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Guest Post by Chad Norman: Power to Your Peeps! Why Real-time Fundraising with Twitter Works

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Submitted by Chad Norman, publisher of I dig webby things.and I bet you do too I dig speaking at nonprofit conferences and events, and one of my favorite topics to cover is the real-time use of social media. When an org sends an email, the open rate can be low - but when a person sends an email to friends, the open rate is 90%!

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The Top 4 Most Effective Fundraising Appeal Envelopes

NonProfit Hub

If your donors don’t open your fundraising appeal letter it doesn’t even matter what’s inside it. If they don’t open the envelope, they’ll never read all of your hard work. So, how do you get donors to open your fundraising appeal envelopes?

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How can nonprofits strategically implement digital tools to achieve impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Chad Wheeler, the CEO of Open Door, a nonprofit working to alleviate chronic homelessness and human trafficking in my home of Lubbock, Texas, has come to use all of the previously named technologies.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The final program is selected through a combination of an open submission and voting process. The process has opened – so you can browse and vote for the nonprofit panels you think are worthy of being on the program until September 2, 2011. Chad Norman, Blackbaud. Susan Gordon, Causes and Robert Rosenthal, VolunteerMatch.

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10 Reasons Your Email Appeal is Being Ignored

NetWits

Conventional wisdom says that between 8 am and 9 am have the lowest open rates, as does Monday. As for time, open rates tend to be higher sent around lunch time (noon or 1 pm) EST. So the best time for the best results boil down to midweek, midday.” – Michael Gastaldo. “ There are two schools of ‘best time to send emails.’

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September Communications RoundTable : A Social Media Sharing Fest

NTEN

The events don't always have a set topic, but are open discussions for questions, sharing, and learning from your peers. Here are some highlights from this month's particularly tool-loaded Communications RoundTable with Chad Norman of Blackbaud. Chad is an absolute rock star when it comes to social media and marketing.

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Mapping Your Online/Offline Activism: Surfrider Foundation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Today I attended an informative lunchtime presentation by Chad Nelsen who is the Environmental Director at the Surfrider Foundation where he has worked since 1998. Chad did a video clip explaining the slide. (He The above map that Chad explains gets at it. He's currently getting his Ph.D in surf economics!)

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