Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

3) Of those donors inspired by social media, 56% say that Facebook inspires them the most. 18% of donors worldwide have donated to a charitable organization directly through Facebook. Of those, 88% say they are likely to give again through Facebook. 30% said Facebook Messenger and 5% said Snapchat.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 3, 2022

It’s time to plan for the most productive time of the year – Year End Fundraising Season! Those of us in the world of nonprofit fundraising are starting to think about how to best leverage the next four months. Get Ready Now For Year End Fundraising So, what does it take to make this your best year end fundraising season ever?

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

We hear from folks all the time who are looking for new fundraising ideas for nonprofits, especially fundraising ideas for a new nonprofit. It’s not easy to figure out what works in fundraising when you have little to no experience raising big bucks. So, you found yourself sidelined while you tried to figure out fundraising.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Set Up a “Donate” Button on Facebook When one of Facebook’s billions of users searches for your nonprofit, you want to provide the easiest possible path for them to contribute to your cause. The easiest path is the Facebook “Donate” button. Promote the deadline and your progress with frequent posts on Facebook and Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2019

It’s also the top platform for 18 to 24-year-olds, with 85% of this age group on the platform (compared to just 51% for Facebook). . In August 2018, Erin Turner, Product Manager for YouTube Giving, announced that they are rolling out a new suite of fundraising tools for nonprofits , including: Fundraisers. Campaign matching.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

While virtual fundraising was already gaining traction pre-pandemic, it certainly became a dominating force during the pandemic. So if you’re looking for virtual fundraising ideas for schools, you’re in the right place! Here are ten tips to help you succeed with virtual fundraising for education: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

1) From the outside, it appears that NGOs in Kenya do not have access to the traditional fundraising services that are so common here in the United States, such as a “Donate” page for processing credit cards and PayPal accounts. Fundraising is never easy, but NGOs who take a long term view of crowdfunding can achieve self-sustainability.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 9, 2023

Maybe you’ve experienced this with a fundraising letter that performed so poorly you called it a failure and didn’t want to try it again. Or a Facebook fundraiser that raised so little it was embarrassing. Good fundraising stories are full of emotion and draw people in. This is why stories are so important.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Now that we’re entering a new post-COVID era, nonprofit leaders need to think about what virtual fundraising will look like in the future. It looks like virtual fundraising is here to stay! 25+ Virtual Fundraising Ideas to Try Out Best Virtual Fundraising Strategies Virtual Fundraising Software: Our Top Picks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2017

Covenant Hous e (helping homeless youth). Facebook Safety Check Page is also coordinating people who need or want to give time, donations, or items and various campaigns. There are many more local nonprofits, focusing on animals, elderly, children, and more. PortLight “Inclusive Disaster Relief” SPCA of Texas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

I caught up with Danny Alpert at the NTC Conference in Minneapolis, MN where he briefed me on how he is using a “Transmedia” strategy to raise awareness and funding to support homeless services. … Read More Fundraising' He graciously agreed to pen this guest post while I was in transit to “down under.”

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CauseVox

AUGUST 18, 2022

In our effort to highlight brilliant changemakers, we sat down with Cylinda Nickel at Compassion Services International to dive deeper into their global fundraising initiatives – particularly their work for Ukraine- and hear about her top fundraising tips. Fundraising Campaign Best Practices. Grow Your Email List.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

For most of us, fundraising isn’t something that comes naturally, especially a straight request for donations. It’s the great irony of fundraising – we love to help but we don’t like to ask for help. Fundraising is not about you. Doesn’t “deserving homeless veterans” tug at your heart more than just “veterans”?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

I will no longer send out fundraising appeals with boring subject lines and long-winded pitches.". Don’t have the budget to hire fundraising strategists to help you craft your online fundraising campaigns? Example of Bad Subject Line: Renew Your Commitment to End Dog Homelessness. Tags: Online Fundraising.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Check the donor’s Facebook and LinkedIn profiles then Google them to see what you can learn about them. Some donors are drawn to just one cause area, such as homelessness or food insecurity. or to join your fundraising team. The call probably won’t go that long, but you don’t want to feel rushed. Some are Internet ghosts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

When I was in the third grade, I volunteered to bake cupcakes to help fundraise for Lucy the Elephant (who thankfully survived super storm Sandy ). I grew up at the Jersey Shore. The media has dubbed this generation “ Qwerty Monsters ”; they send hundreds of text messages a day and don’t even like to use their phone for calls.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

