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Why Your Nonprofit Needs Peer-to-Peer Fundraising (and How to Use It)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The snowball effect—if your event is fun, participants will come back year after year (along with new supporters). Below, we’ll show you how to build and incorporate a peer-to-peer campaign and share a few fun ideas to try, but first, we’ll explain what sets this form of social fundraising apart. Sounds good, right?

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Here’s How to Raise More Money with Your Next Fundraising Letter

The Fundraising Authority

In short, they’re no fun to read. Picture captions. Photo Credit: Caitlin Regan The post Here’s How to Raise More Money with Your Next Fundraising Letter first appeared on The Fundraising Authority. . #2 – Letters that Tell a Great Story Raise More. Most non-profit fundraising letters read like college textbooks.

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18 Ways of Thanking Volunteers So They’ll Feel Appreciated and Stick Around Forever

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Volunteers who are excited about their work will invite friends and family to join them in the fun, magically growing your volunteer base. Use a photo that reflects the heart of your organization’s work. Craft stores are full of stickers, decals, paper punches, and other fun items to create little masterpieces.

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How to Use Storytelling for Nonprofits to Tug Heartstrings and Raise Funds

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Note – Photos or a video of your characters are HIGHLY recommended. Large, beautiful photos of the family, perhaps in front of their humble home). Our new playground equipment has turned our backyard into an oasis of fun for our resident kids to play and just be a kid. Photos and videos are crucial to the success of your story.

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4 Ways to Continue Engaging Attendees After a Virtual Event

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Share Pictures of Your Event Online. Share Pictures of Your Event Online. Virtual, in-person, and hybrid events are meant to be fun, and taking pictures of engaging activities and guests enjoying themselves will help your nonprofit’s marketing team promote your next event. Invite Them to Similar Events. About the Authors.

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Wendy Harman, Social Media Maven, How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

The second guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Wendy Harman. Wendy is a listener, innovator, online community member, information synthesizer, big picture thinker, and Director of Social Media for the American Red Cross. I get to have fun and do good for a living. Photo by Geoff Livingston.

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New on SSIR: Are we addicted to Slacktivism?

Amy Sample Ward

—– If you’ve been on facebook at all in December this year, you may have seen something happening to all your friends – their pictures changing to their favorite cartoon characters! The purpose of this game is to remove all photos of human for a few days from Facebook.&#. What do you think?

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