Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

SOS Children’s Villages International uses cloud technology to help fundraise for children in need. Note From Beth: I am thrilled to host this guest post from Microsoft Philanthropies General Manager that showcases examples of digital transformation and fundraising. As a result, the need to maximize fundraising is greater, too.

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MAY 10, 2011

They may even donate during your year-end appeals or volunteer for you. Blackbaud and the Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council recently conducted the Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Consumer Survey where we asked people who’ve participated in at least one run, walk or ride event in the past two years to answer a series of questions online.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 31, 2021

While your nonprofit’s plan will be unique, these foundational tips are sure to help you set the stage for the new fundraising year. Social media is known for its generous donations, enthusiastic volunteers, and passionate advocates. Social media is known for its generous donations, enthusiastic volunteers, and passionate advocates.

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OneCause

JULY 7, 2022

Also consider that for many nonprofits, GivingTuesday marks the launch of their end-of-year fundraising campaign as they specifically target their mid-size and smaller dollar donors with online asks. An online solicitation strategy has indeed become a staple element of a comprehensive end-of-year fundraising campaign.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 19, 2018

In a previous blog posts from my friend, colleague and all around wonderful human Adva Priso, she laid out three steps to creating a fundraising moment for your organization. . Create your fundraising moment. . I have a mantra that I repeat over and over: “Advocacy + Fundraising = A perfect match.”

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2013

This guest post was authored by Nancy Palo, a senior consultant on Blackbaud's strategic services team with an emphasis on peer-to-peer fundraising. The more I engage with clients, the more I find myself wishing I knew what I know now when I was on the fundraising staff at a nonprofit. It originally appeared on npengage.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

And, the book is very inspiring too and even better all proceeds from book sales are being donated to high impact nonprofits. A new white paper “ The Effectiveness of Celebrity Spokespeople in Social Fundraisers ,” written by my former Zoetica colleagues, Geoff Livingston and Henry T. You can change the world!

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Neon CRM

JUNE 8, 2023

But when it comes to fundraising campaigns, the average small nonprofit raised $6.15 Fundraising 5 Nonprofit Newsletter Ideas to Engage and Inspire Your Supporters 8 min read Read Now How to Grow Your Nonprofit Email List Increasing email signups for nonprofits is a reachable and worthwhile goal. per email contact.

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2015

Plus, Carolyn Appleton looks into a crystal ball and makes her fundraising predictions for 2015 and beyond. Now that you''ve secured those holiday donations, it''s important to cultivate your new donors. Wondering what the future of fundraising looks like? Innovation is not the problem." Innovation is not the problem."

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Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Is your nonprofit sending out 8-10 online fundraising appeals this holiday season? Nonprofits can expect 60% of their donations to come in between Christmas and New Year’s. Optimizing your donate page by limiting form fields and capturing the most essential information. Providing 3-4 donate options on the homepage.

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NTEN

JUNE 8, 2011

Flickr photo: ibarir I know only the biggest nerds have favorite white papers, but we've already established my nerd street cred, right? Well, my favorite white paper of 2009 just became my favorite white paper of 2011! But they tend to make that second donation online only about half the time.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2014

Here is (yet another) compelling reason for your organization to leverage digital channels: the next generation of donors are engaging more on digital platforms and are increasingly looking for a way to support and donate through these channels. Care2 and Parachute Digital teamed up to create a White Paper explaining just that!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2021

Your culture will make or break fundraising success, especially over the long term. For years now, there’s been a powerful evolving discussion in the social benefit sector around “ culture of philanthropy ” and why it’s so critically important to fundraising success. Donor experience. See here for more.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2013

The more I engage with clients the more I find myself wishing I knew what I know now when I was on the fundraising staff at a nonprofit. With that said, I decided I should write a series of blog posts titled “What I Wish I Knew Then” with the hope that the lessons I have learned will make you a better fundraising professional, too.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Download the full white paper or share it using this link: [link] Below are notes from my remarks. Their Tweetsgiving campaigns were fundraisers benefiting Mama Lucy’s school in Tanzania and connected the students to their supporters through Twitter. The internet is not new. Another great example is Epic Change.

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Forum One

APRIL 14, 2021

This could include requests around opening hours and location, conference registration, or donation details. Generally speaking, traditional online forms are seeing fewer conversions on websites for things such as e-newsletter signups or white paper downloads. Simplify or complement fundraising efforts.

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Forum One

APRIL 28, 2022

This could include requests around opening hours and location, conference registration, or donation details. Generally speaking, traditional online forms are seeing fewer conversions on websites for things such as e-newsletter signups or white paper downloads. Simplify or complement fundraising efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2013

The Foundation is offering webinars and publishing white papers for nonprofits. Two recent papers that caught my eye were: ” How to Use Social Media for Social Good ” and “ Building Meaningful Engagement.” We migrated from Excel to Salesforce and doubled our income from donations within 12 months.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

I've been on Twitter since almost the beginning and have watched charitable giving and fundraising go from the edge to mainstream. See this white paper by Susan Mernit for a detailed case study.). Twitter users may donate their avatar and replace it with an image of the red female sign. apowerfulnoise [link].

