The Storytelling Non-profit

MAY 3, 2022

Any nonprofit organization dreams of having successful fundraising campaigns. Of course, managing a fundraising campaign can have a lot of parts and pieces. Are you working on your year-end campaign or building up a new seasonal campaign?Let We started planning for this campaign in March of that same year.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 17, 2023

Winning fundraisers know how to handle it. Bottom line: Fundraisers typically hear one out of three responses to an ask: Yes, No, or Maybe. First and foremost, hearing no is all part of the fundraising business. First and foremost, hearing no is all part of the fundraising business. Fundraisers can’t control outcomes.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people to give back to their communities by donating money, volunteering their time, or advocating for causes that they believe in. A common misconception about GivingTuesday is that it’s a day focused only on extracting money out of people. Who Is Giving? Where Do Donors Give?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Every year it becomes more and more crucial for nonprofits to invest in online fundraising programs. The idea behind RoundUp App is to give the average person an approachable way to donate money, thereby helping nonprofits across the country spend more time achieving their missions instead of fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Digital fundraising professionals face a significant new challenge when it comes to fundraising on Facebook. Running Facebook fundraising ads is an excellent way to reach your target audience and optimize for donations while generating data that allows you to measure your success. 2) Identify your target audience.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

He previously served as director of IT consulting at a fundraising event production company focused on nonprofits. For more than 20 years, Mark has supported hundreds of nonprofit online fundraising efforts. Participants are the power behind your nonprofit’s peer-to-peer fundraising events and campaigns. Get the guide 4.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 13, 2023

As the coach of a youth sports team or the leader of a school-affiliated academic bowl team, you know that there are some aspects of team fundraising that make it different—and often more challenging—than other types of fundraising. Let’s say you coach a Little League te am. Team members can personalize their efforts. Fellow students.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

OCTOBER 5, 2021

I’ve been writing fundraising copy since 2010. If there’s one thing that I’ve learned in 11 years of writing and millions of dollars I’ve raised, it’s that writing for fundraising is its own genre. And writing fundraising emails is its own wonky subgenre. Writing for Fundraising is a Process. Source stories.

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OneCause

AUGUST 2, 2023

Peer-to-peer fundraising offers big benefits for your nonprofit. It’s a powerful fundraising approach. One of the most important components of a strong peer-to-peer fundraising event or campaign is your participants, or volunteer fundraisers. Target potential fundraisers. Learn more.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

If a capital campaign is on the horizon for your organization, Aaron Bishop and Brian O’Neil will share strategies and resources available to confidently predict your project costs and resources needed. We are here to talk about capital campaigns, specifically counting the costs where capital campaigns often miss the mark.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2016

Because of their scope and scale, US presidential campaigns are unique entities. They don’t last very long compared to those of nonprofit organizations, but they raise and spend a tremendous amount of money—growing quickly from scratch into an immense, people-powered machine. Lesson One: Online Organizing and Fundraising.

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Kindful

MARCH 18, 2021

Nearly a year after the pandemic hit, nonprofits across the country are getting used to fundraising in new ways. While some have found quick success, however, others are struggling to make up fundraising revenue that came from in-person events they can no longer hold. Diversify your fundraising. Defining the major donor journey.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2023

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. 1 lesson; 3 lessons, is this restricted or unrestricted?) for that 2-hour learning period; lesson preparation time; supplies, etc. It’s always helpful when donors can visualize specifically how their money will be used. and FASB rules.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2010

Note from Beth: I was lucky enough to connect with Julio Vasconcellos when we wrote blog posts on similar topics several weeks ago and he was kind enough to assist me with the birthday campaign. Today, I’d like to share some of those lessons learned with you. We also partner with respected brands.

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OneCause

MARCH 14, 2023

As those in the nonprofit world realize, few things are as effective—or as time consuming—as fundraising events. It’s important to have an effective event fundraising marketing plan to save time and execute flawless fundraisers. What should my team consider when developing an event fundraising marketing plan?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

This is an adaptation of the article “ Nine Valuable Marketing Lessons From a Nonprofit – Charitywater.org ” written for the KISSmetrics blog by Chloe Gray. Their marketing has tangible results: in 2012 alone they raised $33 million, and over $8 million of that was raised through their online fundraising platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2014

What’s cool is that these efforts are not mutually exclusive, as the group experiments, documents, and shares what they’ve learn, these real-time lessons are being add to the Giving Day Playbook and share beyond Knight’s grantees. New Tips From the Giving Day Playbook on Crowdfunding Campaigns by Marika Lynch.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Hosted by Salesforce.org Chief Customer Officer Rob Acker, Cloud for Good Founder & CEO Tal Frankfurt and CARE Head of Corporate Partnerships Chris Noble discussed the strategies and technologies that help them be nimble enough to respond to emergency campaigns, create change regularly, and the lessons they have learned along the way.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Nonprofits typically participate by running a fundraising campaign with a specific GivingTuesday goal and leaning on mediums like social media, video, and email to rally support. Fundraising How Does GivingTuesday Work? GivingTuesday is in late November, a time when nonprofits are rightfully focused on year-end fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2016

“ Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time – Guest Post by Peter Panepento. Rather than dismissing these campaigns as too risky, foundations and nonprofits should take lessons from this fiasco, look at groups that ended up doing well, invest more wisely in technology, and plan more effectively for the unexpected.

