Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2021

By harnessing the convenience of the mobile phones donors use daily, you can transform your virtual fundraising events into engaging, revenue-boosting opportunities. 2) Seek out volunteers. Tell them about the ways they can assist your team and provide a link to your volunteer signup. Try it from your mobile phone now!

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

If so, you may be interested in starting a volunteer program. Volunteers provide nonprofits with the on-the-ground support they need to further their missions, whether that means helping to build homes, providing meals for food-insecure families, mentoring local youths, or cleaning up trash at local parks. Define your volunteer roles.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

But in today’s fast-paced digital world, you’re facing a unique set of challenges—managing membership, increasing giving, streamlining stewardship and engagement, and shepherding volunteers. This is where Bloomerang steps in, offering a transformative solution as shared by various faith-based organizations.

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M+R

APRIL 13, 2023

What are some strategies for giving nonprofit volunteers a great experience and building your program? Enter: Planned Parenthood’s National Volunteer Program (NVP)! From the summer to the end of the year in 2022, the program grew in size, scope, and influence—with lessons we can apply to nonprofit volunteer efforts of all kinds.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 5, 2021

Take a look at how you can use mobile engagement to keep your donors captivated by your organization. What is mobile marketing and why does it matter? Mobile marketing is the practice of reaching out to donors on their mobile devices. Take this a step further by optimizing your online presence for mobile users.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Mobile communication is becoming a central part of nonprofit fundraising and advocacy. Text-to-give (also known as text-to-donate, text-to-pledge, or text fundraising) is a form of mobile fundraising that asks donors to send a keyword to a text fundraising phone number. Supporters text the keyword to your phone number.

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Volunteer Hub

MAY 13, 2022

Generation Z volunteers are a vital contributor to the nonprofit world. With a passion for positive impact, this segment of volunteers can help your nonprofit reach its mission. In fact, 10% want to start their own nonprofit making them an ideal volunteer prospect for your organization. Engaging Generation Z Volunteers.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In the vast landscape of nonprofit operations, volunteers are the unsung heroes who fuel the engine of change and community service. Attracting and engaging volunteers is both an art and a science—a nuanced dance of understanding, inspiring, and retaining individuals driven by purpose rather than profit. Why does your mission matter?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

They have workers and volunteers, sometimes literally, on the front lines to both provide immediate support, and to learn more about the problem they are trying to solve, and who they are solving it for. Enter: Grassroots Mobile Survey, now available to install. They needed a mobile app that worked offline.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 13, 2020

By Christy Noel , Vice President of Digital Marketing Services at MobileCause – a company that pioneered text-to-donate and also offers an extensive suite of online, mobile and event fundraising solutions. Make sure your website is mobile optimized for donors using their cell phones. 2) Encourage to Volunteer.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2020

As a nonprofit, there are certain ways you can encourage your donors to use their phones for good. According to The Guardian , people are spending an average of three hours and 15 minutes on their phone per day. Registering for a charity walk, bike, or run just takes a few minutes and participants can do it right from their phones.

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Volunteer Hub

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

For organizations using both platforms, Integrating VolunteerHub with Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT can provide many benefits including streamlined data management and a 360-degree view of constituents. VolunteerHub integrates seamlessly with Raiser’s Edge NXT and all other Blackbaud CRMs via direct integration.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Further, most Kenyans do not use credit cards, instead the majority of the population use mobile payments and cash. M-Changa strives to make it convenient for local NGOs to accept both mobile and card payments. M-Changa has also partnered with GlobalGiving to enable NGOs already of the platform to accept mobile payments.

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VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

When training nonprofit leaders, I often share that volunteers want to make a difference. As these young adults enter the workforce, they are less willing than previous generations to do jobs that they didn’t care about, and this applies equally to volunteering. Every volunteer wants to feel valued, whether a senior or teen.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 22, 2023

Managing volunteers can be one of those tasks that’s easy to forget about until it’s too late to catch potentially costly mistakes. The best volunteer management strategies start early. Consider these best practices for building successful relationships with your volunteers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Also, a s mobile traffic increases , embedded giving is an incredible tool to help simplify the mobile donation experience and urge supporters to complete their donations. Now imagine you can offer donors a similar experience when they come across your site on their phones. What Is Embedded Giving? Make Payments a Breeze.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2024

It functions as the home base for your golf event, where golfers and sponsors can learn more about your organization, what the tournament is raising money for, specifics about the event, and register a team or become a sponsor. Leverage both organic and paid social media channels to help spread the word about the tournament.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2024

This evolution has been driven by several factors: The need for increased engagement A more personalized approach to connecting with donors The popularity of activity trackers, such as Fitbit and Apple Watch And you cannot underestimate the importance of mobile fundraising. About 28% of online contributions are made from a cell phone.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 11, 2023

To help you tap into this new era of modern fundraising, we’re excited to share the latest feature release included with the Bloomerang Mobile App : Tap to Pay. Donors just tap their RFID-enabled credit card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay digital wallet onto a mobile device running the Bloomerang Mobile App. What types of events?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Mobile Money, such as Vodafone M-Pesa and Airtel Money – 1%. 12) 74% of GivingTuesday donors volunteer. 12) 74% of GivingTuesday donors volunteer. Of those, 83% donate to the NPOs, NGOs, and charities that they volunteered for. Of those, 83% donate to the NPOs, NGOs, and charities that they volunteered for.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

Also important to be aware of is that 26% of online donations made in 2019 occurred on a mobile device. Having a mobile-compatible website is now a standard best practice and that is especially true for your nonprofit’s donation pages. 5) Add an optional mobile number field. 10) Include a phone number and mailing address.

