Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Silent auctions are a popular fundraising strategy where items are displayed for attendees to bid on. Silent auctions are a fantastic way to showcase unique items, foster healthy competition, and create a social, interactive experience for your supporters. The highest bidder at the end of the predetermined time wins the item.

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Qgiv

MARCH 17, 2022

Who they are: United Against Poverty Orlando’s mission is to serve those in poverty by providing crisis care, case management, transformative education, food and household subsidy, employment training and placement, personal empowerment training and active referrals to other collaborative social service providers.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

In the following blog post, we will delve into practical strategies to help your nonprofit maximize its efforts during the crucial calendar year-end period. With the right tools and strategies in place, your development team can start working backward from an end goal of December 31st in July. Keep reading to find out more! #1

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Paid media helps nonprofits reach an audience that owned media (the content that you own, such as your website and social media posts) cannot. This digital strategy, which is driven by results, is often referred to as performance marketing. Paid media is any form of advertising that has a cost associated with it.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

” The new product seeks to seamlessly blend digital content with your physical space, offering both Virtual and Augmented Reality capabilities. Apple launched its first headset on Friday, the Vision Pro, heralding what the company calls “the era of spatial computing.”

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Let’s delve into the responsibilities, strategies, and impact of the Procurement Chair in making your event a roaring success. This role requires a unique blend of creativity, persistence, and organizational prowess. Here are some strategies that set exceptional Procurement Chairs apart: 1.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

Through speaking, training, and consulting, she shows social purpose organizations how to use social media and storytelling to build communities, showcase impact, and advance their causes. ” PETER ROSS : How to Measure the ROI of your Marketing Strategies. It’s fundamentally changed the landscape.”

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 24, 2022

Using local materials and traditional Cambodian architectural concepts, the NCA blends Khmer culture and an environmental ethos in a building that will train Cambodia’s leaders of tomorrow. Unlocking new funding streams will allow us to deliver greater social impact with a sustainable income. How Salesforce Is Driving Change at CCF.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Major gift fundraising is an intuitive blend of art and science, with relationship-building at its core. In partnership with strategy consultancy, I.G. Somebody who’s going to provide thinking and strategy.” What Donors Want – Fundraising Advice Straight from the Donor’s Mouth – Guest Post by Rachel Stephenson Sheff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

” An infographic (short of information graphic) is a picture that blends data with design, storytelling, and insights that helps nonprofits concisely communicate messages to their audiences. This has some implications for your marketing strategy and there are compelling reasons to incorporate visual content creation.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 16, 2024

Fun Team Events | Best software for entertainment activities Fun Team Events blends entertainment and philanthropy by offering a distinctive and enjoyable avenue for your donors to support your cause. What we love about Mailchimp Mailchimp excels in collecting donor data and transforming insights into actionable strategies.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2022

The planning, preparation, execution and blend of multi-generational activities really comes together to make a community impact. Our Giving Day always happens during the first full week of April, but we set our strategy and begin our planning in July the year prior. Create a Giving Day Committee and hold regular strategy meetings.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

What if we could have a conversation about fundraising strategy with David Ogilvy, founder of Ogilvy a leading marketing/PR firm and deemed the ‘Father of Advertising’? I think there are many timeless lessons that still apply to current strategy that can be gleaned from looking backward.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. It may be time to rethink how these important social organizations are funded. What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models? Defourny et al.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

I was asked to facilitate a session on the question, "Should CEOs and Executive Directors Use Social Media?". In addition, during a roundtable on social media at the conference, I was fortunate to meet social media experts in India ( @ nirav @ amnigos @ pranavbhasin @ paritoshsharma and @ avinashraghava ) who shared some examples.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

If you’re not sure what attendees would like, consider asking your existing supporters through a social media survey or a meal preference choice on the RSVP. Sports Tournament and Raffle If your nonprofit’s team is feeling the pressure of burnout from constant fundraising strategies, plan an event that’s focused on fun!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2013

Why some social causes or programs get more word of mouth? Blender company Blendtec’s sales shot up more than 700% a few years ago after videos of the CEO blending things like iPhones spread like wildfire. If you ask most social media “gurus,” they’ll tell you it’s all about getting lucky. Want to know why things go viral?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

When an organization leader – non-profit or otherwise – has a hierarchal outlook in which he or she sits at the top of an organization disseminating information to its employees and community, using social media to build a personal brand can be perceived as self-serving and even competitive with the higher purpose of the non-profit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2009

I'm sure many nonprofits (and foundations) who enter into the waters of social media for the first time feel this nervousness and perhaps fear. Here's a new fear: Reputation for accuracy, quality, and professionalism will be damaged if the organizations shows its human side. This morning was the big day!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

After I finished teaching an intensive Networked NGO workshop for Packard family planning grantees in Delhi, I headed to Bangalore to visit my friend and colleague, Rufina Fernandes where I conducted a social media workshop for staff and teachers and got see a start up education company and its CSR program, close up.

