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Let Volunteers Shine (And Inspire Gifts) On GivingTuesday

Bloomerang

She asked staff to give 15 minutes of their time to handwrite a card and prepared them with ready-made assets, stationery, stamps, and sample scripts. She made it fun with decorations and a staff photo contest. Staff got into the spirit with personalized doodles and videos.

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44 Ways to Turn Your Supporters into Fundraising Superstars

NetWits

When done well, the results are impressive. As Anthony Sicola’s recently mentioned, fundraisers who use who use social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube increase fundraising results by up to 40%. Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. Encourage them to use their social network.

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How to Raise Money for Nonprofits: The Ultimate Guide

Qgiv

If you’ve sent emails to supporters in the past, pay attention to what dates and times resulted in the most opens and click-throughs. Schedule your email for an effective time for the best results. Your data will let you know when the most effective times to send your appeal are. Finally, be sure to write a winning subject line.

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Remember Paint by Number? SAP Visual Intelligence: A Visual Treat for Reporting Data

Tech Soup

Before Visual Intelligence , users might have had to wait for IT to segregate or pull data from a database, or write scripts or code, before the analysis can even start. Drag and Drop for Visually Stunning Results. website along with a contest aimed at new and nontechnical users. The screenshots don't lie. Eastern time.

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44 Ways to Turn Nonprofit Supporters into Fundraising Superstars

Connection Cafe

When done well, the results are impressive. Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. Turning your supporters into fundraising superstars isn’t easy. Provide samples of everything.

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User Generated Content Wins Again

Connection Cafe

However, the Doritos/crystal ball commercial was the most notable for me, and come to find out it was shot by two guys from Indiana that entered their spot in a contest and ended up winning $1 million. By watching the Doritos ad in comparison to the other glossy, overdone, way too expensive spots, I could tell it was different.

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A Few Reflections from SXSW Crowdsourcing Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross came up with the " Social Media for Social Good Case Study Contest " and did all the heavy lifting to make it happen. Peggy from Wiser Earth went through the resulting transcript and pulled out some of the key tweet points and users. We were also lucky to have Sarah Davies live blogging notes as well.