The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

So, let’s demystify how to pave the roundabout of a successful year-end fundraising campaign. An effective campaign is a product of careful planning and strategy. Auditing Past Campaigns Learning from the past helps light the path forward. Engaging the Team Your team is your MVP in this fundraising campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

I presented and facilitated a small group activity on rituals. Here are some examples: Rituals to Celebrate Success. Completion of Fundraising Campaigns or Big Project: Did your organization just complete a successful fundraising campaign or maybe you just launched a new web presence or database.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A successful year-end fundraising campaign can prepare your team for a well-funded new year. These include: Employee matching gift programs Giving Tuesday corporate partnerships Annual giving campaigns In-kind donation drives Corporate volunteerism [and volunteer grants!] Automatic payroll deductions 1. or gamification techniques (e.g.,

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Through carefully curated programs hosted by trained volunteer facilitators at various schools and community centers, they’re able to create a curriculum that features courses on common issues many girls face. Supporters are encouraged to celebrate their interests by creating unique, volunteer fundraising events. What They Did.

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Bloomerang

MAY 16, 2023

At least 20 minutes of the agenda should be dedicated to education and training, such as role-playing exercises, making calls to donors, or even guest facilitators. For example, if a board member is a marketing expert, they could help develop a fundraising campaign or create marketing materials to promote the organization’s mission.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 17, 2024

Once you’ve identified your target audience, you can backtrack to create a compelling campaign that they’re most likely to interact with. Referencing relevant, older campaign data can help you get a sense of which strategies or channels seem to generate the most engagement. Demographics. Previous engagement.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

You can give the program a unique name and tagline that’s different from your general fundraising campaigns. Facilitate peer-to-peer fundraising. Peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns allow audience members to create personalized donation pages and gather donations from family members and friends.

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Kindful

AUGUST 17, 2021

Digital trends have offered innovative strategies to facilitate list building, accept seamless mobile donations, and connect with donors in meaningful ways that synchronize their interests and passions. Recognize that Facebook fundraising campaigns and peer-to-peer campaigns, as well as virtual events, are here to stay.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Are there connections we can facilitate? Sterrin does a great job organizing speakers and facilitating discussion.” She’s conducted more than two dozen capital campaigns throughout the United States with combined fundraising goals in excess of $5.5 And things are still changing, day by day and moment by moment.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

If you haven’t done so already, update your procedures to collect contact methods and donor information that will facilitate virtual fundraising. Pair your website, emails, and social media campaigns with a variety of ways for donors to support your cause that is quick and easy, not only for your donors to engage but also for you to manage.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 30, 2023

From running your programs on the ground to soliciting gifts for your online fundraising campaigns , your volunteers work around the clock to support your cause. Therefore, it’s essential to have the right technology in place to easily manage your volunteers and facilitate their transition into their new roles.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

By translating these lessons into the nonprofit context, we can gain valuable insights into crafting campaigns that inspire participation rather than simply grab attention. Those insights should drive messaging and campaigns. Share enthusiastic endorsements from recognizable opinion leaders, celebrities, or experts.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2021

This is a great tactic for campaigns that include bigger asks! If you’re asking supporters for $500 gifts for a capital campaign, a giving plan gives donors the option of supporting you while mitigating the financial impact of making a large gift. Community Youth Program did an awesome job facilitating an online auction event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

After facilitating a panel at the Innogive Conference on integrating mobile into multi-channel nonprofit campaigns , I headed to a special event hosted by Google to celebrate the launch of Google for Nonprofits. I think there is a lot of opportunity for nonprofits to share their practices around creating campaigns.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

In this guide, we’ll review the importance of year-end giving and the best strategies to use to plan a successful campaign. 10 steps to plan a successful year-end giving campaign. The sooner you can get started with your year-end campaign planning, the better. 10 steps to plan a successful year-end giving campaign.

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DipJar

AUGUST 6, 2020

The device enables cashless generosity for engaging, joyful, and frictionless donations while Spark allows you to capture more donations by promoting your giving campaign on any screen or online. By covering the purchase cost of your DipJar, your sponsor is facilitating your organization to increase fundraising. Double the Spark.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 5, 2023

Social media platforms (like Facebook) facilitate connection, allowing your nonprofit to spin an extensive web of support all across the globe. Alongside these peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns, you can create Facebook groups to invite users into more close-knit, dedicated communities of supporters.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

we recognize the contributions made by and the important presence of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the United States, and celebrate their heritage and culture. Read our full profile of the Latino Victory Project and how they use technology to run winning campaigns here. During National Hispanic Heritage Month in the U.S.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2017

