NetWits

AUGUST 23, 2011

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 26, 2024

While allocating marketing resources to various offline promotional strategies is perfectly fine, abandoning your nonprofit’s digital outreach is almost always a mistake. Online influencers can connect your nonprofit with new audiences, and some influencers may even be interested in hosting fundraisers for your cause.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

You can read the full post and comment on the SSIR blog or be part of the conversation below. What’s most interesting to me within the nonprofits-in-social-space is the difference between organization-driven and individual-driven fundraising (and other promotion) campaigns. Start looking for it!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

They’re convening Barcamp-like unconferences called PubCamps all over the country, allowing local techies and citizen journalists to forge collaborative projects with NPR and PBS stations, both online and offline. Online numbers don’t always equate offline results. Crowdsourcing the Corporate/ Nonprofit Partnership.

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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. How do you balance online action with offline engagement? So, let's get out the nonprofit vote for panels at SXSW!

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This might be your organization’s event manager for the volunteers executing your yearly fundraisers, the Executive Director working with their Board Members on the program’s initiatives, or your Grant Writer coordinating the organization’s program funding goals. That might include CC’ing them on project status emails.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

The word is ringing in the ears of nonprofit fundraisers and executive directors this year. They build up an online and offline community, create great projects, and then ask the community to fund them through donations. How do you think offline or online crowdfunding will affect your favorite causes in 2013? Crowdfunding.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

I caught up with Rob Wu, co-founder of CauseVox , the platform used to support this fundraising effort, to learn more about the process and campaign. Within 30 minutes, I registered a domain name, launched a fundraising site on CauseVox , and seeded it with key influencers on Twitter to help build momentum.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

After our panel I got a few minutes to talk to Matt about his work at Causes and how Causes is empowering grassroots fundraising. Next, focus on your goals – Are you trying to raise a million dollars or mobilize a group of offline volunteers? I’d love to hear your take on each of these in the comments. Check out the video.

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NetWits

JUNE 13, 2011

Because when it comes to fundraising, this report firmly suggests that we aren’t.”. The study confirms what we already know: online donors are younger, have higher incomes and give larger initial gifts than offline-acquired donors. So multichannel marketing is key to a fertile fundraising landscape.”.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

TechSoup kicked off its Nonprofit Live series with a discussion on the Future of Fundraising. Each guest speaker gave a brief presentation about the unique ways their organizations are using technology to drive innovation in the realm of nonprofit fundraising. A very young organization, StartSomeGood just went live this past February.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

If your community meets offline at a local watering hole to share opinions and make plans, don’t bother setting up a Twitter account with the purpose of influencing them. By last month, the user ratio between male and female had come up to about 70/30 and the country with the second highest number of users was India at about 13 percent.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

You can read it and the comments on the blog here , it’s copied below. Two weeks ago , Causes, the application that lets individuals and organizations campaign and fundraise, removed itself and all Causes-related content/data from MySpace. ideablob particpants are locked out from seeing any comments or feedback on their ideas.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

CauseVox is an online platform for creating fundraising and crowdfunding sites. You can use CauseVox to collect online donations and track donors and fundraisers, and your supporters can create their own fundraising pages for your organization. Screenshot of a fundraising page created with CauseVox. Fundraising Tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2009

Yesterday’s post for Earth Day, about social media and the energy/climate change/green movement is already getting some tremendously insightful and interesting comments. It’s just the kind of conversation starter I wanted to throw out there! I can’t wait to hear your ideas on this and to share mine, too. Photo: Howard Lake.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " It’s About Impact NOT Influence – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – "Do you think your organization has clout or Klout? Are you a leader or a follower?

