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Lives are Changed when #bigkidsgive and how you can rock #GivingTuesday Next Year

Connection Cafe

Results collected from Blackbaud clients showed Online Giving was up 90% this #GivingTuesday, and the average online gift saw an increase of 40%, from $101.60 Camp Kesem empowers college students across the United States to create a free, life-changing one-week summer camp experience for children affected by a parent’s cancer.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jeff Bauman , who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013, has the second most successful fundraiser on the site with over $800,000 raised. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2013. T-shirt giant CustomInk backed and launched Booster in 2013. Booster launched its first campaign in 2013. Co-Disruptor: YouCaring.

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#GivingTuesday: A Great Day for Business to do Good!

Connection Cafe

#GivingTuesday 2013 might over, but no it’s not! White Butterfly Gift Shop in NJ – donated the proceeds of t-shirt sales to support a mother of 5 who cannot afford her cancer treatment. The Gift Shop also adopted the family for Christmas, asking community members to donate toys for the children.

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3 Nonprofits Aim to Better Connect with Donors

Connection Cafe

” Christine Bork, Chicago-based chief development and communications officer for CureSearch for Children’s Cancer in Bethesda, Md. CureSearch for Cancer Research. 31, 2013, and raised another $7 million. . “We’re looking for what makes the donors tick, not just treating everyone the same.”

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

Nick Bilton, a tech columnist for The New York Times , wrote that we could find ourselves in a situation where a medical AI that is programmed to eliminate cancer decides that the way to do it is by exterminating humans who are prone to the disease. In that case, they probably should not be in operation anyway. .

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112 Nonprofit Blog Posts, Articles, and Stories from 2013 You Can’t Miss.

Connection Cafe

As we prepare for our leap into 2014, let’s learn from 2013′s ups and downs – triumphs and flops – and make this next year one for the record books. Here’s Your 2013 Nonprofit Roundup: THIS – thanks to Marc Koenig of Nonprofit Hub: Nonprofits, 2014 is the Year of the Blog.

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300 More Email Subject Lines from End of Year Fundraising

Connection Cafe

This is the 2013 edition of my annual review of year-end email subject lines that started in 2011 and continued in 2012. I analyzed 320 email messages sent to me from 55 nonprofit organizations between December 1st and 31st, 2013. Nonprofits sent a median of 5 emails during the month of December 2013. The Greatest Gift.

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