In 2007, over ten years ago, I launched a crowdfunding campaign to participate in the first ever Cambodian bloggers conference, organized by Tharu m and colleagues. The opening plenary was hosted by the renowned Usha Menon , past chair of the Resource Alliance and celebrated speaker, connector and consultant to the social impact sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

I’m working with a network of community foundations, grantees of the Knight Foundation, that are hosting giving days as the facilitator. The peer learning exchange is experimenting with best practices for Giving Days. The group is using and adding their knowledge to The Giving Day Playbook. Fundraising'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2012

Organizations raised almost $125,000 through integrated social media campaigns from donors. Organizations raised almost $125,000 through integrated social media campaigns from donors. One of my favorite parts was facilitation a small group discussion on managing information overload in an age of distractions.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 12, 2021

When you’re planning your end-of-year fundraising campaigns, you really won’t want to miss out on all the fun the holidays provide. Halloween is a great holiday to center a fundraising campaign around as it allows you to get a head start on your final fundraising season. Need inspiration? A peer-to-peer murder mystery experience.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2022

In-person events like galas, benefits, and dinner parties are formal fundraisers, and a great way to celebrate your organization’s achievements, connect with supporters, and raise funds. You may even get additional donations through this process and also facilitate pledge payments. Share your success!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 13, 2015

Note from Beth: For the past two years, I’ve had the honor of facilitating a peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees who are hosting Giving Days. Consider what you might need to put down in the next couple of weeks to promote a Giving Challenge campaign with the results you’re seeking. Celebrate Yourself.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 17, 2024

Whether you launched a full-blown end-of-year campaign or didn’t send out appeals at all, the inherent generosity of the holidays inevitably attracted donors to your cause. First, it’s essential to acknowledge and celebrate their unique contributions.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 21, 2021

If the website home page has no mention of the campaign for which they just received an appeal, they may conclude it’s not mission critical for you. . And it’s the best way I know to convey to non-development staff how important their role is in facilitating philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I just returned from doing two days of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit training in Mexico City with Oxfam Mexico and participants from offices throughout Latin America, South America, and Caribbean. Together, we co-facilitated this exercise in two languages and Maria did a great job at bi-lingual capture of the notes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

But there was something else at play for me this year, my fourth, celebrating my birthday with social media and a networked fundraising campaign for the Sharing Foundation. It makes you feel good to give and celebrate and be part of a network of people doing the same. I noticed dozens of these connections and facilitated a few.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Note from Beth: I’m facilitating a peer exchange for the Knight Foundation for a group of grantees that are hosting a Giving Days over the next year using its recently published Giving Day Playbook. And we were looking forward to having fun on social media celebrating giving during the fifth annual Give to the Max Day. Stay tuned!”.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 20, 2019

As Salesforce celebrates 20 years in business, the Nimble AMS team reflects on the reasons why associations benefit from an AMS built on Salesforce. This year, Salesforce celebrates 20 years in business. Salesforce offers Chatter functionality, which facilitates collaboration among your staff. Investment in innovation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

The principals brought their students to celebrate the moment and show their school spirit. Tell us about your overall marketing strategy/campaign. Being in our sixth year of this annual event, we have a great campaign template that we adjust each year. And it was a great visual for the media!).

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

You need to incorporate an online donation form to be successful so supporters can give to the campaign and share it with others who are likely to give to your church too. All you need to do is partner with a shoe drive fundraiser facilitator. Say your church is celebrating its 20 th anniversary. Bake sales. Fitness challenges.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2019

To effectively fundraise for scholarships, treat your scholarship campaign like any other campaign. Step 3: Steward & Celebrate Donors. Celebrate that donor for choosing to give to scholarship programs. Step 2: Actively Fundraise for Scholarships. Why should donors give to scholarships today? )

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Care2

MARCH 11, 2014

Then there is the fantastic sessions discussing the best tools nonprofits should use to build websites and online campaigns focused on engagement and raising lots of money. Celebrate the 6th annual #ntcbeer, the pre-conference party known for good refreshments and better conversation. 14NTC Sessions. 14NTC Parties.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

You need to incorporate an online donation form to be successful so supporters can give to the campaign and share it with others who are likely to give to your church too. All you need to do is partner with a shoe drive fundraiser facilitator. Say your church is celebrating its 20 th anniversary. Bake sales. Fitness challenges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2011

Daniel facilitated a network mapping activity with NNF’s 10 education advocacy staff from regional offices and headquarters. Dan observes, “Overall, the response was positive that such analysis allows the team to be more intentional about weaving a national network for a specific campaign/advocacy outcome.&#. Observations.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

At the third meeting, the organization thanks the Advisory Board members for their involvement and celebrates the organization’s successes. Serve as chair of a fundraising campaign or of the annual gala. Connecting the organization with other professionals who can help advance the mission. Sponsor a table at the organization’s event.

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