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Interrogating how legacy social media platforms and their harmful content policies impact nonprofit communications, organizing, and fundraising can lead us to prioritize equity and safety when moving to new platforms—or choosing to stay on existing ones. For nonprofits, this moment presents an opportunity for a social media strategy “do-over.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Yesterday, I spent most of the day offline at the Wisdom 2.0 When I shared the photo with my network, I received comments from people who had supported my fundraisers over the years — comments that made me think that everyone felt good about being able to make a small donation and really change someone’s life.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

Charity and Technology in the Online Universe This infographic from Mashable and Shane Snow puts social good into better context with donation numbers, growth charts, and some comparisons to its offline counterparts. If you’ve seen some other good nonprofit infographics, then leave a comment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

How do we activate the online activists to take action offline?" I was not presenting, but decided to use Twitter crowd source some suggestions, screencapture them, and put those into my presentation later in the day. Deepen relationship through custom apps that improve on org activites (event fundraising, petitions).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

A policy for how to respond to negative comments or social media workflow. Bots needs to be designed increase engagement, support and inspire offline action. Nonprofits are also using bots for supporter engagement, fundraising, and cultivation and as part of their digital strategies. Please share in the comments.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 2, 2010

As fundraisers, we are in the business of building relationships and knowing who we are talking to helps us to tailor our messages and ultimately communicate in a more meaningful manner. You will also want to ensure that online communications are coordinated with offline communications such as direct mail efforts. Additional Tips.

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Care2

MARCH 8, 2010

Feel free to add your top picks too in the comments section. jocelynharmon – Jocelyn, who has been working in the nonprofit sector for over a decade tweets about online fundraising and how to connect with donors, email marketing, and online advocacy. Note: I have kept the list to only include one person per organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The training event, which will be live streamed starting at 9:00 am , will feature fundraising and social media gurus Katya Andresen, Danielle Brigida, Tracy Equality Viselli, Jocelyn Harmon and more. Some tips to build capacity and benefiting from a fundraising contest: Get organized both online and offline.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2010

I’m thrilled to have the chance to share an interview with her here and encourage you to add your questions in the comments! What’s the difference between online and offline marketing – or is there one? Tags: interview marketing best practice fundraising storytelling.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Care2

DECEMBER 8, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Click here to watch the replay. com , Inc.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2010

You have to trust that the community will monitor or respond to comments or issues in a way that matches the way you would (that you’ve modeled the behavior the way you want it repeated). Think about all of this in terms of campaigns, fundraising, events and more!).

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2009

They wouldn’t even want to get a discount for shopping at a vintage shop (used clothes, not new) only on that day, and have lots of folks going together (bridge online and offline communities)?&# The people I was meeting with looked at each other and said, “now there’s an idea!&#. Share your ideas in the comments below.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

A diverse and holistic fundraising strategy is crucial to a nonprofit’s success. Whether you are fully dependent on donations or utilize a variety of revenue sources like government grants, corporate partnerships, major contributions, or membership fees, successful fundraising is key to maximizing your impact on your mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2008

My most recent experiment involved Twitter, fundraising, and an integrated offline component at the Gnomedex Conference in Seattle. I've been a little shell shocked for the past few days, but wanted to share this reflection and analysis of the Gnomedex fundraising experiment. Click to see the larger image. So, this is rough.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

This event focuses on Causes , an application for supporting and fundraising for organizations by individuals, groups and even the organizations themselves. Share your thoughts in a blog post of your own, in the comments below, or on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

This event focuses on Causes , an application for supporting and fundraising for organizations by individuals, groups and even the organizations themselves. Share your thoughts in a blog post of your own, in the comments below, or on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

I've been experimenting with online fundraising in an age of social media since 2006. Last week, I wrote about Twestival , the most recent example of fundraising on Twitter and a networked fundraiser of a scale we haven't seen before. It is evolving from individuals leveraging their personal networks to groundswells.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2012

”— the fundraiser and strategist in me can't help but think how this kind of behavior and interaction applies to ways nonprofits are trying to engage with their constituents. Post your comments in the form of a question. Respond to comments. Advice abounds about tricks and tips for engaging the social sphere.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

If you are ready to turn your board around and increase their comfort level with fundraising, Sabrina Walker Hernandez will show you how! We are here to talk about the board’s role in fundraising and resource development, one of my favorite topics, and we got one of my favorite people also here to talk about it. Keep doing it.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 14, 2017

Have we finally broken through to millennials with our fundraising efforts? Certainly, many nonprofits and charitable organizations have made great improvements in the way they conduct their online fundraising. Direct mail and other traditional fundraising channels are. Continue to invest in off-line fundraising programs.

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