Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

Despite heavy adoption of technology across the space, recent data from Forbes found that 1 in 4 nonprofits are still “not sure” how to approach their events in 2021. A thank you for their donation (if they made one during the event). A CTA to make another donation or stay engaged with your nonprofit (e.g. Sponsorship shoutouts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Note From Beth: I’m a huge fan of Giving Days because they raise the awareness, engagement, and donations to nonprofits and being generous. Last week, we watched as a national day of giving and awareness campaign for “Giving Tuesday” unfold and spur spikes in donations. Check out the webinars here.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

When your staff knows that having fun, being a little loopy or finding a fun approach to issues is not only acceptable but appreciated, they will adopt this attitude. Send a staff member out on the floor with an ipad to ask questions or setup a station at the exit and create a contest for all respondents. Know Your Patrons.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

In the report “ How Giving Contests Can Strengthen Nonprofits and Communities ,” sponsored by the Case Foundation and released today, Geoff Livingston analyzes the impact of Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington and the repercussions for other regions and nonprofit communities. Just as organizations (usually!)

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

Our recently completed 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest winners and finalists are an impressive group, showcasing the broad reach and impact of TechSoup member charities doing environmental work. We had many excellent submissions to the contest. Its staff members are intensive users of an Adobe Creative Suite TechSoup donation.

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Care2

JULY 19, 2010

If your nonprofit has been contemplating entering online fundraising contests, check out the 2009 American Giving Challenge report released by the Case Foundation. Over the course of 30 days, individuals competed for donors donations and matching awards for their favorite charities. The challenge raised $2.1

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2010

They are encouraging people to declare their birthday to cancer (and adopt a healthy lifestyle). The web site has additional content, for example tips on how to celebrate your birthday in a healthy way as well as how to use it as an excuse to donate to the American Cancer Society. There's also a cake contest.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Of course, they’re also challenging to manage as you’re handling the donations of items on one end and funds on the other. You can charge a door fee, set up concessions with snacks and drinks, and even have individual contests with their own entry fees. Using a theme can make this a little easier.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Donations are essential to the health of your nonprofit organization. However, collecting donations is easier said than done, whether you’re a small nonprofit just starting out or a large, well-established organization. You just need some fresh strategies so you know how to get donations for your cause. Use social media.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

A supply drive works great for nonprofit organizations that need supplies like food donations , office supplies, and more! To be a HERO, you simply have to donate, share, or spread awareness in some way. To encourage additional support, your fundraisers should post any progress updates or pictures on their dedicated donation page.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 4, 2013

It also helps the dog shelter build a list of people who might have adoption on their mind. Research has shown that advocates are more likely than non-advocates to donate to the cause for which they signed a petition. Research has also shown that people who pledge to make a donation will likely will follow through on that promise.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause. 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. And now to the interview.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause. 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. And now to the interview.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Giving Tuesday drives donations further and acts as the kickoff to your year-end fundraising strategies. . Here at Bloomerang , we help nonprofits make the most of their fundraising every day through the adoption of comprehensive and data-driven strategies. Optimize Your Donation Page. Photo Contest. Start Planning Early.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Online contests or challenges. Incorporate contests or challenges into your annual social media posting calendar to generate organic engagement with your followers. Be sure to track relevant social media metrics , like how many people interact with your polls, to assess the effectiveness and relevance of your interactive content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

over at her Netsquared blog about adoption of blogs and wikis in an organizational context and how these tools further organizational mission. Steve Anderson continues his series on donation process maps. Time to Nominate Projects, Vote for Videos, and Charity Badge Contest! Meanwhile, a few scholarly articles on the topic.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Nursery workers, teenage babysitters, and members with childcare experience volunteer to watch kids for a few hours, and grownups make a donation in exchange for a few hours of childcare. Gather all of your artisans and ask them if they’d be willing to participate in a craft sale and donate part of the profits as a fundraiser.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

For organizations, web stats are useful indicators of how many people are being reached by their message, the geographical spread of the visitors and whether or not a specific campaign was successful in driving traffic or creating actions (like donations, or letters, etc.) 8 Allan Benamer 09.21.07 at 6:32 pm So here’s my thinking: 1.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Charity Races like marathons, 5Ks, fun runs, or walkathons invite participants to register with your nonprofit and collect donations from their community, making every step count for your cause. You can up the ante by building your party around a costume contest and encouraging attendees to get sponsorships for their participation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 5, 2014

Goals (Increase traffic, followers, donations, etc.). Action Items (Mobile-optimize donate page, launch presence on Instagram, host Google+ Hangout, rebrand social networks, etc.). Never begin the promotion of your crowdfunding campaign with “$0 Raised,” even if you have to donate $100 to your own nonprofit. Chapter 9: Facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 31, 2011

“Working as a professional fundraiser, I knew that I was giving and my friends were giving but our common donor tracking systems weren’t capturing how the diversity of our interests and frequent smaller donations added up to a sizeable amount over the course of a year. Annie’s Amazing Animals ” is another inspiring effort.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. If you want to learn more about mindmapping and diagramming tools, the Web Worker Daily has a review here ) Share the Technology , a computer recycling database that matches requests with donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2012

The photo above is of my children, Harry and Sara, who were both adopted from Cambodia. When my husband and I were in Cambodia in 2000 to bring home Harry, our infant son, we got a blessing from a monk. I also used Twitter to get 300 t-shirts donated to bring over for the conference.

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See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

They have infrastructure to run thousands of nonprofit websites, send millions of emails and process hundreds of millions of dollars in donations. Unfortunately, it only had 600 users when I checked adoption rates for it this week. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Using Uber's platform, people can have their clothing picked up on demand and donated during a winter clothing drive. To not put too fine a point on it, it will make mobile donating happen. If just a fraction of the 70 million or so iPhone users adopt it, it will be a big deal. We'll see. Apple Pay just launched.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Lean Startup principles have been adopted widely in other sectors, and once you get a glimpse of the principles, it’s clear that Lean can be applied to any organization that needs to operate in a capital-efficient way. It’s no wonder why Lean is increasingly being adopted in the non-profit sector.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 20, 2012

said than done, and it's something we have been working on at TechSoup, where we send a catalog of all of our donated and discounted product. Publishers Clearinghouse sends their contest junk mail to nearly every U.S. One important thing that organizations can do is to reduce or. completely stop your paper-based direct mailings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

Molson launched a campaign to replace the public funding with private sector donations, starting with its own $20K donation. The Molson Team spread the word , using Twitter to urge a wider audience to attend and donate. Contests/Challenges: Directly involve stakeholders in social change project or program.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

So that’s going to be really important with how they engage with your nonprofit, your organization, because they’re going to see, essentially, a cash donation and an equivalent number of hours donated as being equally important to them and to you. And so they want that to be honored and reciprocated. Peer influence is key.

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