Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Save the Children’s Ettoré Rossetti, Director of Digital Marketing & Social Media for Save the Children USA, emailed me an infographic on the impact of the Syria crisis on children. The crisis in Syria is now entering year three and the situation is getting worse for children not better.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

It’s never been easier to raise money online because people are getting more accustomed to giving that way: one silver lining of the pandemic that nonprofits a 32% increase in online revenue in 2020. Here’s Six Ways You Can Raise More Online During Year-End 2021: 1) Drive Everyone To Give in One Place.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 8, 2024

In today’s digital age, having a strong online presence is essential for nonprofits to engage with their target audience and secure the necessary support. By identifying the keywords and phrases that your target audience is using in search engines, you can optimize your website and content accordingly.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 16, 2024

Data Axle Nonprofit added audience indicators within its Apogee and DonorBase omnichannel cooperatives that identify donors poised to give following an emergency event. It builds on the firm’s suite of audience indicators that show donor behaviors, affinities, and gifting potential without time-intensive custom modeling.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Our audience is no longer taking our word for it. A nonprofit providing education and support to children with special needs is using maps to show the locations of their support centers and the communities they serve. It is often much more effective to use as few words as possible and let images tell the stories for us.

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Qgiv

APRIL 13, 2022

Youth nonprofits help ensure the well-being and prosperity of children and young adults. The whole family can take part or children can wash cars as a way to learn responsibility and servant leadership. This not only teaches children responsibility, it can be a great way to raise funds while beautifying your community.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A strong nonprofit brand can help you: Raise more money. Once you have a good understanding of your brand identity, you can start to develop messaging that resonates with your target audience. This will help you ensure your branding is on point and resonates with your target audience. Be clear about your target audience.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The development team learned and grew a lot over the last year, and now they’ve done it again: their second virtual event, the 2021 Reflection Benefit, was a week-long festival of activities that inspired incredible generosity and reached new audiences everywhere. The Dougy Center reported new donors from all over the world. Feel the FOMO!

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For nonprofits whose target audience is primarily underserved youth, the task of finding funding shouldn’t be difficult. Global Fund for Children. Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. WHAS Crusade for Children. Global Fund for Children. Funding Priority: Youth Programs. Kellogg Foundation.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Cause marketing is a collaboration between a nonprofit like yours and a business that helps you raise money and awareness for your cause. A cause marketing campaign provides your nonprofit with a wider audience, an increase in revenue, and wider awareness for both your cause and your nonprofit. What is cause marketing?

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M+R

JUNE 5, 2023

The third catches you off guard: Dear Friend: Do you believe that children should have the right to sue their parents for being “forced” to attend church? Should children be eligible for minimum wage if they are being asked to do household chores? Do you believe that children should have the right to choose their own family?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

If you’re looking for a new way to raise funds, engage donors, and build connections, look no further than a charity golf tournament. And fortunately for nonprofits, charity golf tournaments do much more than simply raise mission-critical funds. Using an event website for your charity golf tournament makes promotion simpler and easier.

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sgEngage

APRIL 10, 2023

When you prioritize creating an impactful experience for your donor community, you’ll keep donors coming back and raise more funds for your school. In this article, we’ll go over each of these tips in detail so you can better engage your school’s donor base: Intentionally target your audience. Is it mostly parents or neighbors?

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

In 2012, President Barack Obama named September National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month to raise awareness of pediatric cancer. Pediatric cancer is the leading cause of death by disease for children. Approximately 1 in 285 children in the U.S. To help more children and families, Melissa and Risa teamed up to found NPCF.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 4, 2024

Whether it’s raising funds for a disaster relief effort, collecting school supplies for underprivileged children, or gathering essentials for a local shelter, this versatility makes them adaptable to a myriad of causes. It’s a platform to share your story and connect with a broader audience.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

If you’re starting a new nonprofit, you already know that you need to raise money. Fundraising Planning When You Are New to Fundraising No one starts a nonprofit to raise money. In other words, don’t try to raise as much as you can then figure out how to spend it. In the beginning you may self-fund your fledgling organization.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2024

Example: “To raise critical funds through a community gala to support our after-school literacy program for underprivileged children.” raising $10,000) and non-financial (e.g., raising $10,000) and non-financial (e.g., These goals should be both financial (e.g., increasing donor base by 20%).

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Socialbrite

MARCH 8, 2020

Donorbox is a powerful and efficient next-generation fundraising system that allows organizations to raise more donations, implement smooth donation management, promote fundraising campaigns in a variety of ways and establish lasting relationships with donors. Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project. So far, it has raised more than $1.2

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

If you scramble at the last minute to put this together, it will show — and chances are good you’ll raise less money with a poorly-done online fundraising campaign. Here are some of the different pieces you’ll need to write: Teasers: A few weeks before your campaign launches, start letting your audience know what’s coming.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2023

5 Million Reasons to Embrace Library Giving Day Created in 2019 by the Seattle Public Library Foundation, Library Giving Day was designed not only to increase financial support to local public libraries but also to raise awareness for the many programs local libraries provide to their communities. million, with an average gift of $134.

