Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

In the past year, virtual fundraising activities have skyrocketed due to social distancing guidelines and the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of multiple phone calls back and forth, they can just enter their information on your online form and press “submit.” Send Donors A Fun At-home Activity. Leverages common tools.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Text-to-give is a powerful donation tool that offers donors a way to easily give to their favorite nonprofits right from their phones. However, in general, the text-to-give process looks like the following: With your text-to-give platform, you’ll set up a shortened phone number, known as a shortcode.

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NetWits

JUNE 22, 2011

Sample tweets, emails, Facebook posts, employee memos, phone scripts, communication plans, and anything else they’ll need to inspire and manage their team. For example, waive registration fees, arrange lunches with senior staff, offer facility tours, and make thank you phone calls. Create team-specific communications and contests.

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2023

Make a list of these companies and determine who will make an introduction, whether by a phone call or email. Flex your creative muscles and find innovative ways to activate sponsorships and provide valuable exposure via multiple channels as part of the event. Do they want straight-up brand exposure? To connect with attendees?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

Your fundraising plan should include a detailed activities calendar showing all the various ways you plan to generate funds during the year. So, be sure to build in activities into your fundraising plan to find more of these ideal donors. You see, people want to help and they want to feel like they’re a PART of something that matters.

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sgEngage

MAY 12, 2023

This way, attendees can begin and close out their auction experience with ease right from their phones. This virtual event center should serve as the anchor for your virtual auction, giving attendees a streamlined, fully branded experience rather than requiring them to jump between your fundraising activities and your livestreamed program.

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Classy

JULY 26, 2021

Within the first 24 hours of posting, it’s crucial to draw in as much activity as possible for the best chance at expanding your reach to new followers. You might even pick up the phone and personally thank each supporter for the large impact they’ve made on your organization. . When it comes to hashtags , think engagement.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

We’ve compiled a list of various online auction ideas divided into the following categories: Simple Themed Online Auctions Online Auctions For the Whole Family Online Auctions with an At-home Activity. This is the perfect auction idea for your supporters who are passionate about a certain activity or are big fans. Ready to dive in?

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Online Voting Contest. An online voting contest is the perfect holiday fundraising idea because it encourages your staff, supporters, or colleagues to get into the festive mindset! Even as winter starts to creep in, we can still encourage friends, family, and employees to get out and be active. Virtual Charity Run.

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. Show them how to register, setup a page, import contacts, email family and friends, and other important fundraising activities.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 6, 2023

With everyone spending hours a day glued to their phones and computers, digital channels will be the best way to reach them. Offer incentives such as special recognition, exclusive event access, or merchandise to motivate your network to actively promote and sell tickets within their circles.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2020

If that’s not available, use the phone or other voice media so sarcasm, surprise, and other non-word cues can be discerned by the other person. If you can’t get a hold of a colleague, remember they may be on the phone. If available, use cameras in meetings to replicate visual cues. Assume positive intent. Finishing up an email.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 18, 2018

They’re also getting more politically active, so it’s a smart move for organizations to engage with them, and if you haven’t been already, it’s not too late! Suggestion: If you really want to maximize the number of people who purchase swag, have a contest. Rethink mail asks. Optimize your forms for mobile.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

90% of mobile subscribers in the US have internet-ready phones. SmartOnline just wrapped up an Invent Your Mobile App contest. St Louis Volunteen won, two Millennials are the ones that developed it - geolocation app to find volunteering opportunities, find contests, find things tied to schools, and sharing on social media.

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Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

In a survey of 200 nonprofit organizations, Freewill found that nonprofits using virtual technology plan to steward major donors as follows: Phone conversations (21.6%). Create a unique hashtag for your live event to encourage attendees to get active on social. Emails (19.9%). Direct Mail (19.2%). Newsletters (15.7%). Events (13.9%).

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

To get your fundraising wheels rolling, we’ve come up with this list of ideas, divided into the following categories: Easy Virtual Peer-to-Peer Ideas Virtual Peer-to-Peer Ideas for the Active Virtual Peer-to-Peer Ideas for the Competitive Virtual Peer-to-Peer Ideas for Families. Virtual Peer-to-Peer Ideas for the Active. Pledge drive.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

How can you grow your email list to activate and build your organization’s power? Personal phone call from the founder, chair, ED. Phone call to the donor from a person impacted by the nonprofit. New technology called “voicemail drop” allows an organization to place a voicemail in your voicemail box without ringing their phone.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 22, 2013

Sometimes the negotiation is contested. You tell people they can''t take photographs in the gallery or the performance, but the phones sneak out , covertly or defiantly, to reassert personal control of the experience. The symphony conductor asks everyone to raise their phones and join the orchestra. How can we make it a win-win?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 5, 2016

Pokémon Go is an augmented reality game that is available on mobile phones. Using the phone’s GPS and camera, players are able to collect Pokémon. Side note: Matthew has been an active Pokémon community leader and expert since the 90s.). Our main activity was the photo contest. In our case, there are four stops.

