Care2

JUNE 15, 2011

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard that multichannel fundraising, i.e. enabling your donors to give via postal mail, your website, telemarketing, social media, etc. But what if you don’t have the budget or staff to focus on eight (or eighteen) different giving channels? So what and who cares?

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NTEN

JUNE 8, 2011

Well, my favorite white paper of 2009 just became my favorite white paper of 2011! The 2011 donorCentrics Internet and MultiChannel Giving Benchmarking Report was just released last week, updating the version I excitedly blogged about , lo, those many moons ago. We need to work in both channels to make the ask.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Mobile can’t be this separate tactic or channel in your communications strategy. What is your message and what do you want the audience to do? How do your all your communication channels work together to inform, engage, and motivate? Planning for Integration First. Integration and campaign planning are key.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. 90% of mobile subscribers in the US have internet-ready phones. Mobile Giving Trust and donations were huge in the Millennial Donor Report. You must segment your channels of asking. million smartphones and 92.1 millions PCs in Q4 2010.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

The truth is I think it has only just begun and that we’re on the cusp of a radical transformation in how we use the Internet in our personal and work lives as well as how we use it to foster social good. In 2011 I had gotten in the very bad habit of listening to (mostly) CNN in the background while working… all day long.

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Care2

JUNE 2, 2011

Blackbaud just released the 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report. and includes transactions for over 15 million donors and $1 billion in revenue. about online donors and online acquisition. It also highlights the interesting opportunities and challenges posed by multi-channel giving.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2011

online community channels. Organizations often find themselves outgrowing the smaller donor management software they have used for years. Regarding eTapestry, community member Laura Matana likes that it can be used to communicate with both donors and other constituents. Any Donor Database Suggestions? by Sage 2011.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

If you haven’t started, it may be time for your organization to pay special attention to how online and offline work as complimentary fundraising channels, rather than competing initiatives, so you can improve overall giving through multichannel marketing. coordinated, thoughtful multichannel marketing is still pretty rare.

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BoardAssist

MARCH 10, 2015

Displaying webpages properly, reading easily, all the links working properly, have image display fully, making it easy on potential donors to access and give via mobile devices, among myriad other variables. The Internet is changing constantly, and users are beginning to gravitate heavily towards mobile. Mobile Internet use is booming.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Research firm Quorus Consulting Group polled 2,003 teens and adults in April 2011. Channel of Influence. Regarding which "channel of influence" most influences mobile giving, among the six percent of respondents who made a text-to-give donation, more than two-thirds (68 percent) were prompted by a newscast or radio mention.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Joaquin was the founding director of the Institute for Next Generation Internet, which launched in 2005 from San Francisco State University. In 2004, Joaquin began the National Public Lightpath, advocating high-speed, fiber-optic network as the next generation of the Internet. Erinn Andrews. Vanessa Chase.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2012

“In 2014, mobile Internet usage will overtake desktop Internet usage,” according to recent statistics released by mobiThinking. And already in 2011, “more than 50% of all ‘local’ searches were done from a mobile device.” There are easily more than 4.6 Over 1 billion of those are smartphones.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), 50 a month there really is no excuse to be using.gmail.com,yahoo.com, or.hotmail.com as your email handle when communicating with donors, supporters, volunteers, and the general public.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Your website is becoming a channel and the web is already a hybrid mix of media where video plays a dominant role. More than 85% of US internet users watched online video in July, and on average they spent more than 14 hours doing it. When appropriate, a compelling video can persuade your potential donor to take the final step.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Safer Internet Day. Safer Internet Day is an annual Microsoft sponsored public service campaign to take practical steps to protect ourselves against identity and data theft, email phishing scams, cyber bullying, social media over sharing, and other perils of life on the Internet. Joining the Safer Internet Day Twitter party.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

I wanted to find out more about how Seafood Watch integrates its mobile strategy across its communications channel, including social media. We also designed the app so it doesn’t rely on an internet connection, since that romantic little spot by the beach might have lousy reception. How will you measure success?

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

A few months ago we published the 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report and yesterday we released the 2011 Online Giving Report. The majority of giving still comes from offline channels, but online fundraising continues to be a significant source for acquiring new donors.