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Classy

JUNE 15, 2021

You can easily follow along with video lessons to learn how to optimize your campaigns and receive practical resources for day-to-day tasks, like creating compelling email templates to boost your conversion. . Build a Campaign. Launch a Campaign. Classy Academy is open to everyone, and it’s totally free.

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Classy

JULY 28, 2021

See What’s New In Fundraising. Get ready to deep dive into new considerations based on new data and what it shows us for the future of fundraising. Ensure your website and campaigns are mobile-friendly to capture donations from band new donors. You can also use donor segmentation to launch targeted email campaigns.

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Candid

MAY 24, 2023

When other organizations post-pandemic had crumbling capital campaigns, PSRC reached its $5.35 He energized this board and led stakeholders around this vision—a vision with roots in the lessons learned in a global pandemic. The organization bought a building and began a capital campaign. I won’t bury the lede. million goal.

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Candid

MAY 24, 2023

When other organizations post-pandemic had crumbling capital campaigns, PSRC reached its $5.35 He energized this board and led stakeholders around this vision—a vision with roots in the lessons learned in a global pandemic. The organization bought a building and began a capital campaign. I won’t bury the lede. million goal.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

having your marketing team launch a new campaign and explore a different communication channel). Relevant: Confirm that your goal, increasing the number of monthly donors, and how you plan to pursue it align with your organizational goals, fundraising priorities, and mission. Next, specify exactly how you will achieve the goal (e.g.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2008

I've seen first hand how you can leverage your Twitter network to raise money for a good cause really fast. There are at least three micro fundraising campaigns that have launched in the last week. As I wrote last week, Laura Fitton (@pistachio), has launched a bold experiment in using Twitter for micro fundraising.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Peer-to-peer fundraising is an important part of a social good organization’s overall fundraising strategy. But as people increasingly become more committed to causes versus specific organizations, how can organizations engage and guide individual fundraisers who are campaigning to raise funds for causes close to their hearts?

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2009

We hate to bring up all those sleepless nights and the constant campaigning, but now we've got a great write up about the Challenge from Beth Kanter and Allison Fine. A total of nearly 2 million dollars raised from nearly 75,000 people means there were a few lessons learned. There's No Such Thing as Social Media Fundraising.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

This big little idea was simply to hold space for CDOs to talk about what’s stressing them out and share experiences, ideas, and lessons learned with others who are facing the same challenges and finding their way through. How do we raise money without in-person events? How do we raise money without in-person events?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The latest edition, npEXPERTS—Game-Changers: How to Galvanize Supporters as Charitable Events Evolve , answers your most burning questions on the evolving landscape of fundraising events. Findings about giving from the annual global day of generosity reveal key lessons about how to engage givers all year.” Generosity Is Abundant.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

When the pandemic threatened this critical revenue stream, we quickly pivoted to create virtual, interactive experiences achieving fantastic results—our campaigns over-performed expectations by 23%, raising over $168 million in support of our mission. We took a hard look at our fundraising incentives and rewards. Stay Mission Centric.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

And critics, with a scarcity mindset, talk about slacktivism (“Not everyone who did the challenge donated or even mentioned ALS”) and fundraising cannibalism (“People won’t donate to other charities because they will be tapped out”). And, of course the valid concern of wasting water in a drought.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 26, 2022

Recently, I was honored to be a guest on the We Are For Good podcast , where nonprofit leaders, advocates, and philanthropists share their innovative ideas and lessons learned. Make your campaigns relevant to donors. Nonprofits focused on issues that are hyper relevant right now will have an easier time campaigning.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The last couple of years have been all about virtual when it comes to fundraising. But out of this huge challenge, we’ve seen some amazing creativity crop up as nonprofits revamp their fundraising approaches to be safe and successful. We’ve seen crowdfunding and peer-to-peer fundraising websites that knocked our socks off this year.

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Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

As nonprofits continue to navigate this “new normal” of event fundraising into 2021, a focus on virtual fundraising should be at the top of your priority list. Starting with a focus on retention, below are different tactics you can explore immediately after your virtual event or campaign to support your donor retention strategy.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

P2P fundraising is a heck of a competitive space. The leadership team wanted to identify ways to improve the event, expand registrations, raise more money, and turn loyal supporters into sustaining and major donors. Here’s how Team Diabetes created improvements based on the lessons learned from the donor journey map.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 30, 2014

If we don’t know our donor data, how can we effectively plan a fundraising appeal? Build a fundraising strategy? Next problem, the fundraising advice. A recent Third Sector Labs survey of fundraising advice showed us that 80% of expert advice focused on content, messaging and materials. People know people.

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