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2022

The 2022 crisis in Ukraine has shown that the crypto community can be moved to give at unprecedented levels as some estimates show that over $80M has been donated in just the first month of the conflict ( Crypto Donations for Ukraine Cross $83 Million Led by Ethereum & Bitcoin ). Crypto donors will probably give more.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 11, 2014

What they found is that as the economy continues to recover and online fundraising outpaces other development efforts, nonprofits are planning to invest more in their digital footprint. Let this white paper help. The paper is broken out into 5 sections that outline the research and prep needed for making the pitch.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2021

Where Do Qualifying and Tiering Donors Fall Within Major Gift Fundraising? There’s an economic reality inherent in the process of major gift fundraising. Which is why truly successful major gift fundraisers know you must “ qualify ” folks to build a carefully honed major donor portfolio. Time to learn!

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Achieve

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Access to data alone won’t increase donations to your cause but understanding which reports to analyze and reacting to donor behavior can. A goal represents a completed activity on your site, such as signing up for your organization’s newsletter or clicking ‘Donate Now.’ Google Analytics is a powerful tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

For example, younger donors may prefer to see the impact of their donations through photos on Instagram or short 15-second Viddy videos, while older members enjoy data-driven blog posts, white papers or podcasts.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2013

Hopefully you’re caught up on my path to fundraising enlightenment and the Four Noble Truth’s of Fundraising. Meaning my reality is based on my perception of life, of the world, of fundraising. Most of us in the peer-to-peer fundraising world would consider our walks, 5ks and rides a fundraiser. Yes, right?

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Forum One

MARCH 31, 2009

Fundraising When Money is Tight.? Warwick is very positive about the prospects for non-profits to continue to receive donations today despite the economy, and he insists that we continue our fundraising activities. t cut fundraising costs without careful consideration. That alone is a sign of our times. Send an insiders?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Chances are, your organization doesn’t have a 4-digit donor strategy as part of your online fundraising program, but organizations may want to start experimenting with one. Supporters who bought a ticket for a fundraising event in the past 3 to 9 months, or who have ever made a gift at a fundraising event other than buying a ticket.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Although it is a slow time of year and the busy fundraising season is still several months away, there's been lots of activity in the social fundraising judging by these roundups of links from Peter Deitz and Tom Watson (not to mention all the items tagged in the nptech tag stream ). posted Ten Tips for Journalists to Fundraise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

her work appears on CNN.com and Entrepreneur.com, and the’s the author of a forthcoming white paper from the ZeroDivide Foundation about opportunities to use mobile to help serve and empower people in poor/marginalized US communities. She is the co-inventor of Goodwill’s patent pending online donation impact calculator.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2012

Deborah Galea is the COO at Red Earth Software, Inc , which donates its Policy Patrol Mail Security Bundle to eligible nonprofits to prevent. Email signatures can provide legal protection when they include a disclaimer, but they can also be used to fundraise, promote events, and even spread the word about your organization’s work.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

I follow several nonprofit fundraising blogs, one of which is The Agitator, and this recent post about "ask amounts" on direct mail and fundraising forms caught my eye. Read the post, and the linked white paper about the research and testing that went into this sweeping declaration. Author: Sally Heaven.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2013

As your event gets closer we should start seeing a variety of posts specifically aligned with your upcoming event or online fundraising campaign. Your event fundraising website should already have opportunities to share actions like donating or registering for the event. Related Posts.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. You can also learn more by downloading a copy of the Mission Driven Volunteer White Paper. Need some inspiration to get your organization''s website updated?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. You can also learn more by downloading a copy of the Mission Driven Volunteer White Paper. Need some inspiration to get your organization''s website updated?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Lately I have seen some discussion groups, listservs, and blogs on when to create a proposal in the Prospect Module of Raiser’s Edge® or for that matter in any fundraising legacy system. The timing or stage at which you create a proposal is truly up to each nonprofit organization.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Managing the sudden increase in donations requires careful planning with regard to controls. Here are five things small organizations can do to protect themselves and ensure that the influx of contributions received this holiday season support programs, not fraudsters: Perform a risk assessment before Giving Tuesday.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

A big question remains for nonprofit marketers as to when it's best to make the first donation appeal: do you hit up new subscribers for money immediately or wait and cultivate them first. So far, Common Knowledge says the RDC program has demonstrated a 15% increase in average gift size and an 83% increase in donor conversion.

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