Classy

JULY 14, 2021

The best way to learn about virtual fundraising events is to hear from those who’ve experienced them. Get to know their top insights and learning moments to accelerate the impact of your nonprofit’s next virtual fundraising event. 13 Virtual Fundraising Event Takeaways from Four Marketing Professionals.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Despite colder weather, the winter season is always a time of warmth and generosity, so just because the year is wrapping up doesn’t mean your holiday fundraising efforts should be too. If you’ve almost reached your fundraising goal, one last end-of-year push could help you not only meet your goal but go above and beyond.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up. —– I’ve recently shared a couple interviews exploring two case studies of really successful online fundraising campaigns: SXSW4Japan Raises Over $120,000 and $100,000 in Three Days with #TeamAutism. But, on the top of the chart: a compelling cause.

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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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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 19, 2022

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you have the power to turn the winter season into an opportunity to engage your supporters with a peer-to-peer fundraiser! Peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising empowers supporters to fundraise on behalf of your organization by gathering donations from their personal networks.

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Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

As nonprofits continue to navigate this “new normal” of event fundraising into 2021, a focus on virtual fundraising should be at the top of your priority list. Fundraiser results. Keep the momentum going and host a surprise giveaway across social media with your sponsor by encouraging your community to engage in photo contests.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Adding a golf tournament to your fundraising event roster is a win-win for your nonprofit and your donors—your nonprofit adds a reliable income stream and your donors get to support your mission through a fun activity. Your event website becomes the home base for marketing your golf fundraiser. Leverage digital channels.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 13, 2020

Have your intern review the past year of posts and data from your major platforms. Expand this task to managing a public contest for supporters to email in pictures that volunteers can then clean up and put into the master library. Facebook Fundraising Stewardship. Social media analytics report. Virtual Volunteer Tools Bundle.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Come prepared with a couple of different proposed partnership ideas, like a social media contest or an event sponsorship. It’s essential to discuss data collection techniques when reviewing any and all sponsorship opportunities. If the organization seems interested in working together, make it even easier for them to say yes!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Storytelling is an essential fundraising skill for nonprofits. One of the most amazing nonprofit storytellers I ever heard in my life is Alberto Cairo (International Committee of the Red Cross) who delivered a truly inspirational speech during the International Fundraising Congress closing plenary. How #MyGivingStory Works.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

My latest post on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog is now up. Nearly 18,000 people participated in the 24-hour, online fundraising event, raising more than $2 million to benefit 1,200 local nonprofits. You can read it and join the conversation on the SSIR blog , or read the copy below.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

I’ve done this through social media, winning some of the early online fundraising contests. I also donated my share of the royalties from my first book, The Networked Nonprofit , to support the Sharing Foundation’s college education fund.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Go the extra mile with your appreciation efforts by reviewing your volunteer database to gather data on your top-performing volunteers. You can host a contest for your volunteers to come up with designs for their blankets. It will help your organization retain high-performing volunteers. Volunteers can vote for their favorite option.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Should online contests be redesigned or just go away? That's the question that Kari Dunn Saratovsky asks in a post over at the Case Foundation blog , one of many blog posts and tweets about the controversy surrounding how the Chase Bank handled its online contest. 12/17: The Dark Side of Online Contests.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Review procedures for rapid response and crisis management with key leadership. Review the upcoming month in the annual online marketing calendar. What are the short-term and long-term goals and objectives? Who are the target audiences? Lists Post (e.g.

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Care2

JANUARY 7, 2013

Besides looking at the unique website visits (month over month and year to year), you should also review what content gets the most traffic. Some call social media shares vanity metrics because they have turned into such a popularity contest. Do the same articles, blog posts, fact sheets, generate the most traffic every month?

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2012

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to get your nonprofit ready in case of a technological disaster, take a free seminar on digital fundraising, or submit your amazing video to the nonprofit film festival. video contest and earn the chance to win money for your cause! Have more news to share? Submit it to the 2012 Lights. In 2010, 62.8

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2012

AppBistro is the Yelp of Facebook apps – they’re rated and reviewed – if you want to search for a specific functionality – it is a good place to browse. Sweepstakes Applet: If you considering running a contest, GOSO’s Sweepstakes applet makes it easy to manage.

