the report is to motivate leaders to contemplate how e-learning can make an impact on their organization.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The Global NGO Technology Report states 33% of nonprofits are using a P2P platform to raise funds for their organizations. Peer-to-peer relies on members and organization stakeholders to raise funds and spread awareness. Many organizations choose to leverage P2P fundraising to encourage donations before a major event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Over the years, as I have watched Facebook roll out features and changes, it seems takes a predictable pattern: the big announcement, hype, backlash, more tweaks to the platform, experiments by users/organizations, and learning what works. What is your organization doing to learn and adapt its strategy to the new changes?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Artificial intelligence has been around since the 1950s and it has gone through periods of hype (“AI summers”) and periods with reduced interest (“AI winters”). The recent hype is driven in part by how accessible AI has become: You no longer need to be a data scientist to use AI.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 30, 2024

Build hype by using your own evangelists. At one event, Joey says, the organization offered a small guided tour of services they provide right at the entrance to their event, and put up displays all around the venue with information. TIP: Send out your video using the Greater Giving text functionality and embed the link to the video.

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Roundtree

APRIL 19, 2022

Every nonprofit organization is engaged in donor communications. Donor communication is the activity of informing, influencing, and inspiring donors to engage with the mission of your organization. If your organization only talks but never takes time to listen to donors, they will likely feel valued only for their money.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 17, 2011

I certainly have followed and friended lots of organizations on these networks (particularly on Twitter, but also some more personally relevant to me on Facebook.) It doesn’t help organizations bridge the huge data and workflow gap present between their traditional CRM/Donation management systems and their social media interactions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 12, 2012

Your organization’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is directly related to whether your staff fully understand each sites’ unique functionality and toolset as well as how to best integrate these tools into your long-term online communications and fundraising strategy. The Broadcast Web], Web 2.0 [The

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 30, 2019

Much more interesting than blockchain technology itself are the ways in which nonprofits and other social sector organizations can benefit from it. But the conversation will eventually turn from “what is it” and “why should I care” to “what do I need to do to take advantage of it for my organization?”

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 23, 2024

Donors will add a political donation to their overall philanthropic giving; they won’t replace a gift to your organization. And because sites like Facebook want to keep a balance of ads and organic content, you’ll see the price of advertising increase as well. Bottom Line: Keep It Simple Don’t fall for the election year hype.

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NTEN

MARCH 8, 2012

As social media evolves, every drop of news, hype, or rumor can cause a consumer reaction. Understanding how a strategy, announcement, or issue will play out on various platforms can mean the difference between creating a winning campaign and a PR disaster. People share, comment, and chat, and suddenly, you’ve got a chain reaction.

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Candid

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Many organizations raise anywhere from 25-46% of their revenue in the last couple months of the year. This year, create a social media strategy that gets donors excited to support your organization. Remind your audience why they love your cause and your organization. We all know how important year-end giving is for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2012

From critics saying it is killing photography to hype and hoopla from marketing pundits saying it is a must-have as part of your “visual marketing tool box.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

National Study Reveals: Digital and Social Media Are Delivering for Arts Organizations , Guest Post by Mary Trudel and Rory MacPherson. Just over a year ago, we asked ourselves a question: How are arts organizations using digital and social media, and what sorts of results are they getting? Arts organizations are not alone in this.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The hype is problematic, but the revolution is real. This will be an honest and authentic conversation about the many obstacles confronted by under-resourced individuals and organizations striving to help drive social change. I wouldn’t be surprised if TIME magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2023 ends up being ChatGPT.

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Qgiv

MARCH 27, 2023

So what’s all the hype about? One best practice for ChatGPT is to never share any personally identifiable information or financial details about your organization. It’s important for both the safety of your organization and that of your supporters. Having retention material ready to go will save your organization time and money.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The year-end giving season kicks off with a lot of hype around GivingTuesday, when nonprofits invest significant time, energy, and resources into launching campaigns for the special day. If you are feeling the post-GivingTuesday blues and seeking to drive even more donations to your organization, don’t fret. Sound familiar?

