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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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7 Virtual Volunteer Ideas

Whole Whale

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. Recruit volunteer thank you ambassadors to leave scripted messages on fundraising pages. Virtual Volunteer Tools Bundle. More about donor thank you messaging and templates.

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Passing the Word: Getting Supporters to Share your Cause

Byte Technology

The fundraiser—whether it’s an inspired event, online appeal or one-time contest—should of course be considered an important component of any non-profit’s campaigning effort. Create a timeline contest that encourages people to craft videos and photo sets boosting your fundraiser. Lean on your core supporters.

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Rally More Support for Your Cause: 3 Simple Ways to Add New Event Participants

NetWits

Sample tweets, emails, Facebook posts, employee memos, phone scripts, communication plans, and anything else they’ll need to inspire and manage their team. Include a sample script of what to say to team members. Create team-specific communications and contests. And I mean everything. Role of Nonprofits.

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44 Ways to Turn Your Supporters into Fundraising Superstars

NetWits

Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. Encourage them to start a team of fundraisers. After the initial excitement wears off, your fundraisers may need motivation.

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Upcoming Webinar March 29: Mapping Philanthropy - Data Visualization for Good

Tech Soup

At the Foundation Center, he builds mapping applications, data visualizations, semantic analysis scripts, and application programming interfaces (APIs). In April 2011, he was the lead developer on a project that won the Large Organization award in the World Bank's "Apps for Development" contest.

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How to Raise Money for Nonprofits: The Ultimate Guide

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Instead, provide them with information about your nonprofit, instructions on how to make an effective ask, or even write up a script they can follow to communicate with their networks and raise funds on behalf of your nonprofit. Their passion is great, but it doesn’t automatically make them fundraising experts.

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