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

However, with the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), it’s time to reevaluate and update our productivity strategies. Enter the AI 2-minute rule, a blend of GTD and AI tech that expands the window of quick tasks that can be done to unblock yourself and your team. which is built on our API access to major platforms.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Yesterday, I attended — and live tweeted (#baruchnp) — an interesting panel discussion at Baruch College here in New York, “ Social Media and Technology: What Nonprofits Need To Know.” The panel featured some great nonprofit social media heavy-hitters: Allison Fine , Speaker and Author of Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Geoff Livingston live blogged the Network Solutions Solutions Stars Video Conference -- by a team of Internet marketing and social media rock stars.  The Social Opportunity. Strategy Drives Outreach. You Need Social Networks.   Where does social media time/money fit within the overall web marketing budget? . 

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 25, 2016

When establishing an appropriate blended learning strategy and increasing departmental efficiency, the LMS should be the first place you look. One Stop Location. LMS are not only for E-learning activities!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 19, 2007

Our opening keynoter at the 8th Gathering of the Social Enterprise Alliance was Tony Deifell, who has been working as the senior strategy person at Kaboom!, the rapidly expanding social enterprise that builds playgrounds for kids. Tony Deifell rocks! Tony recalled talking to Merlett about her best friend, Reba.

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Gyrus

MAY 12, 2016

Today’s tech-savvy, social and mobile learners are no longer interested in traditional classroom training and demand learning techniques that blends best with their current working style and outlook. Mobile learning. Such insights help organizations to create their training courses in a personalized and targeted way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 21, 2021

It’s even better if you can seamlessly blend #GivingTuesday and your year-end campaign. Here’s what to include: Your goals for the day A matching grant if you can get one Hashtags and social media info to encourage your donors to share A donate button A specific ask: what is your focus for #GivingTuesday? It’s up to you!

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Last year, I wrote a piece for Blackbaud’s “CSR 2020: Experts Look Ahead” eBook that took a closer look at the rise in employee engagement around social and environmental issues. Employees Driving Corporate Activism. Common Impact supports the rise of cross sector leaders through our skilled volunteer programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

PopTech is an amazing blend of people, ideas, and projects. This includes leadership, social innovation, communications, branding, graphic facilitation, financial and funding models. I taught a very brief workshop in strategic social media using the social media strategy game.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

This week I lead a full-day workshop for 300 nonprofits and foundations on social media strategy and tactics. The second part of the morning was designed around the Principles of Social Media Strategy and used a new version of the Social Media Game intended for a large group of people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Share Your Story: ROI, Social Media, Nonprofits. My goal for this presentation was to synthesize the traditional ROI process with the best thinking about social media and ROI from the gurus like David Armano and KD Paine. It uses metrics to measure your results and help you improve your strategy over time. Return on Investment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Gabriela says many nonprofit advocacy organizations tend to have an ethos of hiring passionate and ambitious young professionals and who wear their workaholic tendencies as a badge of honor. “It exploits the exuberance and optimism of youth, and in the age of social media with blended personal and professional lives, I can imagine it’s accelerating (..)

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

The event blended virtual video speaker conferencing; online presentation and video; and live audience chatting and social networking, including conversation on Twitter using the #NPLive hashtag. ACS does this by syncing email appeals with direct mail, online and social media appeals so that they complement one another.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Once the older, high-net-worth individuals with a history of donating to an organization have been identified, focus and build relationships with them before making an ask for a bequest or a blended gift. Tip Two: Use social proof (and social media). Hopefully one that’s six or seven figures. These small numbers add up!

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

Social change has always come from the leadership of the many. Went into investment banking to understand the market to harness it to create massive social change. Eventually wound up in microfinance with FINCA for 6 months, which blended her passion and talents. MCON13 Millennial Paul Schmitz Rachael Chong Strategy'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 14, 2009

As the chair of the Social Enterprise Alliance, I have the opportunity to address the annual Summit. I had a blast in New Orleans revving up the crowd about this exciting time for the Social Enterprise Alliance and the movement. Here's the text of my speech: [long post alert] Social Enterprise: Not Business as Usual!

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