Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

One of the greatest misconceptions about professional benefit auctioneers is that all of them suited for the nonprofit fundraising environment. But professional benefit auctioneers with nonprofit fundraiser experience offer more than that. The nonprofit fundraiser has a specific type of atmosphere. The Charity Event Experience.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

The world needs nonprofits now more than ever. Giving Tuesday — now a primarily digital-first giving movement — is a great opportunity for nonprofits to engage with current and new supporters using a multi-channel digital marketing mix. It’s good to start with a specific goal in mind. Last year , in the U.K. Get Planning Now.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

If you’re starting a new nonprofit, you already know that you need to raise money. No two nonprofits are exactly alike. Your fundraising plan should include a detailed activities calendar showing all the various ways you plan to generate funds during the year. As a new nonprofit, you don’t have these benefits.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 26, 2023

Proven Strategies and Best Practices for Nonprofits to Increase Fundraising Event Revenue Our recent survey showed that there are a variety of effective methods to generate event revenue for your cause, including sponsorship, ticket sales, live and silent auctions, raffles, fund-a-need, text-to-donate, and peer-to-peer fundraising.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

It’s that time of year to start your 2023 GivingTuesday prep! GivingTuesday is quickly approaching, meaning a big day of fundraising for nonprofits like yours. Start your GivingTuesday prep early to increase the excitement surrounding the day. Use these 10 tips to kickstart your GivingTuesday prep!

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a part of our lives for a long time, powering our smartphones’ virtual assistants, personalizing content recommendations on streaming services, and ushering in innovations in self-driving car technology. Let’s dive into what your nonprofit needs to know to use AI responsibly and successfully.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Andrea Ortega, Director of Nonprofit Services Andrea hails from Cali, Colombia by way of Miami, FL. She has a master’s degree in Nonprofit Management from the University of Central Florida (UCF) and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Public Affairs at UCF with a focus in Nonprofit Management. About #GivingTuesday.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 9, 2021

As the year draws to a close, it’s time to start putting plans into effect for next year. How much does your nonprofit need to raise and how are you going to acquire those funds? What is an annual fundraising plan (also known as a nonprofit strategic plan)? What does a nonprofit strategic plan include? Here you go!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

1,071 fundraising professionals were surveyed at small and medium-sized nonprofits supporting a variety of causes. The post starts off with general guidance. General guidance for fundraisers Here is general guidance on actions fundraisers can take based on fundraising trends and best practices drawn from the report.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Read on for Qgiv’s peer-to-peer fundraising best practices for event marketing. Your ideal audience is unique to your nonprofit and your peer-to-peer fundraising event. You’re looking for people who care about and will support your nonprofit’s mission and are interested in the event you’re hosting. Social media marketing tips.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Blog: hsus.typepad.com. I identified a trend forming with social networking, and set up our very first profile. We’re using Facebook primarily, Twitter for feedback, dabbling in Foursquare, and starting our LinkedIn presence. We started out by listening and found many people asking questions about us or our issues.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

It’s impossible to overstate the importance of creating a meaningful message when a nonprofit wants to engage with their donors. With the captivating visuals and persuasive copy that come from the work of a nonprofit, these messages are naturally compelling and have the potential to motivate donors to act. People love watching videos!

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Greater Giving

JUNE 29, 2022

If you are transitioning in a new Event Chair we recommend having your previous Chair document their “Best Practices” as a Hand Off Guide. Here are some of the most common team positions for an event: Getting started on your event planning committee? Planning and Logistics Committee. Auction Procurement Committee.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2010

was the most effective, and what type of message generated the most giving. was the most effective, and what type of message generated the most giving. So now that it’s over, I wanted to share some thoughts that might help you and your nonprofit. Wait, Go Back: What is Movember Again? And the average gift was larger.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We cover everything from post frequency to timing to content so that you know exactly where to start. For small businesses and start-ups, knowing where to start with social media can be intimidating. Facebook is the largest and most popular social media platform of our day, so where better to start?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner co-founder of Momsrising and Bruce Lesley, President, of First Focus. Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner co-founder of Momsrising and Bruce Lesley, President, of First Focus. (I learned so much that I enough material for several blog posts, my first post is here – it is about content curation.).

