Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Those who lead with heart consistently have discussions with their teams about their unexpressed needs, fears, desires, gifts, and sense of purpose , explain the authors of the timely and compelling book, Leading With Heart. Every year thousands of books and articles are written about the correct ways to be a leader with no clear answers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Harry's last green tip introduced the Charity Contest that allowed readers to submit a comment that included a suggestion about how to save energy or be green and the name of a charity. We're going to continue to include the $20 Charity Giveaway Contest (I still have a few gift cards that I got as gifts to recycle.)

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

I tried ChatGPT and can tell you it writes wonderful haikus, crafted a pretty decent Valentine’s Day message for my sweetheart, and correctly predicted many of the matchups in my colleagues’ Holiday Movie bracket contest. An organization might request X number of gift bags or some other product.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 28, 2022

Some nonprofits have seen huge success incorporating audience reactions or contest submissions on the stream. Here is a link to an article to help you make that page – How to Make an Online Giving Page That Generates Donations. When possible, hire a professional to produce and edit pre-recorded video for a higher quality.

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JUNE 4, 2021

Even though the calls were simply to check in with donors and see how they were doing during a trying time, it also resulted in gifts. Focus on how their past gifts are still making a difference and give them opportunities to ask questions about your organization. This is any type of gift that isn’t financial! Bingo Night.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once. Anything else?

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In this article, we’ll discuss how you can incorporate text-to-give into your fundraising strategy to boost impact. Be sure to include information in a follow-up text or receipt on how donors can manage their recurring gifts. Send an acknowledgment to those who donate and explain how their gift will be used.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Donors love to know that their money was leveraged, and with matching gifts, they’re essentially giving two gifts for the price of one. In fact, one of the main reasons why Millennials donate is because they know their gift will be matched. Matching gifts are also a great way to boost donations mid-campaign.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

Their gift helps fulfill their personal philanthropic goals. Use the 3 steps below and the 1-Page Fundraising Plan template you can download at the end of the article to get started. You might get really excited about restaurant nights, candle parties, t-shirt sales, or voting contests. Let’s Build Your Fundraising Plan!

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Help your supporters out and create a Donation-for-Dad gift that gives them a nice printable or ecard telling their dad that a gift was made in his name. Or host a rib, pie, or hot dog eating contest and have your own tip jars for people to support their favorite competitors in the form of donations. Sunset Party.

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See3

MAY 28, 2007

One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. A common form of contest among companies is the “create a commercial&# contest. Among organizations, contests may seem like a short-cut to get compelling content, and cheaply. The current Heinz contest is a great example.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Despite increasing commercialism, the holidays traditionally get people thinking about ways they can give—whether they’re wrapping gifts for loved ones or donating time and money to a cause they care about. Many local news organizations like to host an annual food or gift drive around the holidays. Team up with local news.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Come prepared with a couple of different proposed partnership ideas, like a social media contest or an event sponsorship. You can read more about using your CRM to manage corporate relationships in the article below! If the organization seems interested in working together, make it even easier for them to say yes!

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Qgiv

JULY 11, 2023

Major donors are key players in helping your organization increase fundraising across the board, and building a major gift pipeline streamlines the process of finding and keeping major donors for your nonprofit. Major gift pipelines help you track your efforts in cultivating and stewarding new major donors. Community engagement.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Events Fundraising Matching Gifts & Fundraising Events | What to Know 11 min read Read Now 7. In the article below, we cover everything you need to know about securing corporate sponsors for your nonprofit’s next event. That’s what group tickets are there for!

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Qgiv

JUNE 10, 2022

Social media contests. Examples of these include Double the Donation online matching gift resources and 360 MatchPro matching gift software. Native ads don’t really look like ads – they might look like advertorials, “recommended articles,” or “promoted content” on social media and websites. What does that mean?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Throughout this article I will highlight how to develop your campaign and connect it with your mission. Resources: Blackbaud’s Giving Tuesday site has a whole host of resources to help you be successful such as the toolkit, a webinar series, podcasts, blog articles and giving trends data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

128 donors with 45% giving at the suggested minimum donation of $25, 43% gave more than $25 minimum, and 12% gave under the $25 minimum gift amount. With online contests or when there is a “matching grant,” I’ve been able to raise more, but I did not have one. Don’t Set Minimum Gift Levels Too Low.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2017

