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7 Spring Fundraising Ideas to Enhance Your Relationship With Current Donors

CauseVox

Before you know it, summer will be here, and you’ll be knee-deep in preparations for the busy fall fundraising season. Many nonprofits prioritize spring fundraising, making this a busy and lucrative time of the year for fundraisers. A 24-Hour Spring Fundraising Blitz On Social Media.

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Two Audiences, One Big Party: How the Woodland Park Zoo’s Hybrid Gala Made $2M

Greater Giving

But the talented event staff still managed to pull off the event, even if it didn’t make quite as much money as previous events. People who attend a fundraiser in person want to be wined and dined, to experience the atmosphere, watch an entertaining program, and raise their paddles in fun and energetic live auctions.

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3 Ways to Bring Your Work to Your Donors (Instead of Asking Them to Come to You)

Achieve

Sound familiar? In a recent Washington Post article, nonprofits using VR technology were quoted as saying it “offers the best medium to date for evoking genuine empathy for their mission” and has the ability to “combat fatigue among donors who feel disconnected from the results [achieved by] their money.”. Be honest.).

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Passports With Purpose: Travel Bloggers Helping Cambodia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Passports with Purpose (PwP) is a collaborative online fundraiser. created by four Seattle-based travel bloggers, returns for a second. I caught up with Pam Mandel , one of the organizers , to learn more about their fundraiser, their strategy, and the charity. That sounds fun." What is your fundraising strategy?

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Want a Winning Volunteer Program? It’s Time to Bring in Your 12th Man.

Connection Cafe

As you know, i t can be a lot harder to convince someone to give up their Saturday morning than it is to ask for money or spare household items, but if not properly utilized, things can go horribly wrong. The Seattle Humane Society has the right idea with this principle. I bet the second candidate would be selected.

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Reflection and Analysis: Gnomedex Real-Time Social Fundraising Experiment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My most recent experiment involved Twitter, fundraising, and an integrated offline component at the Gnomedex Conference in Seattle. I've been a little shell shocked for the past few days, but wanted to share this reflection and analysis of the Gnomedex fundraising experiment. I had some money in my account. It replicable?

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4 bbcon 2019 Takeaways to Help You Maximize Your Foundation’s Impact in 2020

Connection Cafe

If you were unable to join us last month, we hope that you’ll join us next year at bbcon 2020 in Seattle. I think you’ll agree once it’s complete that a deduplication project is a very worthwhile investment in time, money, and staff morale-boosting. I’m guessing this type of scenario sounds familiar to many of you reading this.

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