CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

But, as a fundraiser, your job is just ramping up. That’s because fall is a busy time of year for fundraising. Now is the time to take a good look at your plans for the final months of the year and find a fun, unique fall fundraiser that will make you and your donors feel comfortable and supported.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2010

As more and more nonprofits and individuals flock to social networks, creating acacophony of fundraising pitches and the subsequent cause fatigue, how can organizations scale? charity:water was one of the first to create it's own social network for fundraising. Think Relay for Life fundraising pages with a different theme.

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Tech Soup

JULY 3, 2013

Brad Egel, a decade-long fundraising resident of Chicago and cancer-awareness advocate, had no personal ties or engagement with cancer victims or survivors. After the walk, Brad was so moved and inspired by the community that he began to raise money on his own. Image: Teespring.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 18, 2010

Is you’re organization looking to support free agent fundraisers and the changemakers who are passionate about your cause, want to support your work, but do it their way? A free agent changemaker having success fundraising with Twitter. Since, we have let the sponsor choose whoever they would like as a cancer charity.

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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. Many sustaining supporters are riders who travel to event sites that are destination experiences.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

You know the drill everyone: it’s time to rev those fundraising machines for the year-end! It’s never been easier to raise money online because people are getting more accustomed to giving that way: one silver lining of the pandemic that nonprofits a 32% increase in online revenue in 2020. More on that later).

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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2021

Nonprofits are always looking for unique, creative, and effective fundraising events that will help them to stand out from the crowd. Here’s the secret: finding the perfect fundraising event isn’t always about creating something totally new that no one else has ever done. A walkathon or race is, at its heart, a peer-to-peer fundraiser.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever – Guest Post by Joe Waters. A college grad researching a career in fundraising recently asked me what’s changed since I started in the field. For example, we haven’t been raising money with the Internet for very long,” I said. So is giving money.”.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

Technology for nonprofit development and fundraising is quickly changing. In the TechSoup premiere our new #NPLive interactive series of video events, join us to discuss The Future of Fundraising online in the social media matrix on Tuesday, May 24 at 11 a.m. Why Has Fundraising Online Shifted so Quickly? Pacific time.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

TechSoup kicked off its Nonprofit Live series with a discussion on the Future of Fundraising. The discussion featured guest speakers Jen Burton , community director at Causes ; Tom Dawkins , co-founder of StartSomeGood ; and Miles Orkin , national director for mobile and web at the American Cancer Society.

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NetWits

JUNE 15, 2011

Make sure your web site has a mobile component. Make sure your web site has the proper search engine optimization. This way you can determine whether the product is worth your money and you’re getting a good deal by buying in the store or by shopping online. Is it a site upgrade? The short answer is no.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

So if you’ve been wondering whether or not you should run a new fundraising campaign or test a new tactic, Giving Tuesday can be a great momentum to run your pilot project. Giving Tuesday will now provide an opportunity to kick off the ‘Friends’ program — with that being the first mass fundraising campaign the organization has been running.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

For weeks we’ve watched the ALS #IceBucketChallenge grow exponentially and as fundraisers, we dream of a campaign like this going viral and a windfall of unexpected resources dropping into our coffers. But what happens when the money being raised is coming from an unethical place? To: Guys, we’re literally worse than cancer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

And since, the busy season is coming up for all you nonprofit fundraisers – year end giving and Network for Good has just announced a Year-End Giving Challenge , I thought a guest post from Michael Hoffman about you can incorporate video to power your campaigns was in order. That shouldn’t come as a surprise. Holy smokes!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Komen Foundation , a leading breast cancer charity, pulled hundreds of thousands of dollars in breast cancer screening funds from Planned Parenthood. Each year millions of women are screened for breast cancer at Planned Parenthood, and Susan G. Source: causes.com via Beth on Pinterest. On Tuesday, the Susan G.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Well, it’s turning them bald… “The Totally Baldacious campaign is a great way to show your love and solidarity with cancer patients while you help raise awareness and funds for cures. Is it to raise money? Make it as clear as possible, like they did, with a “how can I participate&# section.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

Breast Cancer awareness month (October) is just around the corner! And here's another clever online fundraising strategy for breast cancer. If you go to Purina Cat Chow's web site & take a test on your knowledge of breast cancer they will donate $1. Komen Foundation to support breast cancer research.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Last month my mother called to tell me about a neighbor who had just been diagnosed with cancer. In fact, local town leaders had already decided to organize a fundraiser for our friend. While we were talking, my mother decided to check out the online fundraising page that had been set up. I prompted. “I