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Classy

JUNE 21, 2021

Launching a unique campaign can set your organization apart by creating a buzz around your mission, engaging new audiences, and getting people excited to participate in something meaningful. . In fact, Classy’s registration with fundraising campaigns typically raise a median amount 4.5 Host a Contest With Multiple Ways to Participate.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

It gives your audience a tangible transformation to observe through the sharing of the written word, photos, testimonials, and videos. Storytelling makes it personal and transforms the heart and mind of your target audience by showing them why something is important, instead of just telling them. Prompt action from your audience .

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Classy

JULY 30, 2021

When launching an email campaign to raise funds, it is imperative to perfect the copy, segment your email lists, fine-tune the graphic assets, and more. Sample Email Subject Lines: Help [organization name] reach children in need. You can help feed 100 children this month. One click can help [impact] provide to hundreds.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2014

Since then ACCO has continued to be wildly successful through a total of 7 Teespring campaigns, raising over $27,000! Their current September campaign has been the most successful ever, having raised over $15,600 with still a week left in the campaign. Use the blog – Share stories and other news that will engage your audience.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 18, 2022

When writing a story to raise money, an essential part of the story is a conflict. In this article, we’re going to re-visit the importance of conflict in non-profit stories and discuss how to frame your conflict so that it’s motivating to your audience. For example, let’s say you’re a local children’s theater company.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

A good example of a charity planning a Giving Tuesday campaign is the children’s health charity, Tiny Tickers. They set out to raise £750 for a new machine to measure oxygen levels in babies’ blood, but significantly exceed their original target. “We Know Your Audience. Personalise your messaging to increase engagement.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Over 14 million people, primarily women and children, have fled to other countries or locations inside Ukraine and are currently unsheltered. But not all organizations have the infrastructure or staffing necessary to track donations, follow up, and further mobilize their audience. . At CARE, impact measurement is critical.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Using a specific story and words from one of their alumni, Fiver effectively and emotionally conveys the impact their organization has on participants, and asks their audience to donate today. Developing a strong fundraising appeal is the first step to getting your audience (your donors and soon-to-be donors!)

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CauseVox

APRIL 25, 2022

But aside from thinking about this season as just a time to raise money, also stop to consider how you can truly enhance relationships with these current donors while you’re making the big “ask.”. Check out this list of 7 spring fundraising ideas that focus on raising money AND deepening relationships with your current donors.

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Forum One

MARCH 8, 2022

As we highlight our staff who are crossing their arms to be part of the movement on social media today, we also wanted to highlight our clients doing important work celebrating women’s achievements, raising awareness against bias, and taking action for women’s equality. Providing essential services to low-income women and children.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Every membership program needs a structure that appeals to its intended audience. Stronger Advocacy: There’s strength in numbers, and a strong membership base provides organizations with more voices to amplify their cause, advocate for policy changes, influence the community, and raise awareness for their mission.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 28, 2010

, an exhibition produced with schoolchildren at the Wallace Collection in London, is a lovely example of co-creation that demonstrates the multiple benefits of inviting audience members to act as partners in arts organizations. They decided to ask children, and the project was born. Here are the basics.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 13, 2021

Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Grounded in the belief that all children should have access to quality healthcare, ALSAC and St. Jude, since the beginning, have provided care for children regardless of race, religion, nationality, or socioeconomic standing. Families whose children are treated at St. Between St.

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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2022

Peer-to-peer fundraisers (aka social fundraisers) harness the power of your supporters to raise money on your behalf. These types of fundraisers are popular because they have the potential to raise twice as much compared to other digital fundraising campaigns. This means that you have potential to double the amount of funds raised.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

From Mother’s Day campaigns raising money for breast cancer research to Christmas fundraisers collecting gifts for children in need, great holiday fundraisers stick in your mind for years afterwards. Ensure it aligns with how your audience views the holiday. But what makes these fundraisers so successful?

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

It’s no secret that the most effective fundraising strategies begin with understanding your target audience. However, Generation Z is still an audience to be explored. Almost three out of four young adults are willing to raise money on behalf of an org that matters to them. Who is Generation Z? Leverage Peer-to-Peer.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

In the digital environment of email, social media, and mobile, we can use storytelling in innovative ways to inspire supporters and donors — and raise more money. What's the central theme of your fundraising campaign (the goal you're trying to solve, amount of funds you need to raise, giving deadline)? About the Author.

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