The cute animal theory has not gone unnoticed by nonprofits, even those that are not animal welfare organizations, zoos or aquariums are sharing content featuring cute animals on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Michelle’s project was focused on measuring engagement through multiple channels, but especially Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The concept of empowering individuals to fundraise for a charity by asking their friends to donate has been around for years offline. Think about all those marathons or walking events for social causes that have been around before Facebook. Free Agents still find creative ways to make a difference today.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Instead of fundraising separately, activating communities separately, connecting with legislators separately, the organizations recognized a unique opportunity they had to come together. If you ask people to like your facebook page, and they respond, what they are saying isn’t that all they ever want to do is like your page.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For your nonprofit, this means the holiday season opens the door to opportunities for fundraising success— and there’s no better way to kick off this successful year-end fundraising push than to participate in Giving Tuesday ! Use a text fundraising campaign. People are busy around the holidays. Keep it simple.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Tech Council launches first social media fundraiser • Business (www.HometownAnnapolis.com - The Capital): "When helping out the homeless, few people put computers and LCD monitors on their list of donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2015

While my in-box filled up with many GivingTuesday requests from nonprofits that I support, I was struck by the creativity of how each organization incorporated giving Tuesday into fundraising or donor recognition campaigns. Global Giving did a creative campaign to encourage people to share why they give.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The training event, which will be live streamed starting at 9:00 am , will feature fundraising and social media gurus Katya Andresen, Danielle Brigida, Tracy Equality Viselli, Jocelyn Harmon and more. Some tips to build capacity and benefiting from a fundraising contest: Get organized both online and offline. Designate a cheer leader.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Think about your audience as someone who doesn’t know anything about food insecurity, homelessness, first generation college students, or animal abuse. Create a fundraising plan to bring in the money you need, mapping out all your fundraising activities for the year. Avoid jargon, acronyms and insider talk. Sports equipment?

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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. Invisible People is hitting the road with Virgin Mobile, Sevenly, and Ford to bring awareness to youth homelessness. Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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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. Invisible People is hitting the road with Virgin Mobile, Sevenly, and Ford to bring awareness to youth homelessness. Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

Jared Paul, the co-founder of a new nonprofit that has a focus on homeless youth and one of the winners of the $25,000 in the first phase of Chase's Giving Community Contest offered to share his thoughts. Not bad for three weeks work, especially considering that we recently netted $10,000 for 3 MONTHS of planning a fundraiser!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Now that we know storytelling is crucial to your next campaign, here is a simple, yet effective step-by-step guide to nonprofit storytelling – broken down for even the busiest of fundraisers like yourself! Hospice and homelessness can both be taboo subjects that can make people uncomfortable. Step 1: Understand story structure.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Fundraising is all about relationships. . Others give impulsively when they see something on Facebook that moves them. You could give an online shout-out to these wonderful volunteers with a Facebook and Instagram graphic. Here’s why: go back to basics for a minute. Actually, from a donor’s perspective, it’s annoying.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Defining your UVP is critical to your fundraising success. We’ll also share ways to integrate it into your fundraising and messaging. The Link Between UVP and Fundraising Success If there’s a Golden Rule in fundraising, it’s this: People give to people, not organizations.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

Blackbaud guest bloggers share expert fundraising tips and simple steps for creating a Facebook page that rocks. Get inspired with these digital storytelling examples: raising awareness of homelessness and sharing indigenous stories online. TechSoup is keeping busy this July. Here's a roundup of what we've been doing.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2011

Over the course of several weeks, ReadyWoof team members actively raised money from friends and family, utilizing targeted email and Facebook campaigns and held an irresistible company-wide bake sale to raise $2,615.00. ReadyTalk's Charitable Contributions Committee played an important role in the fundraising.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Road trips are an excellent platform for causes to tell important stories, engage volunteers, and fundraise in an innovative way. telling the stories of homeless individuals across the United States has been well documented. Share pictures, video, Tweets, Facebook posts, and blog reflections from the road. Diverse Goals.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

If you are ready to turn your board around and increase their comfort level with fundraising, Sabrina Walker Hernandez will show you how! We are here to talk about the board’s role in fundraising and resource development, one of my favorite topics, and we got one of my favorite people also here to talk about it. You are worth it.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

New York, NY: Facebook for Nonprofits: Moving Your Marketing Beyond the Like. San Francisco: Let’s Learn About Project Homeless Connect SF: Discussion and Brainstorming. Seattle, WA: Fundraising + Technology: How to Raise Money in a Changing Landscape. Wednesday, November 13. Thursday, November 14. Friday, November 15.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They take care of your facility, give tours of your museum, welcome attendees to your annual gala, and pass out medals at fundraising races. Learn how Qgiv can help you and your volunteers make the most of your fundraising efforts! Volunteers are the backbone of any nonprofit organization. Request a Demo. Invest in paid social ads.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2015

Note from Beth: Next week, I’ll be keynoting the “ Future of Social Media Conference ” in London hosted by Social Misfits in partnership with Facebook, JustGiving, the Hospital Club Foundation, and the Guardian Voluntary Sector Network. Small Givers, Big Impact. “That’s why I need help from you! .

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