Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 31, 2022

If your website is outdated or looks homemade, that also leaves people questioning if they can trust you with their money. Questions make good headings like “Do you want to help families in need?” Questions involve readers, drawing them in. The internet is the main source of information for a lot of people.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” There’s also a Q&A box specifically, your questions might be a little more visible there if you use that one. We’ll take questions at the end.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Begin by answering these questions: Do you want this to be the kick-off to (or a piece of) your EOY campaign? Feed 50 more families? How to Start Your Own Fundraiser for [org]. Why do you love [insert org]? Celebrate generosity with [insert org]. There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach with Giving Tuesday.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2011

Up to you & the culture of your org- maybe add initials. I think you do need basic social media guidelines for your org. Look to other orgs for examples. Think about and decide who will have ownership of your orgs official social media outposts. to help with your orgs early efforts. Have the convo early.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 18, 2010

I thought that the Twitter feed @abolishcancer, which is the entire org, except for the blog, would be strictly focused on developing a following that had one thing in common- to fight cancer. —– Looking forward to conversation about this story – what are your questions? Do you have an example to share, too?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

One of the questions that came up during a discussion of concerns at the beginning of the day, was "We have 5,000 friends on Facebook, now what? In your status updates, use the news feed to raise awareness. Deepen relationship through custom apps that improve on org activites (event fundraising, petitions). do you use?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

The question is what can volunteer coordinators – those who are tasked with the work-a-day chores of volunteer engagement – do to help bring about this transformation? The central question of the Networked Nonprofit is how organizations can embrace the change. The Free-Agent/Fortress Dilemma in Volunteer Coordination.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2008

tab also answers the following questions asap: CNN Coverage of Gustav. He is hoping it will work like Katrina Aftermath , with aggregations of content generated by the public, news orgs and govt agencies. It aggregates feeds from many sources. shelter, looking for someone or are an evacuee. The widget's resources. Gustav Wiki.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

But most importantly, I want to recommend and encourage all of you to chat in your questions and comments throughout the next hour or so. But keep the questions coming. But the other question that they have to really think through is, well, what can we do? I think that’s a loaded question. So don’t be shy.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The events don't always have a set topic, but are open discussions for questions, sharing, and learning from your peers. If you're creating a hashtag for your org or an event, make sure you register it with Twapper Keeper. (No, Chad is an absolute rock star when it comes to social media and marketing. No, not trapper keeper.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

To get the most out of Friendfeed you do have to put more into it than just feeding your stuff in and reading others' stuff. If you’ve created a listening strategy, whether it’s a vanity search on yourself or your org, or topics that you monitor, you can bring ALL of your listening into ONE place (see my slideshow for more tips on this).

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

You found you had a knack for technology and you became your org's go-to person for computer problems. People kept seeking you out because, instead of acting like the stereotypical IT guy, speaking only in tech-ese, you answered their questions and helped them feel a bit less intimidated by tech tools. Read, read, read!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

I got flooded with questions and wasn't able to answer them all in an hour. So, I wrote a post organizing all the questions and providing some short answers in a follow up post. Kevin Gilnack came by and wrote terrific responses to those questions. I'm elevating them from the comments because they make a great post.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

How do you use a RSS feed like a rockstar? Feed digest. How do you involve the org? Livingston - if you don’t have their email, call them, keep asking questions but it is labor intensive. Have you seen examples of your org changing? listening has been to the community and to the quantitative results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

My question: Network for Good's recent Wired Fundraiser report talks about "superactivists" or the nonprofit equal of Seth Godin's Evangelists. Ben Greenberg from Physicians for Human Rights asked a couple of really great questions. Of course, the above activities take time to care and feed the network.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Not exactly as simply as the goldfish, but one that after a few steps feeds back to the beginning. So, we started listening and asking questions to learn more about what they really liked and what they didn’t need from the old model. Org is a terrific example of a CDSI campaign. The first step: Who’s your community?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Here's my contribution to this month's Net2ThinkTank question posed by Amy Sample Ward, "What are the key questions nonprofit orgs should ask to help them determine how to prioritize social media training and experimentation as they do their technology and organization-strengthening planning?" If it's not working, delete it.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Ask these questions: Is there a project you want to get funded for immediate use, before the end of the year or early into next year? Your answers to these questions should help you to determine the type of campaign you want to create, and how you do it. Goals don’t come out of thin air. They should come from your programmatic needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