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CauseVox

MARCH 4, 2021

Plan a volunteer activity together and ask your friends, family, and other connections to donate in support of the volunteer work. You could create faux Olympic games as a peer-to-peer fundraiser, do a sleep-out, or host a costume contest. Here are some of our favorite ideas. Volunteer Together. Spirit Wear.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Several times a year, we take the opportunity to ask our readers to submit their own stories about how our organization has met their needs – it could be through a support group, a patient education event, or through a simple phone call to our office. We were ecstatic by the reception of the contest and astounded by the numbers of votes cast.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Walk2Help tracks the distance you've walked using the built-in GPS on your phone and converts it into points. Depending on your resources and budget, adding a gaming element to your organization's campaigns could be as simple as a social media contest or as elaborate as developing your own game-like app.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 14, 2009

Enter the YouTube Contest Usaservice.org is also sponsoring a YouTube contest. The winning videos will be featured on usaservice.org, and the creator of the best video will get a phone call from future First Lady Michelle Obama. Perfecting Our Legacy: The Path of Spiritual Activism by Claudia Horwitz, Director of stone circles.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2017

Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. Show them how to register, setup a page, import contacts, email family and friends, and other important fundraising activities.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 30, 2010

The site is a toolkit of free online services for child health advocates, including a map of the obesity prevention movement , customizable widgets, cell phone tools, and blogger outreach services. It’s a great example of how web technology and online tools are changing the game for childhood health advocates across the country.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

For example, instead of using sheets of paper to track bids at a silent auction, users could enter their bids on a tablet or via an app on their phone. Karaoke Karaoke is more than a fun bar night activity—it can be a nonprofit event with multiple revenue streams. Photo Contest Photo costs are incredibly diverse.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Make sure you actively encourage viewers to make donations. Encourage your supporters to plan fun activities, entertainment, and food for their parties. Plan out specific appeals you can make in between songs or activities to get your guests giving throughout the night. You should also make it easy for them, too.

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Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2012

Using contests and challenges to engage communities was the topic of the July 17 edition of the weekly CommBuild chat. The chat, facilitated by by TechSoup online community manager, Michael DeLong, included helpful advice learned by participants who have run contests. Why hold a contest or challenge? Promote, promote, promote!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2014

Traditionally, a call to action has been to donate in response to a direct mailing or a phone call. While calls to action can vary, there are three things every call to action must have:  Relevance: Your call to action should be related to the activity that caused the person to discover you. Calls to Action.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

This is especially true during a period when people are feeling some burnout in regard to online activity. The Collaborative used virtual networking happy hours, gamification and contests, and attendee-to-attendee live chat to facilitate this.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 4, 2017

The contest ends on April 24, 2017, so get those submissions in soon. Outdated or invalid addresses, deceased supporters, missing phone numbers, and more can cost your organization time and money by sending out appeals for donations to people who can't receive them. You can enter to win on this site.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 11, 2023

Malicious cyber activity is on the rise worldwide. They will interrupt the chain of legitimate business activity and direct payments to different accounts. This can mean your entire school is shut down without phones, computers, email, etc. They may need to contact the sender by phone to verify that the email is legitimate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Chris Farrell set a 2008 goal to make his charitable giving a monthly activity, not a mad rush in December. For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Photo Remix Contest on flickr and donated $50 the winner's favorite charity. If you're a blogger, you can run a comment for a donation contest. And, yes they did !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 23, 2021

Galas, contests and performances went virtual. With virtual events, local supporters who cannot attend in-person can still be a part of special moments and participate in activities from afar. Continue to offer ways for donors to give online, whether that is from supporters’ desktop or mobile phone.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Apps Against Abuse Contest [A] challenge that encourages the development of applications that provide college students and young adults with the tools to help prevent dating violence and sexual assault. This application is a step in enabling young women and men to take an active role in the prevention of dating violence and sexual assault.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. Towards the end of the contest, it really became "viral" as more and more people linked to our Causes site.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. Towards the end of the contest, it really became "viral" as more and more people linked to our Causes site.

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