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#thankful4home: Raising Awareness Around Homelessness

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This fall and winter I’m working with a group of organizations in Chicago to raise awareness around homelessness, alongside screenings of the @Home documentary that features portraits of this issue through the eyes of activist Mark Horvath. Further, with #GivingTuesday around the corner, we could leverage thankfulness into donations.

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Cut Through the Clutter: Why Storytelling Matters for Nonprofits

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People want to know and see the impact of their donations. Lifting Hands International uses a donation tier, which is particularly effective in boosting online donations when accompanied by stories of impact. Most of the videos feature a homeless person sharing their life story, struggles, and success.

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10 Questions You Can Ask Major Donors to Build the Relationship

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Major donors make a major impact on your nonprofit, but it can be a bit scary to ask major donors for a donation. But how do you get to know someone when all you know is that they gave your organization a bigger-than-average donation in the last year? Contact them and thank them again for their donation. Start With Gratitude.

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How Technology Can Automate Nonprofit Operations: 3 Benefits

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When a recurring donor who gives to a nonprofit without self-service tools wants to make a change to their donation cadence, they need to call or email a member of your team to make the change. Self-service tools are far more practical for enterprise-sized organizations with thousands of donors. Automatic alerts.

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Ideas You Can Use To Thank Donors During the Holidays

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And get the biggest donation they decide to give? Obviously, you start to thank donors with an immediate thank-you for each donation they make. For online donations, they should get an automatic thank-you email that doubles as a tax receipt. Be sure to tag them all! You DO want to be their favorite charity right?

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Social Media and Cute Dogs Go Mobile And Other Cute Animal and Nonprofit Tales

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The App also provides: adoptable dog search by zip code, simple giving to help homeless pets, and their grassroots pledge to start seeing invisible dogs. Oracle made donations for all online actions (likes, comments, RTs, photos, etc) during Hunger Action Month , reaching a maximum donation of $25,000.

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The Art of Retweet Birthday Party: Enlist the Help of Your Top Retweeters

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Thank you for donating! I'm very honored that @hardlynormal , a homeless activist, has donated. Insight: Art of Retweet Eric Peterson who created a Twitter analytics tool called Twitalyzer sent me a birthday donation (a dollar for each year) and offered advice. Tags: birthday twitter. What could be more fun?

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