Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

The last three years, in particular, have shown how online giving continues to be a growth engine for fundraising in the nonprofit sector. Since 2016, online fundraising has grown 17% among nonprofits in the United States. of total fundraising revenue. This online versus offline wall is mostly in our own heads.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

It was one of the first 24-hour day of giving that rallies and inspires to donate to charities. I have been tracking this giving day since its first Giving Day back in 2009 and every year do a debrief post or interview. For us, our offline activities are as important as online efforts. Fundraising' Stay tuned!

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Care2

DECEMBER 8, 2010

million gifts to 66,470 different nonprofits from 2003 – 2009.&# Online fundraising is all about relationships. Similar to offline fundraising, online fundraising is all about relationships. Here are some key findings. No surprise here. What this means for you as a nonprofit?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

There is little debate that online communication, fundraising, and advocacy have become important parts of the modern nonprofit's fundraising and marketing mix. Consumers/donors have expectations of an online relationship with their charities of choice that is different than what was expected just 24 months ago.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

I’ll be posting my slides and speaking notes on Tuesday for my session on the topic of “the future of online revenue generation for charities.&# More to come on this question then! 2009 eNonprofit Benchmark Study. “I For more: International Fundraising on The Baudcast (Podcast). Social Networks for Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

I've been experimenting with online fundraising in an age of social media since 2006. Last week, I wrote about Twestival , the most recent example of fundraising on Twitter and a networked fundraiser of a scale we haven't seen before. It is evolving from individuals leveraging their personal networks to groundswells.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Integrating online and offline communications. at 4:36 pm P.S. I thought my name would link to email, alas no, so please email me at tspann [at] convio.com if you’ve got a case study of online/offline campaign integration. I personally haven’t seen evidence that average charity users need or even use platform neutral APIs.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 27, 2011

Guest blog alert: Donna from Charity Dynamics (a Convio Solution Provider ) is sharing an real-life example of how integrated marketing and fundraising helped a nonprofit increase online revenue by more than 100%. A couple of weeks ago I shared some insights on integrating online and offline fundraising channels for strong results.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The training event, which will be live streamed starting at 9:00 am , will feature fundraising and social media gurus Katya Andresen, Danielle Brigida, Tracy Equality Viselli, Jocelyn Harmon and more. Some tips to build capacity and benefiting from a fundraising contest: Get organized both online and offline.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) 60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2010

The New Year has officially begun, and it’s the perfect time to reflect on the year past, or for most people, look forward to see what resolutions and initiatives can be planned to make the new 2010 better than 2009. Increase fundraising for participant-led events. Use social media to reach the next generation of supporters.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

In 2009, 350, working in tandem with communities around the world and partner organizations aligned on the shared goal of creating a global movement to solve the climate crisis, ignited the largest collective action that has ever been taken around the world with their 10/10/10 Day of Action. A year later, in 2010, it was even bigger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals about or by folks who work with nonprofits and voting. How do you balance online action with offline engagement? It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change. . How do you balance online action with offline engagement?

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change. How do you balance online action with offline engagement?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2010

Right before the holidays, eBay released 2009 figures for Giving Works , its fundraising program and marked a historic record for total funds raised for non-profits through ebay.com. The first is that online giving is growing fast, at a rate that’s 7 times faster than offline giving. Yet giving is up for ebay Giving Works.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Tis the Season for Charity Gift Cards Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 9th, 2010 The Los Angeles Times had an article the other day called “Causes offers gift cards for charitable giving.&# Will it work? Absolutely.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

A good first step is debunking some myths about online fundraising that might stand in the way of your success. Myth #1: Online fundraising isn't as effective as offline techniques. It's not surprising, then, that donors give so little online, and fundraisers conclude that online giving doesn't work. have shopped online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2009

Last August, I saw the impact of Twitter's velocity first-hand with a fundraising experiment. As Lucy Bernholz noted, this might be one more example that fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex. She asked her 12,500 followers to donate just $2.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

Ten charities raised 75% of all those donations. Showing Fundraising to Outcomes Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) raised over $68 million in the US to support their important work in Haiti. Do you have offline and well as online channels ready to go? The Chronicle of Philanthropy estimates that $1.4

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) nonprofits in 2008.

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2011

Overall Fundraising Trends The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,430 nonprofit organizations representing $2.21 billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online. million in yearly revenue on a monthly basis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

So for this post, I'd like to share 5 fundraising trends that we saw emerging in 2009 related to fundraising and social media and that will most definitely continue to have impact in 2010. As we march into 2010, might we see the invention of Real Time Web fundraising events? A Platform for Self-Organizing.

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Social Media Trend Media Fundraising 107

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

I know we’re all gifted fundraisers in the house for the most part. And if you have not heard, I have a podcast, “Let’s Take This Offline,” and you can go ahead and binge listen while you do your running, or your walking, or you’re sitting lakeside this summer, kind of decompressing from a really hellish year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

TweetsGiving 2009. If the dollar amounts from fundraising campaigns using social networks are disappointing, one response is to say this doesn't work and stop doing it. 3) Tweet Meet Give : This approach weaves together online and offline activities and leverages "Tweet Ups."

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The Report includes 24 months of online giving data from 1,812 nonprofit organizations from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving , online major giving data from 2,190 nonprofits, and both online and offline data representing $5.1 billion in total fundraising from 1,438 nonprofits. compared to the same time period in 2009.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Donors Flip Channels Dunham+Company has new data out in “A National Survey of the Impact of Offline Communication on Online Donations.&# The study was part of a Campbell Rinker Donor Confidence Survey of 510 adults nationwide who had given at least $20 to charity in the prior year.

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Double the Donation

APRIL 24, 2021

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