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9 Ways to Use Text Messaging for Your Virtual Fundraising Event

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ask previous fundraising campaign volunteers if they can lend their creative talents and help out with the technology powering your event. 6) Encourage pledges. Did you know that 49% of pledges are initiated through a text message link? Or that 84% of pledges opened during a fundraising event are fulfilled?

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Social Superpower: Using Facebook to Increase Your NPO’s Website Traffic

Byte Technology

One of the more advantageous developments from social media behemoth Facebook occurred recently when they increased News Feed exposure for links people share with their friends. Simply put, Facebook puts friends “first” in a News Feed. Seek out Comments. Nonprofit Social Media Web Design'

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82 Fundraising and Social Media Stats for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

63% of nonprofits worldwide regularly send email updates and fundraising appeals ( Global NGO Technology Report ). 15% of nonprofits worldwide regularly send text messages to donors and supporters ( Global NGO Technology Report ). Large have 22,299 ( Global NGO Technology Report ). 93% of NGOs worldwide have a Facebook Page.

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Secure Your Supporters’ Trust: Mastering Privacy-Compliant Fundraising

The Modern Nonprofit

Join us as we navigate the delicate interplay of data ethics, technology, and fundraising innovation, and discover how to turn these challenges into opportunities for deeper engagement and sustained support. The compliance is not just a legal necessity but also a trust-building measure with their donors and supporters.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. So they provide the examples and maps, but they let the youth pick and pledge whatever it is they want to do to make a difference. 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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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005. 2020 Social Media Size Guide ).

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Women in Technology: 2 Ways you CAN get Involved!

Amy Sample Ward

I’m a woman, and I work in technology. I LOVE helping other women feel empowered to learn, share, and succeed in the technology sector, too. Have an idea for a fabulous virtual workshop that every woman working in online communications or technology must participate in? We want to hear about it.