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Microphilanthropy Explained

NonProfit Hub

Today, many brands (like Lyft and Macy’s) have adopted round-up programs that ask their customers if they’d like to round-up on their purchases to support certain causes. Donors in these demographics care about social, environmental and cultural causes but are often cash poor and burdened with student loans. .

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Is “Ambient Data” from Social Media Channels Useful for Funders?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We identified two potential challenges for foundations to make use of this data: The data itself can be biased because it comes from a sampling of people who use social media or what some called a “self-selection bias,” so the data may not be representative of a total population – only specific locations or demographics.

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How to Set Up Bitcoin for Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

In the last few years, national and international nonprofits have begun to adopt it as another channel that donors can use to contribute. " Early Adopters. Some nonprofit organizations are adopting Bitcoin as a tool to target specific demographics, specifically constituents who are more tech-minded. Who donates?

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TechSoup at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference

Tech Soup

Your technology plan is a document that lays out the goals and objectives of adopting and implementing technology. Disaster Planning: What Organizations Need to Know to Protect Their Tech. Disasters are often the times that communities most rely on the nonprofit sector. Virtual Teams and Online Collaboration. Susan Tenby.

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Twitter and Nonprofits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

But right now, at this moment, twitter’s demographic is both tiny and highly nonrepresentative of the population of the world. We are still in innovator phase here, not even early adopters have signed on. There is no question that you will get out of twitter what you give. And, wow, yeah, you can be highly successful in twitter.

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Direct Marketing Trends You Won’t Read About in InStyle Magazine

Connection Cafe

But adopting the latest trends doesn’t mean that you need throw out your existing fundraising strategy. disaster/news event responsive donors. demographics (gender, education, income). News flash: these direct marketing fundraising trends are here to stay. . Some examples are: cross-channel or cross-program donors.

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10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause

Have Fun - Do Good

In 2006, BlogAds broke down the reader demographics even more: The median political blog reader is a 43 year old man with an annual family income of $80,000. The Best Friends Animal Society allows its supporters to create blogs on their Best Friends Network around animal, and animal adoption issues that they care about.

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