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Making a difference, a positive impact in the world, is the entire reason your nonprofit organizations exists. Your Special Event Director /Manager can hype your next event to the Facebook world. In essence, your staff can reach more people and bring the human side of your organization to life. With them, the sky is the limit.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many organizations use GivingTuesday as a social media campaign to increase fundraising and spread awareness for their cause. Before November rolls around, you need to prepare your organization for the big day and set your GivingTuesday goals. A tiered ad campaign can help hype your donors and get them into a giving mindset.

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CauseVox

JULY 31, 2023

Your nonprofit can use Giving Days throughout the year to rally individuals, businesses, and organizations to drive significant change in a short amount of time. Giving Days bring together individuals, businesses, and organizations to rally support for non-profit causes and amplify their impact. What Is A Giving Day?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2019

But as my colleague, Steven MacLaughlin points out, “We should keep in mind that AI is a “how” and not a “why” or “what” — but that gets lost in a lot of the hype.” How is your organization looking at the impact of new and emerging technologies on the people your serve, your programs, and fundraising?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Need the nuts and bolts to make the greatest impact for your organization? Do More with Less: Tips and Time Savers in Blackbaud eTapestry for Growing Organizations , at 3:30 p.m. Raiser’s Edge NXT Extensibility Options: What’s Real, What’s Hype? , Relating data to your mission, which is never just about raising money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

" or what we call "hype" - how does a small nonprofit avoid getting seduced by the hype? is and why it matters to their organization. I guess our checklist would be a lot like the barriers to second wave adoption blogged about elsewhere : Understand the activities and goals of the organization.

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Greater Giving

JULY 30, 2021

Nonprofit organizers are relying more and more on online “silent” auctions , opening the auction long before the event to encourage early bidding, and sometimes closing them a few days after the event to get those final bids. If you choose to use a live auction in a hybrid or purely virtual event, hype it up.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Topic : Tools and Options for Selecting Social Media for Your Organization. Description : The hardest part of getting started with social media is figuring out what tools your organization should use. How do you work through all the possibilities, hype, and data to decide which channels actually make sense for your organization?

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Simply put, the cloud by its very nature offers you better, more effective software solutions while saving your organization time, money and effort. My own organization (a cloud vendor) looked at our core marketing messages and settled on "where business is going." David Geilhufe, NetSuite, Inc.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Don’t be fooled into thinking your organization is too small to participate in the success of #GivingTuesday. You may not have all the bells and whistles that some organizations pull out at this time of year, but that’s no reason to let one of the biggest giving days of the year pass your organization by.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2012

Your organization’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is directly related to whether your staff fully understand each sites’ unique functionality and toolset as well as how to best integrate these tools into your long-term online communications and fundraising strategy. The Broadcast Web], Web 2.0 [The

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2016

People who start novel organizations like Ashesi University in Ghana, Technology Access Foundation in Seattle, and Shanti Bhavan (a boarding school) in India. The hubris that is frequently on display, and the often overwrought hype claiming incredible results, are worth taking on.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Simply put, the cloud by its very nature offers you better, more effective software solutions while saving your organization time, money and effort. My own organization (a cloud vendor) looked at our core marketing messages and settled on "where business is going." David Geilhufe, NetSuite, Inc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 12, 2012

Your organization’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is directly related to whether your staff fully understand each sites’ unique functionality and toolset as well as how to best integrate these tools into your long-term online communications and fundraising strategy. The Broadcast Web], Web 2.0 [The

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2022

It reminds me of NFTs in a way—there’s a lot of potential and a lot of hype, but it’s so new and so unknown it’s like the wild west or the gold rush. A strong brand identity and cohesion is one of the primary ways that supporters connect with your organization and mission. “I can absolutely see the potential.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 23, 2021

Maybe you want to move away from the repetitive marketing types and you really want to hype up the interest. Ticketing tiers allows event organizers the ability to offer more or less exclusivity to different ticket purchasers. You sit down with your event marketing team and start to plan out your strategy to market your event.

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