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Achieve

JANUARY 17, 2016

by both the contestants and the survey respondents. Are they fundraising specialists? The premise of the game, as you may recall, was a competition between the members of two families to see which family could more quickly and accurately guess the results of survey questions. Are they social scientists? Are they data scientists?

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2023

Charitable giving is essential to your nonprofit, but fundraising can be one of your most daunting tasks. With donations and goodwill on the upswing, it is critical to understand how to fundraise for a nonprofit. So, let’s review the basics. But one of these fundraising ideas for nonprofits could be perfect for yours.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Some creative work is crowdsourced in the form of creative or design contests while others are produced by interactive agencies that gather and vet online communities of designers, artists and producers to be part of a creative development process. Did you do it in less time than any other fundraising effort? You raise $9,000?

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Care2

MARCH 3, 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)

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BoardAssist

JUNE 7, 2016

Ideas include financial literacy training, fundraising discussions, or a presentation about a political or economic issue that affects your organization. Those often include review and approval of the budget or strategic plan, ED evaluation or compensation issues, or items about relocating or renovating the physical space.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 4, 2023

Social media fundraising is a highly engaging opportunity to boost donations. If you are trying to establish a social media fundraising system, here are some things you need to know. One of the huge benefits of social media fundraising for nonprofits is it removes a barrier between you and your supporters.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

occurs in December, which makes it essential for your nonprofit organization to optimize its fundraising efforts during this critical time. . In this guide, we’ll cover some of the key ways that you can maximize your year-end fundraising activities to increase revenue. your year-end fundraising push. . Clean up your website.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Crowdfunding is showing up in fundraising strategic plans through a variety of ways as more organizations realize the potential of this relatively new phenomenon. When crowdfunding campaigns are run correctly, nonprofits can realize incredible returns versus traditional fundraising methods. Follow her on Twitter.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 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)

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YouTube Generation Social Media Video 41

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

A short vignette, such as this, will grab the reviewers' attention and encourage them to learn more about the issue. Every year, GrantStation runs a contest to uncover some of the best proposals that have been written. So, she does the best she can with the resources she can find and afford. Some Winning Stories.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Reviewing each will help you develop a strategy on engaging your donors, specifically for your cause. Example: The Florida Aquarium set up a peer-to-peer fundraising contest on #GivingTuesday that resulted in unique opportunities for the top performing donors. . This is also a great way to reach a new donor base.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

I spoke about the need for a social media policy – that was actually discussed in the organization, not biolerplate produced by some online tool, having brown bag lunches, setting up friendly competition and contests inside, and most important of all – start with a small group of internal influencers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. A creative fundraiser can make any of these items sound attractive to the donor. Same for any prizes, contests, sweepstakes, drawings, or competitions (essay contests, spelling bees, etc. Offer surprise drawings and contests during the year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Beth's Birthday Cause I was listening to a story on Marketplace on NPR this afternoon with Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell who reviewed their 2008 financial goals and graded themselves on their accomplishments. For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Photo Remix Contest on flickr and donated $50 the winner's favorite charity.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. And if that isn't enough, TechSoup is also running a contest with $10,000 in cash prizes. TechSoup and the NetSquared meetups are here to help.

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NTEN

MAY 24, 2010

Beth Kanter and Allison Fine are investigating how nonprofits " vet online contest opportunities." Look, we all know that social media isn't "the answer"for nonprofit fundraising. She also gives props to Allyson Kapin and Jared Seltzer of Rad Campaign for helping her build the new site.

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CauseVox

JUNE 5, 2023

We’ve all been there: staring at a blank screen, desperately trying to create captivating social media fundraising content that resonates with our audience, while keeping up with the latest algorithms and trends. So, are you ready to harness the power of social media for your fundraising efforts?

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Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

Plus, fundraising statistics. But if your organization is conducting mostly virtual experiences, such as online fundraising opportunities or campaigns, it can be tricky to retain supporters’ attention. Also, use data from past online events or fundraising campaigns to determine which opportunities saw the greatest engagement and why.

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