CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2021

“What kind of fundraisng event should I run for my nonprofit?”. Nonprofits are always looking for unique, creative, and effective fundraising events that will help them to stand out from the crowd. We’ve gathered 12 top-performing fundraising event ideas for nonprofits to inspire your next event. Plus it’s super fun.

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

Since 2012, thousands of nonprofits have run campaigns on CauseVox ’s fundraising platform. And while there’s nothing wrong with your standard fundraiser, sometimes it’s fun to do something a bit different. Athens Rotary Club is holding a plunge event in February and encouraging costumes, teams, and all kinds of fun for their plunge.

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Candid

OCTOBER 24, 2023

We all know how important year-end giving is for nonprofits. But beyond that, there’s another way to use social media that your nonprofit should consider for making the most out of the giving season. Trivia-based questions are another fun and informative way to engage your followers.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 26, 2022

However, over the past two years of the pandemic, there has been a massive shift to digital outreach that nonprofits now rely on to increase impact. These nonprofits then, in turn, have begun to need digital marketing/analytics/content and other digital-first work done by staff and AmeriCorps members. . What’s in it for you?

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2014

Fun fact: this is not just for Executive Directors! Instead of a traditional conference with concurrent sessions and a line-up of speakers, Leading Change Summit (LCS) is designed around the idea that the best ideas can emerge through facilitated workshops and driven conversations. Use the LCS Platform to Propel Your Plans LCS is your stage!

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 27, 2021

5 Places to Find Grants for Your Nonprofit for FREE! Knowing where to look and what you’re looking for will minimize wasted time and maximize the number of best matches for your nonprofit. The 10 Roles and Responsibilities of a Nonprofit Board of Directors. The 10 Roles and Responsibilities of a Nonprofit Board of Directors.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

And how they feel about their experience of giving to your nonprofit determines whether or not they stay in the relationship. Too many nonprofits think they’re doing a good job of building relationships, but they’re not. They want to feel good, knowing they made a good decision to give to your nonprofit. Map it out.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

We may even have some fun in store for you! The Beacon Lounge will be our home-base, and here are some of the fun things they have planned to make it your home-base, too: Daily Events in the Lounge include: Breakfast from 9-11: Get your morning buzz on with coffee and food sponsored by The Colorado Health Foundation.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

Customer personas (like mine above) are not just for marketing professionals, they are also incredibly beneficial for nonprofits seeking to understand who their donors are, why they give, how they like to be communicated with, and what their barriers to giving are. Pro Tip: It is really helpful (and fun!) Let’s explore an example.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 26, 2010

I had a bit of fun with it, especially with the pictures on the slides, by using a party metaphor: Social Media for Organizations: Enjoy Your Own Party! Here are the slides (Hint: visit the slideshare site by clicking on the link below to see the speaking notes as well!). Social Media for Organizations: Enjoy Your Own Party.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 28, 2019

While it might seem a little early to start thinking about 2020 to some (hint: it’s not), it’s the perfect time to benchmark where 2019 has taken you. The Nonprofit Summer Reading List. 4 Signs You Are a Burned Out Nonprofit Fundraiser : Even if you have a vacation on the horizon, make sure you’re not burned out.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Email lists are more fun when you can talk about them with friends. Think about how you might match up personality traits with elements of your cause and create a fun matching quiz form that requests email at the end to get the results. Here is a quick Facebook ads for nonprofits guide. Forward to a friend. Paid: Twitter ads.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

However, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the fun. You could even make a film or documentary about the core purpose of your organization as a nonprofit. All of these forms of live performance go over well over live streaming and can even be made more fun than their in-person counterparts. 16) Hybrid costume party.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

But if you want to get even deeper insights, do an in-depth review of a similar nonprofit’s practice – whether it be broad – such as digital marketing techniques or narrow such as analyzing specific techniques as part of a content strategy. How can your organization apply this?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

While it might seem a little early to start thinking about 2018 to some (hint: it’s not ), it’s the perfect time to benchmark where 2017 has taken you. In the newest npEXPERTS eBook, 10 of the brightest minds from across the nonprofit sector share their unique perspectives to help you create a culture of philanthropy.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

We may even have some fun in store for you! We will share more details before SXSW, but for now we will give you a hint: anyone who loves Twitter so much they've thought of writing a sonet, or so wowed by Google+ they want to write an ode may be at an advantage! And, yes, there will be prizes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

How networked nonprofits use twitter. Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

You can also engage the donor in a future email with something fun like a survey or quiz. Show visibility into the impact of the donations that were raised by showcasing something specific: a family that you fed, or a cancer survivor that you are assisting. Great stories and compelling imagery can go a long way in showcasing your good work.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Mark Titi is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub, and the founder of Wobbly Nonprofit. He has over a decade of experience directing the financial and planning activities of small nonprofit organizations. _. Your small nonprofit creates new volunteer opportunities. You can never have too much fun as you create a bond.

