Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Here’s what we’ll cover: Using Instagram promotion before your event Instagram event promotion during your event Following up on your Instagram event promotion Whether you’re hosting a fundraising event or a community volunteer opportunity, Instagram can help you engage current and new audience members and set your event up for success.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Now that we’re entering a new post-COVID era, nonprofit leaders need to think about what virtual fundraising will look like in the future. It looks like virtual fundraising is here to stay! 25+ Virtual Fundraising Ideas to Try Out Best Virtual Fundraising Strategies Virtual Fundraising Software: Our Top Picks.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

In particular, peer-to-peer fundraising has found great success when it comes to pivoting to virtual, as its engagements already happen primarily online. And just because the events of 2020 may have necessitated virtual fundraising, that doesn’t mean it also didn’t come with its own great benefits. Need virtual fundraising ideas?

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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. I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! Image by Codilicious from Flickr.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Events are many people’s favorite thing about charity fundraising. While many of these fundraising event staples are great, such as fancy galas and golf tournaments, circumstances aren’t always ideal for in-person gatherings. A Gala is a well-known charity fundraising event. 7) Shopping. 10) Hybrid concerts.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Now that we’re well into 2021 and approaching a post-COVID reality in many parts of the world, nonprofit professionals have pondered what fundraising events will look like with both in-person and virtual engagements. You already know that virtual auction fundraisers are possible and fruitful, but the possibilities are almost endless.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Coming up with fresh fundraising ideas for nonprofits isn’t always easy. To make it easy, here’s a list of 75 fundraising ideas for nonprofits. Traditional Fundraising Ideas We’ve labeled the following 17 fundraising ideas for nonprofits as traditional because they’re staples when it comes to fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc. Lots of research shows that donors don’t want the organization to spend money on free merchandise. Design them free on Canva.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

After Marc finished reading the Networked Nonprofit , he was curious about crowdfunding and free agents, chapters in our book. In my small-scale “free agent” crowdfunding experiment for the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, I ended up with $235 from 1,000 followers by the deadline. Here is what he learned. Guest Post by Marc van Bree.

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2013

TechSoup's Ale Bezdikian tested out Vine during TechSoup's Digital Storytelling Contest. Price: Free Pros: Great storyboarding tools; Can import clips from camera roll (rather than internal app camera) Cons: Videos can only be five seconds. More Apps to Consider. Montaj (iOS). Adobe GroupPix (iOS). YouTube Capture (iOS).

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Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2012

SlideRocket's free Desktop Presenter tool allows you to download the presentation to your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer. Using SlideRocket for Fundraising. This presentation is also a great example of what can be done with multimedia (music and video) in SlideRocket.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

I actually came from a very for profit industry; I managed a live music venue. These might be tickets to concerts, comedy shows, fundraising events, dance recitals, movie nights, classes, and more. Bonus — Make It Free: Give Tickets Away (and Sell Something Else). Radio Promotions — Call to Win Contests.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 15, 2022

When it comes to the world of peer-to-peer fundraising, dance-a-thons are one of the most unique and engaging fundraisers. No matter what you’re fundraising for, hosting a dance-a-thon can help you raise lots of money while also giving your supporters the opportunity to get moving and have fun. Plan your event.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

If you lead a nonprofit, you know how important your fundraising events are. A fundraising event is the best way to engage with donors, garner support for your mission, and meet your revenue targets. But one question you might find yourself frequently asking is “What kind of fundraising event should we host next?”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

But, we know that the demographics of social networks are aging (see my round up the recent research about babyboomers on social networks) and we are beginning to observe that the social web is becoming more of a place for fundraising for causes as well as philanthropic discussions. The goal of our Community Philanthropy 2.0 I used a cli.gs

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

If your nonprofit has never held a peer-to-peer fundraiser , here’s how they work: Your organization recruits individual participants who then raise funds directly from their friends, family, and networks. The possibilities for peer-to-peer fundraising events are nigh on endless, but here are nine of the most popular kinds: 1.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

According to our fundraising statistics , charitable giving is expected to increase by 5.1% In addition to offering easy-to-use fundraising tools, we’ve also come up with these tips for supercharging your fundraising efforts: Use your data. Leverage text fundraising. Plan exciting fundraising events. Request Demo.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

And if you don’t have a solid event planning strategy in place, your nonprofit’s next gala, fundraiser, or walkathon could end up costing you more in time, energy, and money than what your event ends up raising. It could even mean the difference between a successful fundraiser and a mediocre one. Not so much.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The way Thunderclap works is that a user invites followers to support her or his Thunderclap on an important tweet like an end-of-year fundraising pitch. There you can find projects to fund gas money for someone to attend a music event, buy a new set of roller skates, win a bodybuilding contest, and take a much-needed vacation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2008

In addition, we have a partnership with Pandora.com, the only radio service, and for them we've added a few US based music projects. I hope as we get closer to Mother's Day people will make contribution in honor of the women in their lives and send them free, eco-friendly e-cards via GlobalGiving.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2018

The number of low-cost or free apps and online tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. IFTTT is a free applet creation service based ont he the premise of if this happens, then do this. iStock by Getty Images has high quality, royalty-free visual content for a low cost. Ideal for fundraising events.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2017

The number of low-cost or free apps and online tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. IFTTT is a free applet creation service based ont he the premise of if this happens, then do this. Iconfinder is an online database of almost one million icons and many of the social media icons sets are available to download for free.

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