" I used the technique two years ago for a presentation at the first netsquared conference called " I Tag the Hand that Feeds Me " or what I should retitle "Meet Sally." " My question is, are the organizations doing this, like TNC, using personal usernames or organization usernames?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

This post brings together fundraising experts from across the industry to share 12 super simple (but effective) fundraising ideas for boosting donor engagement, loyalty, and retention based on answering one simple question, “ what’s the key to an effective donor retention strategy?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

There is no question that you will get out of twitter what you give. And organizations and movements can certainly use twitter to organize – I think that’s a great strategy – as long as the majority of those to be organized are on twitter – which is quite a stretch for most orgs or movements. Sure, why not.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

An important aspect of this is the opposite question: why do people stop making donations? Currently (on my lowly grad student budget), I only give money to one nonprofit org. How to Start a Nonprofit Organization: Questions t. Research Friday: Really, Your Tax Exemption has be.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2007

Three Questions that will get you moving to take a stand. in costs in grant proposals -some organizations in the sector doesn't see it as an important -premature - orgs don't know what is available -can't perceive any value - pay for what? Will revisit these questions to see if there is any change.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2020

It’s the person who answers your question about zoom or the person who passes on their work at home policy. Maybe that’s not the question for today though. Because to go back to comfort, I’d say let that question wait for a few days. Then go to twitter and add other useful resources to the feed. Let the tough days be.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

The question I want to ask is, what do web stats really mean, anyway? I don’t want to start a race to the top of the Nonprofit 25 – where organizations start spending more time worrying about their position on that list, and less time feeding people. For one thing, feeding people is not what NTEN does.

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See3

MARCH 13, 2008

Work with the Public Affairs team to identify, develop, and execute communication tactics via the organization’s website, including video streaming, blogging, RSS feeds, subscription systems, social networking media, and other forms of electronic communication and convening.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

This can be 4 emails a year dedicated to sponsors who give the org $10K or more. You can create small posters for sponsor businesses to show off that they are giving back and sponsoring your org, team, project, or campaign. Can donors participate in building, feeding, clothing, digging, writing, driving, or anything else you do?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

This post brings together fundraising experts from across the industry to share 12 super simple (but effective) fundraising ideas for boosting donor engagement, loyalty, and retention based on answering one simple question, “ what’s the key to an effective donor retention strategy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

I asked Miles this question: There's a lot of media attention being paid to "Web 2.0" is right for you and your org? We have RSS feeds, podcasts ( [link] ) and a blog ( [link] ) on TheSite.org as a way of offering features and tools to 16-25s who use the website. and volcom sector adoption. Our volunteers blogs on www.do-it.org.uk

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Mark shared his progress around the country in YouTube videos (he’s been featured on the YouTube homepage, blog posts , and his Twitter feed. org, and five Unity College students embarked on a bio-diesel powered road trip to encourage President Obama to restore solar paneling to the White House roof.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2009

Sunday, I decided not to add them to the total – I did not count churches, but did count faith-based organizations, like the Mobile Loaves and Fishes truck feeding the homeless near a downtown park. This included the biggest brands and some small orgs that I had never heard of. ” That’s a good question.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

I wish I had a good answer to that question. I'd like to get some funds or a partner to do some research on this question. feed), and tools that allow you to find other people and organizations who are working to solve the same issues you are working to solve. org as my workish blog. Aren't ready for them to say?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Alexis Madrigal in his post Gladwell on Social Media and Activism also questions the black and white description of strong/weak ties that Gladwell states. Every day I see their faces in my feed. First, a smaller quibble. Gladwell defines Twitter like this, “The platforms of social media are built around weak ties.

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Care2

MAY 31, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" She can be reached at 202-465-3777 x9107 or karen@earth.care2.com.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2007

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

I’d like to extend my thanks to Emily and Beth for participating, and to all of the audience for your good, insightful questions. Beth : That is a question that is not easy to answer in a couple of sentences because there are so many "it depends" variations. If you missed it, you can register to receive the recording at [link].

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Ive just one question: How did you select your sample of causes used in your analysis?

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