50 gift card for $5,000 raised). Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. Peer pressure has a funny way of inspiring larger gifts. Show gift names and amounts on a donor wall. Make fundraising a game by offering rewards for levels achieved (E.g. $50 OK, there’s my 44.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

The title of this blog post is taken from an article posted over at Slate mostly talking about the Facebook component of the recent America's Giving Challenge, posing the question, "Can social networks and virtual communities revolutionize charitable giving?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2008

birthday in true social media style with flickr 50th photo birthday card remix contest and I donated 50 bucks to the winner's favorite charity. And I've already gotten two early gifts and wanted to say thank you! As some readers of this blog may remember, last year at about this time, I celebrated the big 5.0 That's Adam Nicholson.

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See3

AUGUST 1, 2007

Yahoo Contact the Webmaster Link to Article youtube Change the Debate in 2008 » Posted at See What’s Out There on Wednesday, August 01, 2007 Change the Debate in 2008 August 1st, 2007 We are proud to add NARAL Pro-Choice America to our client list. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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See3

OCTOBER 7, 2007

RSS feeds and blogs, article comments, social networks… it’s all increasingly important. But we also have 60% personalizing their home pages and 85% using most-emailed articles links on news sites. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Not only are these gifts more accessible — regardless of age or income — they're habit-forming: transforming a small giver today into a major donor tomorrow.”. It takes only minutes to get going on the site, and there are several different options to get potential donors interested, including contests. Like this article?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Matching Gifts. Photo Contest. In addition to soliciting gifts, why not take the day to recognize those who support your mission, like donors, volunteers, sponsors, grantees and vendors? Ask for a specific gift amount from supporters. Ask for a gift for a specific purpose. Keep in Touch During the Day.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 30, 2008

Alanna Shaikh of Blood and Milk agreed with Horwitz's article, and was annoyed by people who made comments along the lines of, "Why would you ever criticize someone who is trying to do good?" It reminded me of what makes giving successful, even when the contestants failed. Give a car to a restaurant manager or an impoverished veteran.

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

This article is really about how some social scientists, economist types are looking at why people give. The main example in the article is about matching programs. The research suggests matches lead to more giving, but the type of match — whether 1x or 2x or 3x the gift — had no impact at all. They seem so sensible.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2014

Have a major donor pledge to donate money as a matching gift for emails sent, clicks, orFacebook likes from your website. Create a contest giving away a dinner with your executive director, a donated experience from a board member, or any other item or experience constituents would value. Is your mission providing clean water?

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 21, 2015

She has published numerous articles related to charitable giving and is a passionate advocate for public schools. Some crowdfunding platforms allow organizations to create fundraising teams, set up giving levels and offer t-shirts or other “gifts” at various donation levels. Gretchen Barry is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub.

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MARCH 16, 2011

BroadPoint Technologies Visit BroadPoint Technologies in booth 56 and enter to win a $200 Amazon Gift Card! American Express gift cards, Gold Chocolate Coins, and a free eLearning Course. Good360 Good360 will be raffling off three $50 gift cards from our corporate donors The Home Depot, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Williams-Sonoma.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2008

The NY Times article reads like The Onion with the funny missing. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Here’s a quick excerptQuoting Bill Carter from the NY Times. This does counter the DVR,” said Anne Sweeney, the president of the Disney-ABC television group. [.]

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FEBRUARY 11, 2008

In today’s NY Times is an article about Facebook and the difficulty of getting your data removed. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? No one noticed the original post, and few people read the blog, but once they take it down lots of people are interested in what it says.

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See3

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Best wishes… 13 Sep 2007 Daniel Hartman Great article. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? I invite you to visit and help as well. Also note, WSJ reports 33% of Facebook users are 35-54. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

She has published numerous articles related to charitable giving and is a passionate advocate for public schools. Matching gifts is one way to get more bang for the buck so make sure to remind supporters to check with their employers to find out if the campaign would qualify for a match. Events are another great option. Dance-A-Thon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

Winner of the Creative Commons 2006 Photo Schwag Contest I believe in setting my content free. It creates a gift economy and that help you build your network. Through my remix of the material, I've introduced David's original article to an audience of nonprofits. It provides a huge return on investment.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

The article features the case study of our client the American Jewish World Service. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Click here to view the front page of the issue.) Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today!

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

The article features the case study of our client the American Jewish World Service. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Click here to view the front page of the issue.) Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today!

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