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How To: Write Fundraising Auction Item Descriptions

Greater Giving

How to make sure you have the right fundraising auction item descriptions to entice your guests to bid on them. Auctions are a popular event for nonprofits to put on their fundraising calendars , whether hosted as a standalone affair or part of a larger function, such as a charity gala. But how do you write a great description?

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The 15 Best Nonprofit Videos to Help You Connect With Supporters

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Despite the fact 57% of people who watch a nonprofit video go on to make a donation, video still seems skill- and cost-prohibitive for strapped fundraising professionals. There are tons of fun and random holidays nonprofits can take advantage of to create unique and interesting fundraising appeals. Keep it personal. Show your skills.

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Online Fundraising Ideas: Nonprofit Fundraising During COVID-19

Whole Whale

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has forced the nonprofit fundraising world into the digital-only space almost immediately. While some organizations have had the capacity and savviness to hop onto this trend early, others are still trying to figure out where to start with online fundraising. Though we can’t promise $39 million).

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What is a Widget?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" Since this is a movie or visual, it has to be explained in a visual way. A Widget is a piece of code that enables a non-technical website publisher to pull in data and a display for that data from another website, so they can have, say, news ticker headlines or a personal horoscope, or local weather or an RSS feed.

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The Best Social Media Marketing Resources For Nonprofits

Nonprofits Source

They’ve been mentioned in television shows and movies since their conception. They bring together America’s fundraisers on one page, showing off their success whilst displaying how anyone can help them. In an average peer-to-peer fundraising campaign, 15-18% of donations are referred directly from Facebook. What We Can Learn.

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Going Back to the Future to Help Your Nonprofit

NonProfit Hub

The movie hops around the timeline and makes stops in 1955 and an alternate 1985, but the film is most famous for the time spent in 2015 (October 21, specifically). Instead, let’s look at several specific quotes from the movie and what you, the nonprofit professional, can learn from them. We can also apply this to fundraising.

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