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NetWits

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Because Internet usage continues to skyrocket. And it continues to be the best way to acquire new donors. They key to raising more money is to figure out how to utilize offline and online channels together. 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report. Data storage and hardware is cheap.

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NetWits

MAY 30, 2012

It’s easy to assume that donors are using newer forms of communication to stay connected and support the causes they love. So what’s the harm in dropping a channel? The world of giving is not nearly that neat and homogeneous and the DNA of donors is about as counter-intuitive as it comes. Online Donors Need to be Moved Offline.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 2 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 18th, 2011 Day 2 of NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) in Washington, DC is when things really kick into high gear.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. Chapter 5 :: Introduction to YouTube Channels. Chapter 5 :: Use the Colors of Your Avatar to Design Your Channel.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 1 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 17th, 2011 NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) is in Washington, DC and it’s sold out once again.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. Chapter 5 :: Introduction to YouTube Channels. Chapter 5 :: Use the Colors of Your Avatar to Design Your Channel.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Older donors don’t give online Wrong. A higher percentage of donors 45 to 54 and 55 to 64 give online than offline. 25% of donors aged 65 and older give both online and offline. Major donors don’t give online Wrong. Online donors don’t give offline Wrong. Here are five that need to be busted.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Because Internet usage continues to skyrocket. And it continues to be the best way to acquire new donors. They key to raising more money is to figure out how to utilize offline and online channels together. Data sources used in above infographic: 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report.

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sgEngage

MAY 10, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on May 10th, 2011 The Chronicle of Philanthropy is not only a great publication, but they also publish some excellent research about online fundraising trends.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Compare that to the $290 billion in total fundraising in the United States according to Giving USA 2011. Keep in mind that 92% of giving still comes from offline channels and that 32% of online donors switch to give through offline channels. million online in a single day during the 2011 North Texas Giving Day.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

With 90% of your nonprofit’s supporters and donors now accessing the Internet on multiple devices every day , nonprofits really need to prioritize mobilizing their Web content. Slow dial-up Internet access required that websites be as simple as possible for faster loading. Limit the Use of Images. This is a big one!

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2011

for the 3 months ending January 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. for the 3 months ending January 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. Online giving in response to Haiti was higher than all previous disasters and demonstrates that the Internet is a first response channel of choice for donors.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 22, 2017

And this next phase brings together the powerful sentiments of activists with the much needed support of donors. Over time, donors would continue to respond to both domestic and international relief efforts. The last critical element to accelerate actigving was to connect social media channels to giving.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The New York Times had an article on the day of Jumo’s launch titled: “A Facebook Founder Begins a Social Network Focused on Charities. &# My quote in the article sums things up — “It’s still not clear whether or not followers translate to volunteers and donors. ford Thanks, Steve.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Will you get donors through a mobile app? Research done on episodic donors would back this up. The Right Donor Data Transfer There is a lot of time and attention on what goes into getting someone to make an online gift. Who stores the donor information and how quickly does the nonprofit get it? Probably not.

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Care2

AUGUST 19, 2010

Your nonprofit could be raising a lot more money online if you were using the right mix of strategies to deepen your donor engagement. Best tactics for end of year and 2011 fundraising planningHow mobile, social media, and other channels help online giving. Statistics around multichannel fundraising vs. single channel.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 12th, 2011 One year ago a devastating 7.0 Do you have pre-defined segments for previous episodic donors? What is the follow-up plan for the media, donors, etc? Do you have offline and well as online channels ready to go? magnitude earthquake struck the island of Hispaniola.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2011

The community manager has been around longer than you may think – and I'm not trying to be like Malcolm Gladwell by drawing (questionable) parallels to pre-Internet practices. Do you need a Communications Manager or a Community Manager for these new channels? By Annaliese Hoehling, Publications Director, NTEN. What's the difference?

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2011

The 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report provides analysis of 28 major nonprofit organizations and transactions for over 15 million donors and more than $1 billion in revenue. The dominate giving channel for new donors 64 years old and younger is online — not offline.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

"This post draws from over 30 in-depth, semi structured interviews conducted with coordinators of and participants in the Egyptian revolution between March and August 2011." The firm recently put out an infographic showing that the Internet is the fastest-growing channel for non-profits. Any others you'd add?

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