Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Concert tickets Buying concert tickets has become like a competitive sport, as passionate fans flood ticket platforms to see their favorite artist live. Art that has personal meaning for your community is also a safe bet. Help take some of this stress away by auctioning off concert tickets for famous acts coming through town.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Access to an entire library of marketing templates, sample fundraising campaigns, and industry best practices. The opportunity to join a community of other nonprofit professionals using the platform to share ideas, success stories, and lessons learned. The format and tone of your content should be specific to the channel.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Does the community have a strong need for this nonprofit? Make sure that by starting a new nonprofit, you’ll be able to fulfill an unmet need in the community. Does the community seem excited about your nonprofit idea? Look into relevant laws regarding starting a nonprofit in your community.

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CauseVox

APRIL 13, 2021

Here is a sample of what your recruitment email calendar might look like for a peer-to-peer fundraising event: Your list of targeted emails will vary based on your campaign or event. Sample “Registration Now Open” email. Learn more about crafting your peer-to-peer communications plan with this free webinar. Don’t worry!

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Poncey Highland Community Garden. Teams of bowlers raise money to participate, either in-person or online using a fundraising platform. Fall marks the beginning of football season so if your community has a high school, college, or maybe even a professional football team, consider hosting a tailgate party fundraiser.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

List of nonprofit donation platforms. Set a fundraising goal to sponsor a nail color on National Nail Polish Day (June 1) in the spirit of Movember. Host a Community Clean-Up. Think a walk-a-thon meets those highway sponsorship programs: Get supporters to sponsor teams at a rate of $X per pound of trash collected.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Of the major social media platforms, Instagram routinely tops the list as one of the most important engagement channels for nonprofits looking to reach a wider, younger audience. Instagram is a visual social media platform. Share that your event is over and thank all attendees, donors, and sponsors. Share compelling imagery.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

Plus, they’re probably your best ambassadors in the community, spreading the good word about the work you’re doing. Volunteers who feel valued will talk about your nonprofit in the community as if they’re part of the team and speak up about why your cause is important. They tend to the community garden because they love to garden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2016

Community foundations across the country have been promoting local giving days to motivate people to support nearby charities, encourage nonprofits to embrace technology, and bolster their reputations. based software company, created Give Local America so community foundations could host annual one-day fundraising events.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 28, 2020

Using a virtual event platform like Accelevents means you can create a virtual cocktail lounge and host a little party/networking event. Send a small bottle of wine, ingredients for a custom cocktail, or a craft beer sample. Engage local sponsors by having them supply these items or put their name on it. Build Community.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

By Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN. Building community and maintaining engagement is often a full time job – even if it goes unpaid! Radian6 , which was acquired by Salesforce on March 30th, sponsored the campaign by providing Epic Change with free access to the monitoring tool. Epic Change is no different.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Expect more blog posts and thoughts about how to design and facilitate these types of projects in the future – for starters I’ll be moderating and presenting on a breakout session at the Communications Network Conference in October with colleagues Farra Trompeter, Eva Penar, and Michael Hoffman). How much staff time is involved?

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Program Director Corporate Sponsorships INCREASE IMPACT Develop targeted pitches to align corporate sponsor interests with nonprofit goals for mutual benefit. These are but a sample of the decisions that nonprofits need to make when entering into a budgetary process. You’ll be able to do both.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2010

Last November we saw a few alarming events taking place in this social media for social good sector: Causes left Myspace and Ideablob shut down , both without warning or community support. Building networks, communities, connections, campaigns, and our work. Not All Communities Can Be Treated Equally.

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Kindful

APRIL 12, 2021

Here are a few donor recognition ideas and examples that, despite being virtual, will still be impactful to the recipient and your online community. Post on social media. Host a live streamed event. Thank them in your email or print newsletter. Recognize the donors on donation pages. Do some 1:1 outreach. Post on social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Many sponsors and donors want recognition for their support. Some donors look for these signals of community support (everybody’s doing it) to make the decision that they would be in good company if they donate. Mention the donor in emails directly about the event they sponsored. Community impact or commemorative wall.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

SXSWcares , co-branded as SXSW4Japan, was a campaign that rallied the SXSW community to raise awareness and harness support for disaster relief. 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. What factors contributed to the success?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

It’s easy to lose sight of your core messaging and your audiences when you’re choosing platforms, comparing fees, and scheduling emails. Recruit two new sponsors for our signature event by Aug. Just focus on your audience—donors— and how successful your platform or channel is at eliciting the desired response—donations.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