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EveryAction

JUNE 23, 2023

Whether your organization advocates for policy change on the national, state, or local level, mobilizing your supporters to place advocacy calls to their legislators is one of the most powerful tools at your disposal—and with support from the right technology, it can also be one of the most convenient. Building an advocacy campaign?

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

But how can you attract passionate advocates who will show up ready to volunteer, sign petitions, attend rallies, and otherwise take action to help you create positive change? The Campaign Workshop Joe Fuld, president Often campaigns make assumptions that people on the team—volunteers, donors, etc.—understand Don’t assume!

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Everyaction

JUNE 11, 2018

M+R Benchmarks Report , 40% of nonprofit website visitors in the year 2017 were using a mobile phone - a 9% increase from the year prior. And it's not just websites that are affected by the trend toward mobile - more and more communication now happens through cell phones. Send mobile friendly emails.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

A silent auction is a fundraising event where attendees bid on auction items using mobile bidding software or paper bid sheets. With an in-person event, attendees browse items displayed on a table and place bids on their favorites using paper bid sheets or a mobile bidding platform. What is a silent auction?

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EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

Why LGBTQ+ advocacy is always-on from here on It’s more important than ever for LGBTQ+ organizations to effectively advocate on behalf of LGBTQ+ people. Key types of advocacy Issue awareness Before organizations can create advocates for their cause, they need to make people aware of the issues they’re trying to solve.

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Volunteer Hub

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

For organizations using both platforms, Integrating VolunteerHub with Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge (data is also accessible via Raiser’s Edge NXT) can provide many benefits including streamlined data management and a 360-degree view of constituents.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

This session focuses on how to successfully get started with mobile technology, with Tonia Zampieri from Smart Online presenting. 1st generation raised on mobiles. 95% own mobile devices. 83% sleep with mobile at bedside. Why mobile? 90% of mobile subscribers in the US have internet-ready phones.

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EveryAction

JANUARY 25, 2023

That fresh-start feeling is also palpable at social good organizations. To kick off 2023, we asked our partners, what are some new habits nonprofit practitioners should build with their donors, volunteers, and other supporters to help them meet their long-term organizational goals? Read more books! Here’s what they said.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re like most people working at a nonprofit, you probably had a “Holy Mobile!” But what you may not have anticipated was that $41m of these dollars flowed through mobile phones via “premium text messages.” Did you miss mobile? Mobile giving is just about five years young. This, you expected. You breathed in.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

For the foreseeable future, remote fundraising and virtual actions will be the norm, as evidenced by the 433% increase in virtual actions on the Mobilize platform in just six weeks. We’ve rounded up a list of specific examples of virtual opportunities, organized by nonprofit issue area, that solve real problems and are easy to execute.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 10, 2020

These changes have significant consequences for how organizations connect with donors, clients, partners, and employees. According to Pew Research Center, a whopping 96 percent of Americans now own a cell phone, and the share that own smartphones is now 81 percent—up from just 35 percent in 2011. Responsive Website. SMS & MMS.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Make phone calls or send text messages that solely express your thanks. Update your supporters on how their contributions are making a difference and achieving your organization’s goals. Ask them to share their stories and experiences with your organization and invite others to contribute.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

NetSquared’s February series exploring “Online Community Organizing” includes three different interviews; I’m really excited to participate! I work in and support nonprofit organizations, and my focus on communities isn’t to suggest that organizations are “bad” or aren’t making a difference.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 2, 2021

They have multiple social media profiles and check their phones frequently. When a millennial hears about your organization and wants to learn more about your work, they’ll head to your website. Focus on volunteering to build mutually beneficial relationships. This is the generation that invented Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2018

By Katy Teson , a content strategist at Wired Impact , an organization seeking to make powerful websites something all nonprofits can afford. 2) It doesn’t display well on phones or tablets. According to M+R Benchmarks , half of nonprofit website traffic comes from mobile and tablet users. Give it a try!

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The Modern Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

There’s no doubt that mobile fundraising has increased in popularity over the last few years, primarily due to Text-to-Give ( also referred to as Text-to-Donate ). Text-to-Give lets a supporter contribute to their favorite cause with the stroke of a few keys on their mobile phone. Mobile Checkout text donations.

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