Get Fully Funded

MAY 2, 2022

Bullet journaling. This craft combines art, journaling, and self-care and has taken off over the past couple of years! Charge a modest entry fee and offer small prizes such as swag or a giant candy bar, which you can mail to the winners. It’s fun, easy, and affordable!

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Care2

MAY 17, 2007

Amy Gahran - a conversational media consultant, content strategist, and freelance writer/editor - showed us some really cool sites about the exciting, ever-developing world of citizen journalism that we wanted to share with you, our Frog Loop readers. What is citizen journalism?

Journal 28

Journal Social Media Advocacy Media 28

sgEngage

MAY 27, 2022

How this applies to nonprofits: Here is an example of a workflow: a donation arrives by check in the mail. Someone opens the mail. Workflow is a term for the rules and sequence that a process follows to get a task from start to finish. Workflows can be analog or done through a computer program. Someone enters the check into the ledger.

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Process API San Diego Nonprofit 74

AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

End of the e-mail era? The Wall Street Journal has declared that e-mail's reign is over. I'm not buying it - National voices - MercedSun-Star.com: "don't know about you, but I'm overwhelmed by e-mail.Yes, I know. It's supposedly being replaced by technologies such as instant messaging, social networking and Twitter."

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

If they donate by check, you should send them a hard copy thank-you letter with tax information by regular postal mail, sent within two business days of when you receive their check. You can include a mail option and a QR code linking to an electronic survey. For people who can’t make it, deliver or mail their baskets.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2007

Amy Gahran - a conversational media consultant, content strategist, and freelance writer/editor - showed us some really cool sites about the exciting, ever-developing world of citizen journalism that we wanted to share with you, our Frog Loop readers. What is citizen journalism?

Journal 28

Journal Social Media Advocacy Case Study 28

Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Takeaway #1 Know Your Donors Ogilvy had an “aha” moment when researching Rolls-Royce – discovering in a trade journal that their engineers focused extensively on reducing noise. For example, if a mailed appeal with a matching gift incentive consistently outperforms others, keep using that format.

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Lesson Fundraising Digital Test 59

Achieve

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Segment the rest of your database and email or mail messages that are particularly relevant to each segment. With more than 15 years' experience in nonprofit copywriting and a public relations/journalism background, Cindy can bring a beneficiary's story to life for your target audiences and potential donors.

Campaign 52

Campaign Fundraising Database Journal 52

NTEN

MAY 5, 2011

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] But raising funds online is not about technology, any more than raising funds through the mail is about paper. It’s about the relationship between the nonprofit and the donor who wants to support a cause.

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Relationship Studies Network Online 89

Care2

OCTOBER 23, 2009

First there were rumblings that direct mail was dying. Email, according to a recent article by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). In a recent study by First Monday: Peer Reviewed Journal on the Internet - of 309,740 twitter users, only 211,024 posted at least twice in 206 days. Then TechCrunch said Web2.0

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 6, 2022

Since your supporters have different communication preferences—some use social media, others only respond to direct mail—it’s crucial to meet them where they are. Items you can sell include: Dog bowls. Pet grooming tools. Pet apparel (such as dog shoes or a warm dog sweater). Human apparel (such as shirts, facemasks, and hats). Water bottles.

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Ideas Organization Fundraising Classes 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

The easiest way to conduct these interviews is through e-mail or over the phone, but for the enterprising blogger with a penchant for journalism, in-person interviews provide the opportunity to get action photos and video interviews. Allow Guest Bloggers to Post Commentary and Share Their Expertise.

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Content Ideas Nonprofit Interview 224

Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Contact my political representatives by phone, mail or in person: 25%. Organize an event in my community: 15%. Some other way: 2%. Note respondents were able to check multiple answers. ” Could the difference in the results be that Kristofferson and team surveyed students and not charities'' current social media followers?

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Social Media Studies People Media 75

NTEN

MAY 17, 2013

who was recently named a "Top 100 Workplace 2013" by the Atlanta Journal Constitution. See the submission timeline, sign up for the mailing list, or submit your cause film here. Another congratulations is in order to nonprofit PR firm and member organization Grizzard Communications Group, Inc. In the next state over, the 2013 Lights.

Research 70

Research Tools Tips Drupal 70

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 15, 2008

I also use it installed on my home desktop, for notes, journaling and the like. have a look at this recent mailing list post: [link] 2 admin 01.21.08 Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Anyway, it’s worth checking out. { Be Helpful.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Invite them for a private tour of your facility and take photos for the local business journals. Direct Mail | Mailed on October 20 | 40,000 recipients. Corporate sponsors want to be recognized for their generosity: Acknowledge them in public speeches, board meetings and interviews with the press.

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Sponsor Metrics Nonprofit Evaluation 57

Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

phone calls, emails, mailed notes, texts and social media) with donors to build relationships and set the stage for asking again as we emerge from the crisis. You may have transitioned in-person events to virtual ones , reasoning a half a loaf was better than none. . On a scale of 1 to 5, how much did you enjoy your virtual interactions?