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

We explored everything from must-have nonprofit reporting tools , tips for upping your email game , direct mail strategies , and most recently using data to improve your major gifts program. In my free time, I'm a fellow and lecturer at Georgetown, focusing on how to best activate audiences to support causes/nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

It is not a secret that nonprofits need volunteers and donors to achieve their goals and carry out their mission. Many nonprofits do not know that the line between their volunteers and donors is very thin. In other words, your nonprofit would need about ten donors to match the average value of a volunteer who donates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

By Sean Kosofsky , is the Nonprofit Fixer and founder of Mind the Gap Consulting. Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. Nonprofits need every tool possible to entice donors to join and then stick around for years. Does anyone carve, knit, sew or create t-shirts… or fun food?

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

If you want people from your social media to support your nonprofit’s activities, you need a nonprofit social media plan. You already know this: In the nonprofit realm, social media is life. The most successful social media presences (nonprofit and otherwise) are in fact the result of a strong nonprofit social media plan!

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Everyone from engineers to sales representatives to our CEO Mike Gianoni got in on the fun, posting their favorite memories from arts and cultural organizations on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, using #showyourculture in their post so we could all follow along. Nonprofit News #showyourculture Arts & Cultural'

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Identify your superusers early (hint: they were most likely your superusers in your old system). Now is when the fun really starts. Be mindful to not make them feel like they are back in elementary school. Make the training sessions self-directing, relevant, and task centered. . Become besties with your SME s. Provide c ounseling.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Forget the hundreds of metrics that are being spat out and focus on what matters most for your nonprofit. For nonprofit marketers in particular, tracking conversion metrics on supporter behavior is what you should probably be focused on — versus just viewing vanity metrics of how many people have visited your website. Need some help?

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BoardAssist

MAY 10, 2016

What are the trends that are going to impact your nonprofit in 2016? Here are the issues that YOUR nonprofit needs to address for 2016. If you don’t, there are plenty of other deserving nonprofits who are tackling them. Every nonprofit needs a well-rounded fundraising program with diversified sources of revenue.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2016

Getting your donors to renew their gifts is the easiest way to raise money for any nonprofit. A sustainable funding base: the holy grail for nonprofits. Hint: It’s all about the post-gift experience. Instead, have a fun cookout, or throw porch party honoring your donors. Have some fun! Recognize long-time donors.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2011

The fun times I had on the NPWF mobile site kept me entertained while in line and enhanced my experience at the luncheon itself. Here is an extensive list that was featured on the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 HINT: remember to test the code and link to sites that look good on smartphones. So, back to my lunch date with the First Lady.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 6, 2017

As you can probably infer from its name, text-to-give software enables donors to make contributions by texting your nonprofit. instead, we’ll be focusing on how you can make the most of text giving for your nonprofit. As with many specialized forms of fundraising, text-to-give isn’t right for every nonprofit. to pull off.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

My favorite part of SXSW in recent years is the flood of nonprofit and socially conscious topics, speakers and movements that are becoming more prevalent on the line-up. And for all you people using Four Square , it's also one of the official Check-in for Charity locations (hint: new badge anyone?).

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

I know a lot of nonprofits that put on annual events because they’ve always put on those annual events. So how do you know if your event is making an impression for being fun and inspiring instead of for just being boring? There are tons of options, and no two nonprofits will promote their events the same way. Hear me out.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Use these strategies to design a successful livestream program: Build excitement to a main feature, cultivate a fun and entertaining environment, crowd-source content and establish a personal and emotional connection to the cause. TIP: One fun and easy way to publicize your event and keep guests engaged throughout? Fun and games!

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2022

To fully fund your nonprofit, you need a diversified fundraising stream. Getting your funds from multiple sources is especially important when fundraising for a new nonprofit. In developing different revenue streams, you’re building a solid foundation that’ll ensure your nonprofit’s growth and success for many years.

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Bloomerang

MAY 20, 2021

Sometimes nonprofit leaders think people are just being “nice” when they say “I’d love to get more involved.” Hint: they usually mean it. . This is actually the FUN part of fundraising – getting to know people and building strong partnerships. This is a favorite assumption of the nonprofit sector. Tell them what you need.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

And more importantly, what makes someone give to YOUR nonprofit? If a corporation sponsors a certain nonprofit, employees may be eager to support it as well, either because they love the cause or because it makes them look good at work. Those stories hurt every nonprofit because it erodes the public’s trust in our sector.

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Qgiv

JULY 6, 2021

They’re an email marketing solution that offers a free plan that smaller nonprofits can use at no cost. In fact, Facebook has even developed giving tools to help nonprofits fundraise directly on its platform! At the very least, your nonprofit should set up a Facebook page for itself and a Facebook event page for your church auction.

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