Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2010

Why send around that New York Times article when instead you can promote a link to your blog post (complete with your organization’s branding, e-Newsletter sign up box and “Donate Now&# button) commenting and linking to that New York Times article? Ask supporters to donate. Post calls to action. You get the idea.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 10, 2021

For generations, parents and their children have responded to the needs of neighbors, organizations, and their community by rolling up their sleeves and working together. Here are some examples of family volunteering values that have emerged from this exercise: We are committed to providing families with meaningful opportunities to serve.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

of all online donations , so it’s one of the best online fundraising ideas out there. In fact, 1 in 4 solicitation emails from peer-to-peer fundraisers result in donations, compared with 1 in 1,250 emails from a nonprofit. “1 On the day of the blitz, send out a series of emails requesting donations. Donation Matching Drive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

We at the Diabetes Hands Foundation started the Big Blue Test in 2009 with a simple premise meant to raise awareness about the importance of physical activity for diabetes management: testing your blood sugar, exercising 14 minutes, testing your blood sugar again and sharing the results with the community. These donations go a long, long way.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 11, 2022

You may have to jog their memory to help them remember that they know the manager at their dry cleaners or their cousin is the HR manager at the local plant or that their kids play soccer with the children of the owner of the big advertising company in town. A “sphere of influence” exercise can be really helpful here.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

As you consider these questions, here are two important exercises that will help you clarify your vision and goals: 1. The story of that passion in action brings in the donations that pay for your programs and services, which have an impact and change lives. Sit down and write out the answers to these questions. They know you.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 24, 2020

Combine children being out of school and people working from home or being out of work with a fervent global curiosity, and we have a recipe for unprecedented levels of screen time and social media usage. Encourage generosity : We’ve known for a long time that the act of donating and fundraising makes people happy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2007

I'm a parent of two wonderful children in elementary school. I'm also trying to teach them to make good food choices, get exercise, and be healthy. The young people work on farms to harvest foods, donating half to local shelters. I'm always on the prowl in the supermarket to find healthy snacks for them to eat.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Breathe, exercise, and treat yourself. From Tweets and Status Updates about Rape as a pre-existing condition to the slaughter of dolphins and whales to children dying from dirty drinking water , the injustice of it all is enough to drive most people into apathy and ignorant bliss. This is true whether you work at an office or at home.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2014

Parents fixate on trying to understand their children’s generation in order to better engage and motivate them. And, despite the fact that they may account for the lowest percentage of total charitable giving, 60% still donate, on average, $481 across 3.3 Take parents, for example. charities annually. 90% are on Facebook.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 7, 2015

Personally, my family has just had a lot on our plate with two working parents, two very young children and typical family affairs to sort through. I would like for you to do a little exercise. I started the year extremely focused on a couple of personal initiatives, but have lost sight of those in the past few months, in particular.

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APRIL 18, 2022

Any donation is a good donation, right? Don’t work in coffee shops in rich neighborhoods hoping to make rich friends and convince them to donate to your organization. But don’t expect a mass email to chamber members to bring in sponsorships or donations. And I get that. Just don’t bother. Your local Chamber of Commerce.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Before you can even think about what your team, constituents (when applicable), volunteers, boards, fundraisers, or donors need (feel free to extend that audience to your children, partner, family, friends, neighbors, if it feels right), you absolutely must practice putting your own oxygen mask on first. Get back to basics. Keep it simple.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Well, fundraising is about giving people the opportunity to capture that good feeling by donating money to a cause they believe in. Many people are HAPPY to give if they understand how their donation will make a difference and if you properly inspire them to give. This exercise doesn’t have to be scientific or precise.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2009

Such was the case at the Dairy Queen we went to and were able to have a portion of our purchase donated to one of three nonprofits. Trying to beat the 105-degree heat and get my son and his sleep-over buddy some exercise we went for a round or two of Laser Tag.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Are they wanting to fund children’s programs? That higher education level, the ability to communicate, the ability to complete their education affects probably their spouse or their partner, it might affect their children. If the experience of those children is not positive, then is it really a celebration? ” Yes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

This year I'm indulging in three of my passions: raising money for Cambodian children with social media, teaching a social media nonprofit strategy class, and eating chocolate. I donated $50 to the winner's charity. The exercise: I'll ask the class to compose a birthday tweet that their network might retweet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

That was the reason for the eating chocolate exercise I did in PoST class on Monday. The exercise is intended to help you slow down, be in the moment, and shift you into a reflective mindset or at least feel what it is like. The exercise is simple - take five minutes to eat a hershey's kiss and notice everything about the experience.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

And since my retirement, I’ve started my nonprofit consulting where I help small nonprofit staff and board, build relationships that convert into more donations, and that’s why I do actually love Bloomerang. They have children, they’re doing all of this. My whole goal is to service you. And so the fact that they.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

So as folks are submitting their comments and questions, I’m going to turn to Kathleen, excuse me, who asked, “Could you touch on developing a relationship with a volunteer or donor as a person versus a relationship with them just about their volunteerism and donations?” Absolutely. Tell me your story.

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APRIL 2, 2023

We distribute donated furniture to families and individuals, turning their houses into homes. We advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children who are under protection of juvenile court. We provide love, care, and shelter for cats while they wait for families of their own.

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JANUARY 24, 2022

Let me walk you through an exercise that will help. Assess Your Team’s Fundraising Strengths Next, have everyone on your fundraising team go through the unique brilliance exercise and write down their strengths, too. And this exercise will help you uncover that. Programs that involve children resonate widely.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 14, 2024

Let me walk you through an exercise that’ll help called Unique Brilliance. Assess Your Team’s Fundraising Strengths Next, have everyone on your fundraising team go through the Unique Brilliance exercise in the video above and write down their strengths too. And this exercise will help you uncover that. Feeling stuck?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

It was my birthday and the culmination of a campaign to raise money for Cambodian children that I used an action learning project for the students. We actually eat chocolate in class as part of the exercise! Donating bone marrow isn’t as easy as giving blood, but it doesn’t involve a substantial financial or personal risk.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

Specifically, for organizations using our Qgiv peer-to-peer platform, we saw the mean donation amount of $87.46 Donate and dare – This is a popular peer-to-peer fundraising strategy that involves participants enticing their friends and family to donate by promising to do a dare if a goal is met.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2014

In order to design a nonprofit website that drives donations and empowers supporters to be champions for your cause, you must: Understand your audience. The way to arrive at this solution is to exercise the principle of ‘less is more’ An over-designed, over-effected website turns your users away.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2022

2006 study by Jorge Moll, Jordan Grafman and colleagues at the National Institutes of Health : After MRI brain scanning of volunteers as they were asked to think about a scenario involving either donating a sum of money to charity or keeping it for themselves, researchers found giving won out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I have the honor of working with a cluster of grantees working on children’s healthcare coverage on a networked capacity building project called “ Friending the Finish Line.” Is your organization placing a small bet on promoted posts? What did you learn? … Read More

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Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2021

In your life you say, “I want to exercise.” But your behavior, if you don’t like exercise or if you don’t like the type of exercise you’re doing, if your perception doesn’t shift, then that behavior is not going to stick. I would love for them to donate. I could do five calls a month.”

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