To compliment, I shared some of the core beliefs I’ve developed in my experiences working in technology, innovation and community engagement. Ultimately, it’s the adoption by the community that matters in the long-run, and now can be proven even in the short-term. Look to fund projects, not products.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

" World Bank’s Mapping for Results launched – Check out this deployment of the Ushahidi platform for digital storytelling and reporting: "This weekend at the World Bank annual meetings the World Bank launched their new Mapping for Results platform. Change the internet?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

You know those bags tattooed with the sponsors' logos and filled with stickers, t-shirts, coupons, samples, and other goodies. The conference bag is one of of her "out-of-studio experiments" to involve poor communities in the development of simple solutions to problems of un-managed consumer waste. Ann Wizer, XSProject Founder.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

Salesforce Acquires Buddy Media for $689 Million – "Salesforce has entered an agreement to acquire social media marketing platform Buddy Media for approximately $689 million, the company has announced. Such a great resource for understanding and planning for community engagement. "The The full report is here.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

This was about an authentic community that lasts far beyond the confines of a conference. The Community. When you go to NTC you are joining a community of tech-conscious leaders, innovators, and community changers from around the globe. Facebook was the platform I shared pictures of my kids for Aunt Margie to “Like”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Sponsored by Dell, the Center uses customized software produced by Radian 6 to monitor and analyze social media in real-time. We brainstormed a few: Real-Time evaluation of communications strategy for a nonprofit or foundation. Crisis communication strategy. The American Red Cross can’t be everywhere at the same time.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

We provide a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights. Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. The sessions are short (only 50 minutes!)

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In their role as Community Engagement Manager at AuSM, Zephyr used clear communication, robust toolkits, and strong marketing strategies to create successful fundraisers. AuSM serves Minnesotans, throughout their lives, with a fundamental commitment to advocacy, education, support, collaboration, and community building.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Simply offer ticket sales online, then send your guests a care package of the beverages to be sampled on the day of the event. For added suspense, you may send out a mystery box with a variety of beverages to sample. 26) Community business fair. It might be time to start using a dedicated fundraising software platform.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Sample Ideas for a Doctors’ Day Program: Simple website for Doctors Day: a place to make donations and send notes. Luncheon/Doctor’s Day Party/Other special event sponsored by grateful patients. Letters to patients asking for their stories, including a sample. Build a Physician Committee to design the program and give input.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Getting your community—and in our case, an entire company—excited to fundraise is no easy task, and it’s important to kick-start the campaign with some serious energy. The main benefit of using teams in a peer-to-peer campaign is the ability to lean on your team captains to communicate with fundraisers. Get social!

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Reach out to potential sponsors. Plus, each social media platform offers a different way for you to get your message out to supporters (and for your supporters to share that message with their family and friends!). You can use LinkedIn as a starting point for finding corporate sponsors , too. Up your storytelling game.

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Classy

AUGUST 25, 2021

In 2020, nonprofits quickly transitioned their long-standing in-person fundraising events to virtual formats for the first time with the help of innovative online fundraising platforms. Uniting local communities around location-based causes. Gamify your event through platforms such as Twitch .

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. They were able to use the platform for organizing offline events, finding and collaborating with volunteer organizers, and more. The new map galvanized the community because they were able to really understand the impact of the plan.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Small churches play a big role in their community. They’re home base for all kinds of community gatherings and events! To support your community, you first need a strong financial foundation. collect pledges in return for participating in a big community service day. Enlist in Boot Camp. Small churches do big things.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Yesterday, Giving Tuesday showed the abundance and generativeness that working in networks, movements, and community or whatever you want to call them can produce. Maybe it is because I am in a different country, but I felt the magic of what Giving Tuesday was intended to be when it launched two years ago.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 31, 2011

I recently came across the My Colorado Project when Jason Manke connected with me, asking for feedback and ideas about community building and online community engagement tools. Jason is the Media Director and My Colorado Project Manger for Community Shares of Colorado. But we have one thing working in our corner.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2022

Choose Your Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Platform. For your peer-to-peer fundraising campaign, you’ll need a fundraising platform to share progress, tell your story, drive donations, and run your peer-to-peer fundraising pages. Your fundraising platform should make it easier for you to setup your fundraising, not harder or more tedious.

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CauseVox

JULY 31, 2022

Choose Your Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Platform. For your peer-to-peer fundraising campaign, you’ll need a fundraising platform to share progress, tell your story, drive donations, and run your peer-to-peer fundraising pages. Your fundraising platform should make it easier for you to setup your fundraising, not harder or more tedious.

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