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Which Fundraising Events Bring in the Most Money for Small Nonprofits?

Get Fully Funded

You can raise money with all kinds of fundraising events like parties, galas, sporting events, concerts… and the list goes on and on. So, how do you know which one will be THE ONE that raises big bucks for you? The RIGHT event: Raises 10-20% of your annual budget. Both have their place and can be highly profitable.

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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This is the fourth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Even though billions of dollars have been raised online since 1999, it’s surprising how many nonprofits make the donation process more complicated than it should be.

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The Hybrid Event: 5 Tips for Better Fundraising Results

Greater Giving

To create a successful hybrid event, you’ll want to plan both events separately, with some program details shared to present them as one cohesive event to guests. Schedule breakout sessions and presentations throughout the program to break the event up into key blocks before bringing the attention back to the larger event.

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Social Media 101 TweetChat Recap: Tagging

Tech Soup

Tags can also be used to find resources such as photos, slide presentations, and articles to reference for use on your site. Whether you or not you understand how to use tags, chances are you have come across them if you have ever used blogs, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, or bookmarking sites such as Delicious. The campaign.

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How to Hire a Fantastic Development Director

BoardAssist

Bookmark these sites! Look for prior development experience, longevity at jobs, increasing levels of responsibility, and dollars raised. Someone at a large, national organization should have raised significantly more than someone at a small, grassroots nonprofit. What to Look For in a Development Director.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Penguin Day in New Orleans, Fondling the Tools, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nancy raises a few questions about whether a distributed presence for organizations - splitting the attention of members between an organization's web site and social networking profiles is a liability or an asset. Guess you can't have too many social bookmarking applications.) "as part of a LASA Panel she is planning.

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Reflections on Guest Blogging

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Engagement on PostRank is calculated with a number of metrics including commenting, clicks, sharing on google reader, retweeting, and saving on social bookmarking services. The best comment I got was from a long-time reader John Powers on Facebook that reading the posts was like watching me open presents at a birthday party.