Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Does thinking about meeting your year-end fundraising goal give you night sweats? What if there was one thing you can do right now to ensure your fundraising success and boost year-end gifts? Thank them in a video email If you’re a Bloomerang customer you can use Gratavid to send donors personal video emails. Much lower!

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2010

For the past 30 days I have been participating in Movember : a worldwide team fundraising campaign to fight men’s cancer. While the dogooder in me loves a great cause, I also relish the opportunity to learn more about online fundraising and why people give. What I Learned About Online Fundraising. Email is Still King.

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Online Learning Fundraising Tips 201

Double the Donation

AUGUST 21, 2021

Peer-to-peer fundraising is big. According to a peer-to-peer fundraising study by NonProfit PRO and Frontstream, 43 percent of nonprofits engaged in peer-to-peer fundraising said that fundraising made up more than 50 percent of their revenue. million people took part in peer-to-peer fundraising programs in 2020.

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Results Fundraising Software Raise 87

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

Words are everything in fundraising. The way you tell your story and engage people in your message can make or break your fundraising efforts. So, what does it look like to use storytelling in fundraising, especially when it’s done well? Why is Storytelling an Effective Tactic for Fundraising? Again, words matter.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In 2014, Meredith Niles had just taken over fundraising for Marie Curie in the UK when her phone rang. She asked staff to give 15 minutes of their time to handwrite a card and prepared them with ready-made assets, stationery, stamps, and sample scripts. She made it fun with decorations and a staff photo contest.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

There’s all kinds of videos you can watch. She’s an executive fundraising coach. I’ve been a development director, and I’ve had over 12 years of experience being a fundraiser. You’re like, yeah, I didn’t know fundraising was a full-time thing. Visit our website. This is me talking.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 15, 2022

Online fundraising CAN be effective, but it’s a lot more complicated than it appears. and there’s a peer-to-peer fundraising tool, too. They close the loop by providing photos of each project taking place with a cost report showing how donations were spent. Online giving is a great way to raise money. Not really. GiveGab.

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Tools Online Giving Tips 75

CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

But, as a fundraiser, your job is just ramping up. That’s because fall is a busy time of year for fundraising. Now is the time to take a good look at your plans for the final months of the year and find a fun, unique fall fundraiser that will make you and your donors feel comfortable and supported.

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Ideas Fundraising Virtual Local 98

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Super-short videos have become one of the coolest (and easiest!) Free video services like Instagram and Vine that feature short videos now attract millions of users, offering nonprofits, charities, and libraries an opportunity to connect with new audiences. Why Super-Short Videos? Fundraising videos.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

All About Your Brand: Logo, Typography, Colors, Photos, and Tone What do you want the look and feel of your site to be? and it is communicated through your logo, typography, colors, photo style, and tone or voice. A well-defined brand supports your marketing and fundraising efforts and lets people know instantly what you’re about.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

Check out this video for tips on writing the best opening sentence you can. Photo or video of how their gift is being used. The right photo or video can really hit the donor squarely in the heart. If the donor’s gift was used to buy laptops, a photo of students on the new laptops will hit the right note.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Here’s what we’ll cover: Using Instagram promotion before your event Instagram event promotion during your event Following up on your Instagram event promotion Whether you’re hosting a fundraising event or a community volunteer opportunity, Instagram can help you engage current and new audience members and set your event up for success.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

To do that, you have to connect with them emotionally through a story, a photo, and hero language that makes them feel special and important, like they personally stepped in and made a difference through their gift. If you’re not sure what to say, here’s a list of sample phrases you can use to thank donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Events are many people’s favorite thing about charity fundraising. While many of these fundraising event staples are great, such as fancy galas and golf tournaments, circumstances aren’t always ideal for in-person gatherings. A Gala is a well-known charity fundraising event. 5) Online classes. 7) Shopping.

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Classy

MARCH 26, 2021

Online fundraising combines your standard relationship-building with digital mediums. The capabilities of your online fundraising platform have a massive impact on your overall success, and platforms like Classy can help you connect with your supporters effectively and efficiently online. Attend Our Virtual Nonprofit Conference.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2017

Turning your supporters into fundraising superstars isn’t easy. It requires the right combination of fundraising expertise, engaged staff members, and savvy technology. So, how can you help supporters become fundraising superstars? Teach Supporters to Fundraise and Provide Samples. Provide samples of everything.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2020

Digital fundraising, specifically on social media channels, provides a way for nonprofits to connect to younger generations who do not have the time nor desire to receive lengthy appeal letters or printed newsletters. Millions of videos are watched online every day. In 2014, the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral. Be consistent.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2023

It is essential to adapt your fundraising strategies to engage and involve those age 50 and above effectively. Providing educational materials, workshops, or seminars on estate planning and the benefits of making a planned gift, in person and via online video, is crucial. What age group should you target? Provide clear instructions.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

Marketing goals: You must have marketing goals that are tied to your fundraising plan. Put all your goals on paper and include every metric you need to measure to meet the goals in your fundraising plan. It’s just fundraising math! Mix in more videos? Do you have compelling photos and videos? A vehicle?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

With the right tools, a thoughtful engagement strategy, and appropriate calls to action, these fundraising events are proving quite lucrative. Allow supporters to fundraise on behalf of giving day projects. Do not miss out on unlocking the power of Gen Z fundraising influence! Do they need photos and logos?

