Whole Whale

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Including an inquisitive or fun element can encourage engagement. Polls: Add a routine fun poll to high-traffic pages on your website, such as the resources hub or home page. Surveys : Ask questions like why they gave to your org, what other causes they support, or what part of the org mission is most important to them.

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Whole Whale

MAY 8, 2020

Unlike Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF on Halloween or the Salvation Army and Toys for Tots at Christmas, there is not a ubiquitous association of Mother’s Day to any particular cause or organization. Here are a few easy ideas to inspire your supporters to make an impact this Mother’s Day for both moms AND your cause. Jewelry for a Cause.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes No Tricks, Just Treats: Cybersecurity Tips for a Safe and Secure Giving Tuesday Halloween is upon us, and while the world gears up for a night of fun, spooks, and candy, another significant day looms on the horizon for the nonprofit world: Giving Tuesday.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 3, 2017

As we near Cause Camp 2017 , we thought it necessary to take a look back at all the awesome content that was bestowed upon us – in tweet form – at last year’s conference. Cause Camp is a two-day nonprofit conference, taking place in Lincoln, Nebraska on March 27 & 28, 2017. Top nonprofit tips from Cause Camp 2016. _.

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Whole Whale

JULY 18, 2022

The challenge when writing a fundraising email is to not only avoid this filter, but actually make it fun or interesting. You can also include a personal story or message in your email to make it more relatable (just make sure it’s relevant to your cause!). Why will waiting be bad for the cause?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 1, 2010

More orgs will hire CTOs. Technology will finally enter the c-suite of not-for-profit orgs. Other orgs will finally learn what I've known for 5 years: bring it in-house and don't silo your tech people, make one of them a c-suite leader. The hottest org in 2020? And, at an event, it is a means of taking action immediately.

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CauseVox

JULY 11, 2022

For the past 23 years, Invest in Kids has hosted the Jane-A-Thon, a fun-filled ski and snowboarding event at Colorado’s Winter Park Resort. If you have a board of directors or an event sub-committee, remember that they’re here to support your cause! Find what works for your org and work to refine and sharpen that edge.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 21, 2014

According to the blog justgiving.com there are 5 key motivators for giving: to support a particular organization, because we are inspired by other’s stories, to support a cause, to feel good, and. Make it fun! This is a guest post from Anah McRae, Manager of Customer Support for Altru at Blackbaud. to participate in an event.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

You might hear an assumption along the lines of the following: Your organization’s audience all have mobile phones, there is therefore a huge opportunity for all of them to connect with your org on a custom app. This causes the MAUs to drop below 5,000 again, despite $50,000 being spent (not to mention staff time). People spend 2.5

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. On Facebook, we’ve had some great success with Facebook Causes generating donations and our Facebook Fan Page driving traffic to our stories on nature.org. They’ve been very supportive of our strategy and engaging staff across the org. Please summarize your ROI.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 27, 2017

Facebook’s live streaming platform is empowering nonprofits to quickly engage supporters around the causes that matter most to them. It’s also fun for the viewers when the person on screen is responding to their question live, so I highly recommend doing this when possible.

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

We are here to talk about where to find potential donors to support your cause. I like to give you those tools to let you work more efficiently because I have this belief that raising funds for causes you care about shouldn’t mean working 60 hours per week forever. They’re deeply invested in these causes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Additionally, people who are familiar with your org will know to look there for the most up-to-date info.) . There are some websites that try to break these trends, but this can cause confusion. It’s surprisingly interesting and fun to click around and could be an interesting way to inspire people to engage with an annual report.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 8, 2010

If an org has 5,000 employees, Chatter is a fantastic way for folks from one side of the building to keep up with what's happening on the other side. These new offerings bring Chatter outside an org without additional cost. My thoughts, keeping in mind that Salesforce is evolving this frequently: It's fun.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 20, 2014

Maybe that''s because I usually donate to a cause because 1. I like the org because I''m connected with them in some way either through a friend, work, or volunteering. Each year, Lauren picks three causes that are a priority for her, and gives money and time to them. someone I know asked me to give, 2. a crisis happens (e.g.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

When we do that, we can compromise the relationship we have with our supporters and donors, and limit our capacity for building momentum towards action and a movement for our cause. org’s story is that our changing climate and toxic levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere are affecting everyone on earth. Start with Metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2015

iGiveLocal will change that by offering a national competition to local donors, incentivizing the activity with fun prizes and small awards for the influencers’ favorite causes. We’re eager to see how mobile donations work for each region of the country, as well as by types of causes. 2) A Better Responsive Mobile Experience.

