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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The first “Donate Now” button was released in 1999 by a project of the Tides Foundation called Groundspring (acquired by Network for Good in 2005) and for the next two decades, nonprofit professionals have embraced the study of inspiring people to give online to good causes. 1) Implement Donation Page Best Practices. Add a pop-up!

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Great reads from around the web on January 24th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Donating products to charities helps corporate bottom lines, reduces waste in landfills, and provides relief for people in need.

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10 Essential Tools for the Nonprofit New Media Manager on the Go

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Numerous celebrities used TwitPic to report while on location at a recent Stand Up To Cancer fundraiser. For those that prefer using mobile sites over Apps, a good mobile browser will help you bookmark and organize the sites you use most. The days where you pull out your smartphone to accept donations anywhere at anytime is here.

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Securing Your Patients’ Next Gifts with Donor Welcome Kits

Connection Cafe

As most hospital foundations might know, getting the first donation from a patient is often the easy part 1. Good healthcare-related options might include first-aid kits, bookmarks including first-aid information, or a portable magnifying glasses (for older donors). . Here’s what these “value-added premiums” will do: .

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[VIDEO] The Early Bird Guide to Epic End of Year Fundraising

Bloomerang

But I want you to tell me if you segment your appeals based on your audience, as in when we do a GivingTuesday appeal, and people donate to our GivingTuesday appeal, they don’t get another appeal treating them like they’ve never donated before, or the same thing for end-of-year fundraising appeal. Test, test, test.

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