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Qgiv

MARCH 28, 2022

The inner financial workings of nonprofits around the world can feel like a mystery to many. For those who aren’t familiar with how nonprofits work or what they do, there could be confusion about how employees receive compensation or how programs are funded. This category keeps a nonprofit’s day-to-day operations running.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 24, 2021

When you started researching to build your nonprofit’s first website, what did you encounter? Web Hosting?”), development fees that were well out of your young nonprofit’s budget and a lengthy process. At DNL OmniMedia, we work with nonprofit organizations to custom-build a site that meets their unique needs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2023

When nonprofits started to experiment with digital marketing in 1990s and early 2000s, the few tools that were available were expensive and limited in their functionality. Nonprofits can use it to study past versions of their website and to monitor their progress in web design over time. Websites & Email 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2013

Note From Beth: Many of us don’t value taking the time for intentional learning within our organizations. Like many nonprofits, the rapidly evolving environment around and within us was littered by a practice of ad hoc documentation and person to person knowledge sharing. As a nonprofit, it’s your most valuable asset.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Nonprofit professionals use the word "community" a lot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

I've been using my Facebook Fan Page as a focus group to generate ideas for content about using Facebook effectively for nonprofits. The big barrier right now is privacy issues, but our product team is hard at work on improvements. Eddie Harran). What is Facebook's burn rate? Allan Benamer). James Young). Ted Hart).

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Every one of our meetings, practices, and team events starts with prayer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

It is also serving as a focus group, producing deep insights and stories for my next book on social media measurement, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , that I’m co-authoring with goddess of measurement, KD Paine. What social media measurement pilot can best help move your practice forward? What’s needed for improvement?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Many activist nonprofits have used it to inspire people to raise awareness, change behavior, or other action. Many activist nonprofits have used it to inspire people to raise awareness, change behavior, or other action. It also has a benefit of generating campaign content as well as documenting support for an issue.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

This is the first post in a year-long blog and webinar series called 101 Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Below are 10 website design best practices specifically for the nonprofit sector.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

What happens when your nonprofit uses an A.I. You have probably never used an AI writing assistant, but you might want to start. Maybe you need to create an appeal for an email campaign, a proposal, or a new set of thank you letters and you’re at your desk just wishing that coherent sentences would magically start appearing?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

This is the second post in a year-long blog and webinar series called 101 Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Email messaging raised 28% of all online revenue in 2017.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

This post was authored by Anita Wehnert and originally appeared on the ReadyTalk blog. ReadyTalk's web and audio conferencing service is available for donation to eligible nonprofits and libraries through TechSoup. So far, we’ve had great feedback on the application from our early access testers.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Is it okay if I go ahead and get this party started? So if you have to leave early, or maybe get another appointment, or maybe you’re working from home and a toddler barges in something like that, like me, don’t worry. Full Transcript: Steven: All right, Elizabeth, I’ve got 2:30 Eastern officially. Elizabeth: Yes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2010

Social Media Lab: Becoming A Networked Nonprofit. As Visiting Scholar in Nonprofits and Social Media at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I am coaching grantee organizations and leading workshops and peer trainings on how to become a Networked Nonprofit. Participant-Generated Instructional Content.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Not only are most nonprofits conducting some form of online fundraising, but many are even conducting fully virtual and social media-hosted fundraising campaigns. Not only are most nonprofits conducting some form of online fundraising, but many are even conducting fully virtual and social media-hosted fundraising campaigns.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Cause Camp is Nonprofit Hub’s annual conference, bringing the best and the brightest from both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors, to inspire, educate and transform nonprofits of all shapes and sizes, from all over the world. Ahern didn’t start in fundraising. It was hardcore. Results were all that mattered.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2013

While most of us were planning our July 4th barbeque, Valencia College Foundation was preparing to launch their First ONE campaign. All of us are familiar with our alma maters reaching out to us in one way or another asking for our support. Narrow the Cause. Fundraiser Training & Support.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2011

The webinar, hosted by Jayne Cravens and Erin Barnhart , focused on four tools to use with volunteers — Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and blogs — with an emphasis that the recommendations could be adapted for any social networking tool, including those that may replace these four as most popular in the future. Have the convo early.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2006

Our session is: Demystifying Web 2.0 Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond. You may have heard the words, but what do they really mean for nonprofit organizations? This session introduces the concepts and tools behind the next generation of internet technologies or what has been dubbed "Web.20"

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Also posted on the Frogloop blog for nonprofits here. Women Who Tech brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. Panelists: Natalie Foster, DNC ; Rebecca Moore, Google Earth Outreach ; Laura Quinn, Idealware.

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