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 6, 2009

This week's posts were: 5 Tips to Help You Find Time to Volunteer and Do Good with Ladies Home Journal. NEWS I started a new blogging gig this week for Do Good, Feel Good , the blog of WE tv's We Volunteer Campaign.

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National Conference Volunteer Artist 41

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. New models like social networking and text messaging rank near the bottom.

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Influence New York Marketing New York City 95

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

Just send the company your e-mail list and tell it what social networking sites those on your list are using, their demographics, the numbers of friends they have, how many widgets they’re using, even their interests. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

The easiest way to conduct these interviews is through e-mail or over the phone, but for the enterprising blogger with a penchant for journalism, in-person interviews provide the opportunity to get action photos and video interviews. Allow Guest Bloggers to Post Commentary and Share Their Expertise.

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Content Ideas Nonprofit Interview 246

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 3, 2008

It’s easy to set up accounts, move mail around, and do sophisticated filtering of mail, and such. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. I use it every day, nay, almost every waking minute, since email is such a critical beast. Be Helpful.

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Open Source Open Tools Free 100

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 23, 2009

In February, they'll mail me an Indie Resolution Journal and information about how to find local businesses. I'm supposed to write at least one journal entry each month about how I supported local businesses. At the end of the year, I mail it back to them for a chance to win $5800 in local gift certificates.

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Fun Oakland Sudan Darfur 40

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2008

Last year’s winner was Barry Warsaw, lead developer of the awesome Mailman mailing list manager. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. The application deadline for this year’s prize: September 1, 2008. Ruby Sinreich is a new phenomenon !

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Open Source RSS Application Tech 100

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2013

The #1 email client for Gmail users is the iPhone’s built-in mail program, with 34% of all Gmail opens. Think back to the top-down hierarchy taught in basic journalism—what do you most want your readers to see? (More on that here from Scott Gilman). 64% of decision-makers read their email via mobile devices. TopRankBlog ).

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Stats gMail email Tips 39

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Google already knows enough about me (it reads my mail, my feeds, my search history, and a few shared documents, to boot,) I’m certainly not going to add virtually everything else I do (the percent of things I do using a protocol other than http(s) is dwindling by the second.) I am going to have to stop using Chrome. Be Helpful.

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Google Open Source Virtual RSS 113

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 29, 2014

A mailing may be sent to 100,000 potential donors with certain demographics, i.e., income being most common, at a cost of a few pennies per mailing. Jeremy Shen, “The Counterintuitive Effects of Thank-You Gifts on Charitable Giving,” Journal of Economic Psychology, 33 (2012) 973-983.] Newman and Y.

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Gift Nonprofit Alternative Charity 51

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The vast majority of donor acquisition spend today is on direct mail. Our Next Generation of American Giving report also reinforced that – Mature donors first reported that they learned about the charities they support through direct mail (35% of them). I’ll get hate mail from PR purists for that one.).

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News Press Austin Mail 42

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2007

Cite me by name, journal title, and the URL of the post (Maya Norton, The New Jew: Blogging Jewish Philanthropy, www???). Leave me a message or send me an e-mail letting me know that you have done so??? Here are the points made by the author Maya Norton. Put my words in quotes if you are quoting text directly.

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License Practice Screencast Philanthropy 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

The Hack Artist suggests that it’s important to marry direct mail efforts and a web presence. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. She makes some great points, and gives good tips to make changes. Be Helpful.

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Consultant Open Source Nonprofit Websites 124

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Goodbye Microsoft… March 29, 2007 Just today, I received in the mail some Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops, courtesy of Gavin’s regular potlatch program. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Mail to, and my absolute favorite Photo Compass. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

Journalism is really the act of informing communities so that they can make better decisions, that is part of the public service, informing communities so that together we can know where else we need to help." --David Cohn, Founder, Spot.us in the Spring of 2008 at an Innovations in Journalism conference, I thought, this is going to be big.

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Interview Fund Report Community 40

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] [Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of a case study in the March 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. By Gwen Emmons and Marc Ruben, M+R Strategic Services Start early. We all know we should do it.

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Case Study Test America Studies 75

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

As a HubSpot Certified inbound marketer, he is a contributor to Nonprofit Hub, National Council of Nonprofits, Ragan, Social Media Today, Search Engine Journal, The Build Network, HubSpot, Content Marketing Institute and Business2Community. He is VP of Marketing at Bloomerang. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Integration Donor Gift Survey 28

Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

» Tuesday Feb 17 2009 Reaching Baby Boomers: The Next Big Demographic in Nonprofit Online Fundraising Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 03:50PM | by Allyson Kapin By: Allyson Kapin , Blogger-In-Chief Direct Mail acquisition is one of the most expensive ways to raise money these days. Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5%

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Demographics Social Media Online Advocacy 45

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

The easiest way to conduct these interviews is through e-mail or over the phone, but for the enterprising blogger with a penchant for journalism, in-person interviews provide the opportunity to get action photos and video interviews. Allow Guest Bloggers to Post Commentary and Share Their Expertise.

Content 118

Content Ideas Nonprofit Interview 118