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Anyone and everyone who gives anything — time, money, experience, skills, networks — in any amount to create a better world can be philanthropist. She shared many stories of philanthropists with far less money and notoriety than celebrities and wealthy people we typically think of as philanthropists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

I’ll be talking about Gen Z donors and why nonprofits need to engage them in their fundraising and programs. And there is Jack Andraka , a high school student who got obsessed with finding a cure for cancer and created a test that can detect pancreatic cancer. Gen Z Uses Digital Tools for Social Good, Not Social Currency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

She told the story of “ Poop_Strong ” who describes himself in his Twitter profile as “31 year-old sustainability PhD student fighting Stage IV colon cancer. He launched a web site called Poop Strong , a node to Lance Armstrong cancer nonprofit Live Strong.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2017

The call to register should be the first thing visitors see when they come to your site. American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life homepage uses geo-location to generate a list of events near you: DIY fundraising events may lead with a way to “Select your Event Type” to give participants a choice of the type of fundraiser they want to create.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They take care of your facility, give tours of your museum, welcome attendees to your annual gala, and pass out medals at fundraising races. Learn how Qgiv can help you and your volunteers make the most of your fundraising efforts! Volunteers are the backbone of any nonprofit organization. Request a Demo.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

But first steps first… 11 New Year’s resolutions for nonprofit social media managers: 1) Create a “Thank You” video(s) for your 2012 fundraising campaigns. You can learn by watching what they do and ultimately mimic them in your own communications and fundraising campaigns to tap into that success. WWF Mobile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2011

Provides nonprofits a look at the future of fundraising and communications trends into 2016. Here’s what is in the book: Provides nonprofits with a comprehensive playbook on how to create a new, more flexible, innovative organization. Case studies highlight successes and failures. Highlights the power and strength of Social Media.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

I looked at a few popular crowdfunding sites and dissected their cost plans, nonprofit support, and special features. If you're just doing a general fundraising campaign, Razoo or CauseVox might be the way to go. The Scoop: Indiegogo stakes the claim of being the first "perks-based" crowdfunding site.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 2, 2018

Research suggests that approximately $10 billion of corporate matching gift money goes unclaimed annually, which represents about $20 billion to nonprofits. Here are 10 tips on the benefits of matching gifts: Add a matching gift FAQ to your web site. Add HEPdata’s E-match Link to your web site.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Nick Bilton, a tech columnist for The New York Times , wrote that we could find ourselves in a situation where a medical AI that is programmed to eliminate cancer decides that the way to do it is by exterminating humans who are prone to the disease. However, today, we have Zuckerberg discussing a privacy-focused future on Facebook. .

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 27, 2018

Lucille was vibrant and kind and generous until, one day, lung cancer struck. She doesn’t know much about lung cancer charities. Some users may be irritated that they’re being asked for money before you tell your story and impact. Otherwise, the user will probably default to the national lung cancer charity.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

I think too many times people are raising money without a specific objective in mind. Sure $5,000 sounds like a fantastic fundraising goal, but what if I told you by meeting that target, a local cause would be able to launch an evening food program for the homeless, or make much needed repairs to a home for abandoned girls and boys.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

I looked at a few popular crowdfunding sites and dissected their cost plans, nonprofit support, and special features. If you're just doing a general fundraising campaign, Razoo or CauseVox might be the way to go. The Scoop: Indiegogo stakes the claim of being the first "perks-based" crowdfunding site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

So, the workaround was to post “Allah is watching” on the site and the cursing rate dropped dramatically. I shared some of stories of how I got started and my experience in social fundraising to help raise money for the Sharing Foundation. I also spoke about content curation and some best practices for social media measurement.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 20, 2014

So the logical question for fundraisers is, how do we use something so accessible to raise money for our organizations? For example, I recently selected to donate $10 to the organization Stand Up To Cancer. Featured Fundraising Nonprofit Technology' Take a look around you. My cell bill was charged, and that was it.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 27, 2017

There’s a lot of talk about the ways nonprofits can use Facebook to raise money — live streaming fundraising events, breaking news, impact stories, and more, directly from their Facebook Page. I am sitting at an off-site planning meeting with our Communications team when a call comes into our Chief of Staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

Last week, I had the honor of participating on a keynote panel at Celgene Corporation’s Patient Partners annual meeting ahead of the ASCO Conference (ASCO is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, prevention and delivery of high-quality patient care).

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Beth has over 30 years working in the nonprofit sector in technology, training, capacity building, evaluation, fundraising and marketing. And there is Jack Andraka , a high school student who got obsessed with finding a cure for cancer and created a test that can detect pancreatic cancer. Nonprofits and Gen Z.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change. Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! Submitted by Ramya Raghavan.

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