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My Birthday Wish: Support My Fundraiser for NTEN

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To celebrate, rather than eat cake, I’m fundraising for the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (NTEN). Please consider donating to the fundraiser with colleague Cindy Leonard. Today is my birthday! I have worked in the nonprofit sector for 35 years.

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ROI for a donor database

Robert Weiner

My colleague Charlie Hunsaker posted the following question on the FUNDSVCS Advancement Services listserve: I have two clients who are looking for new systems and want a “cost justification” for their acquisition to share with their management. One of my maxims is that a database doesn’t raise money — people raise money.

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

Elizabeth Abel will explore the role of the board in elevating fundraising activity and discuss effective strategies to recruit, engage, and deploy diverse board members as fundraising ambassadors. Yeah, engaging those board members to be fundraising ambassadors. Is it okay if I go ahead and get this party started?

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Five Steps to Successful Crisis Communications

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note From Beth: I remember back when Hurricane Katrina struck, I saw a post to the Museum ListServ that said “ Chuck Patch Is Not Dead.” The last thing people from Staten Island or New Jersey needed last week was an ill-timed fundraising ask. Flickr Photo by Rob Howells. Be specific. Partner up.

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A 5 Week Mid-Level Donor Boot Camp: Make Your Nonprofit’s Mid-Level Fundraising Program Great Again

Connection Cafe

More money? consulting money) do you have that you can use? It’s flabbergasting how much fundraisers will opine about what moves their donors and do it with zero input from the donors themselves. Some fundraisers suggest it’s not necessary to give the mid-level program a name. Is this the time to do it? Better retention?

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Are Memes Really Just Slacktivism?

Care2

Could they have leveraged this opportunity to build their email list, and raise money? Fast-forward to one of the latest viral memes – the ice bucket challenge to raise money for ALS, a disease that most American’s aren’t very familiar with. Online Advocacy Online Fundraising Online Marketing'

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Guest Post by Allyson Kapin: Top 8 Social Media Tracking Tools

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Listservs: Participate in listservs that align with your nonprofit’s mission and where your organizations’ issues are being discussed. Listservs provide great opportunities to not only promote your organizations initiatives but to listen to what other people are saying about your issues. YouTube Nonprofit Program: YouTube.

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