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Second, year-end giving gives nonprofits an opportunity to use a big chunk of their resources to meet their annual fundraising goals, and it gives donors a last chance to get a tax-deductible gift out the door. We want to help nonprofits that implement year-end fundraising campaigns be successful. Goals don’t come out of thin air.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

I caught up with Rob Wu, co-founder of CauseVox , the platform used to support this fundraising effort, to learn more about the process and campaign. That morning, I saw the jaw-dropping photos and videos from the Japan tsunami disaster. In the end, it raised over $120,000 from 1500+ donors. How did you co-created the campaign?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Since we know many of you use technology to communicate and connect with your community too, here's how you can us in sharing your story: Just create a short video (or photo) that answers the prompt: “ I’ve been an NTEN Member for _ years because _ and I use technology to _ ”. Tag it #NTENThanks or send it our way via email.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

The Socialbrite team is made up of strategists with deep experience in offering social media consulting services, training workshops, conversational marketing, fundraising and outreach campaigns. Beth Kanter, Amy Sample Ward, Katrin Verclas and John Haydon are among the familiar names in the nonprofit tech sector who are part of the effort.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2010

Photo by Geoff Livingston. The other wonderful thing is that Amy Sample Ward and Peggy Duvette were in the audience live blogging and I'm so grateful for their notes. Thank you!) Also, a huge thanks to Geoff Livingston who took fabulous photos ! Shawn , a passionate free agent fundraiser and video blogger, was in the room.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

The livestream – whether it’s video, audio, or just text – can be embedded in your online homebase and shared across social networks. The most successful fundraising campaigns, advocacy efforts, and even personal experiences center on one person, one animal, one story, especially when trying to support a huge, faceless issue.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The photo or video taken on a phone and then posted to the web can change the conversation, alert news media to issues or new developments, and change the course of response. I will explain the use of mapping, fundraising, and crowdsourcing. Power : lastly, and very importantly, we see our contributions making an impact.

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

Kindful

APRIL 12, 2021

Whatever you do, be sure to include a photo or a video, plenty of supporting text, and a call-to-action in the form of a link (where possible) for folks to take a similar action. During the pandemic, savvy fundraisers seem to have rediscovered the phone in particular.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

CFRE will explain how fundraisers can persuade ‘powers that be’ that they should actively promote legacy giving, even (especially) now. Visit our website, there’s all kinds of free resources, videos there you can watch. She was AFP’s Outstanding Fundraising Professional of the Year. Claire Axelrad, J.D., there we go.

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NTEN

APRIL 27, 2012

If you attended the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , our amazing photographer may have snapped your photo. Review all the photos from the conference , including all the fun moments captured in the old technology photobooth. Too many NTEN members to name were interviewed in Convio’s recent video survey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2011

Show some love in the next fews at To Mama With Love , a creative social fundraiser that leverages the emotional connection we feel with our own mothers or our own pride of being a mom. I created a heartspace using a photo of my mom and are dancing. Amy Sample Ward: Can Love Change The World? Carol Quinn: Your Mama.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Over the past several years, much has been written about the rise of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Fundraising. However, with end-of-year fundraising quickly approaching, a new flavor of peer-to-peer fundraising is becoming more popular: using social ambassadors to amplify traditional online campaigns. What are Social Ambassadors?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Photo Sharing. Video Sharing. Fundraising Widgets. In the meantime, here's another batch of T-Shirt Winners: Kristin Wolff Will Coley Amy Sample Ward Avi Kaplan Chad Norman Maggie McGary Congrats! RSS Readers. Social Bookmarking. Commenting. Blogging Tools. Podcasting. Crowd Sourcing. Micro Media. Lifestreams.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. A creative fundraiser can make any of these items sound attractive to the donor. They can be a video interview with the donor about the mission. Photo and Bio. Send a video or audio “thank you” through social media or email.

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NTEN

MARCH 28, 2011

And, here are all the photos on Flickr tagged "11NTC" ! If you did not attend the conference, visit the SlideShare event to review presentations. Check out notes taken by session attendees throughout the conference using Google Docs , too! Don't fear, you can find all of his conference sketches pulled together on the Social Signal site.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Note , this was adapted from the book Social Change Anytime Everywhere by Amy Sample Ward and I. Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Add visual variety by highlighting new photos, captions, and links in the slide rotation every week. Media – Photos, Video, Audio.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Watch, embed or download the 6-minute video on Vimeo. Watch the video in H.264 The main reason it works is that you get to see how your donation was spent, you get photos from the classroom, and you get a personal reply from the teacher or students. 264 on Ourmedia.

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