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How Online Fundraising, Gamification and Social Media Helped Raise over $2 Million Dollars in One Day

NetWits

And because fundraising continues to shift from offline to online nonprofits are faced with a growing need to find new and innovative ways to do fundraising through online sources. The move towards a multichannel fundraising approach (online and offline) is becoming more and more critical to long-term success.

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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The training event, which will be live streamed starting at 9:00 am , will feature fundraising and social media gurus Katya Andresen, Danielle Brigida, Tracy Equality Viselli, Jocelyn Harmon and more. Some tips to build capacity and benefiting from a fundraising contest: Get organized both online and offline.

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New on SSIR: Can Giving Days Strengthen Your Community?

Amy Sample Ward

—– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. Nearly 18,000 people participated in the 24-hour, online fundraising event, raising more than $2 million to benefit 1,200 local nonprofits.

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Hello, Washington Post: Dolllars Per Facebook Donor Is Not the Right Metric for Success

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This morning the Washington Post published an article titled " To Nonprofits Seeking Cash, Facebook App Isn't So Green: Though Popular, 'Causes' Ineffective for Fundraising." Proclaiming that fundraising using Facebook Causes was a failure based on a calculation of dollars per donor. . My fundraising colleagues concur.

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How Can Changebloggers Make a Greater Impact Online and Offline?

Have Fun - Do Good

Her campaign was a combination of book and movie reviews about Darfur, as well as fundraising for organizations serving the people of Darfur. In addition to making an impact online, I'd like to see changebloggers meeting offline as well. What ideas do you have for mobilizing the collective power of Changebloggers online and offline?

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Washington Nonprofit Conference Roundup: Lively Q&A at Session on Mobile Fundraising : FundRaising Success

AFP Blog

Washington Nonprofit Conference Roundup: Lively Q&A at Session on Mobile Fundraising : FundRaising Success: "Nonprofit organizations around the world are raising millions of dollars via mobile fundraising for disaster relief in Haiti. the session “Mobile, Online, Offline” at the DMA.

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The other side of the figures: Causes reaches $20 Million in Donations

Amy Sample Ward

There’s been quite a lot of talk in the last year about the opportunities for fundraising online, generally, as well as the best practices for organizations leveraging social media for campaigns (as well as the idea to use free tools to raise money in hard economic times). Tags: fundraising issues causes data facebook myspace.

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