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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? My value is the collection of followers for a common cause. In all total we have raised over $11,000 by simply tweeting and getting followers.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

At CauseVox, we’re all about helping everyone to meet their goals – donors and the causes they support. As we mentioned in the P2P section, your donors’ stories are an essential element to creating a connection to your cause and to reach more potential donors and new community members. Or better yet, set up a meeting. All Systems Go.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 29, 2010

also has a list of post topics in their post 10 Blog Content Ideas for Nonprofit Organizations which includes, " interview experts, volunteers, donors and board members." • Sandra Sims of Cause Blogger says to have a juicy blog you need to have an attitude of gratitude. . • Nonprofit 2.0 Include a photo in the post if at all possible.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Does anyone carve, knit, sew or create t-shirts… or fun food? This can be 4 emails a year dedicated to sponsors who give the org $10K or more. You can even have fun engaging your supporters and board members when coming up with these designs. People love showing off that they are involved in important causes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

Deepen relationship through custom apps that improve on org activites (event fundraising, petitions). jordanepstein @ kanter Make it fun, empower people to simply and easily make a personal difference and get commitment. ghennipher @ kanter TweetUps and other events to help them feel involved with the cause. I suggest a tweetup.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

org before? Cause-First. We have the very fun chance to put pieces together and connect dots that others aren’t seeing. org and 1Sky to lead by merging. Have people heard of 350.org Have you heard the number 350 parts per million? 350ppm was the rallying point and as such remains so today. What about a fundraising tool?

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NTEN

JUNE 19, 2014

Aim to build sustainable tech, empower others to do the same, and have some fun in the process. Every day the app shows a new nonprofit campaign, whether project-specific or org-specific. SEE aims to help someone like Ashley utilize her unique set of resources (time, social media presence, a cause that''s near and dear to her). •

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Their Causes page garnered over $94,000 from 6,268 members in 50 days. Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause. You have to try and attract new people to Facebook and your Cause. How did they do it?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Their Causes page garnered over $94,000 from 6,268 members in 50 days. Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause. You have to try and attract new people to Facebook and your Cause. How did they do it?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2010

Emma’s lessons learned got me thinking: What are some simple online tools that organizations can provide to really help with that “heavy lifting” and make it fun for participants to fundraise? How can orgs put the “fun” back in fundraising? Let me tell you, they are fun!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

not that this necessarily applies to Oxfam) but its super low budget by using existing infrastructure and orgs of any size could really raise their profile and provide an intense interactive opportunity for supporters this way. What creative twist could your organization do with this technique and support your cause/work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2007

within Facebook's structure without causing their community any harm. First off, I'd just like to say I had so much fun with that account! I felt that in many ways, Facebook was a representation of society and I wanted to make sure they gave us more than causes and groups. Especially for Non-profits. profile has.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Whether your nonprofit organization provides services or advocates for a cause, your stakeholders have common interests. If you can build an area of your website where people come to learn, teach, and maybe have some fun, they will likely return. org / blog /2007/03/20/ nptech - tagging - community.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Especially with the increased use of social media tools to help community building activity around causes or specific organizations. Org is a terrific example of a CDSI campaign. This next part is where it gets fun. But, that doesn’t mean there isn’t real opportunity for organizations to act that part. Campaigns: 350.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

That's because when I started at the HSUS, I was obsessed with MySpace on a personal level, and I was challenge with the task of figuring out how the org could use it for their benefit of advocacy and fundraising. My job is fun. I did some outreach to my friends and colleagues from other orgs that are involved with doing social media.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 24, 2008

Each blog's landing page allows members to join the Cause, take action, and connect with related nonprofits. Its Nonprofit section has a list of nonprofits related to stopping genocide, and a leaderboard of Change.org members who are raising money for the cause. But, to be perfectly honest, I need an easy way to take action.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2017

You can learn what we’re all about over at nonprofit hub dot org. And the last one, which I just find fascinating, I’ve been in nonprofit space for 25 years and I would like to think that people find out about causes through nonprofits, but apparently not. Our Cause Camp website is live. Now it’s time to go out and do more good.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 29, 2009

You see all of these other orgs using Twitter, Facebook, Digg, MySpace, YouTube, LinkedIn, Blogger and the list goes on… How do you make sure you are using the latest and greatest in new media that will effectively contribute to your movement? So, how do you find the right outlet(s) for your cause? The first step is to research.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

That’s what keeps things fun and engaging! But before, during, and after the fun, your message and the voice of your organization need to come through. Sometimes, unique or cause-specific holidays can be perfect for your social media. Schedule those posts then wait for the fun. JUST for fun! Call to Action.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

And I tell my students that Ill give to any of the worthy causes they pour their hearts into, but they have to ask me in person (not on Facebook)! As the old adage goes, "people give to people, not causes." Currently (on my lowly grad student budget), I only give money to one nonprofit org. April 14, 2011 9:57 PM justnes said.

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