Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2006

I tracked down Web/Internet Strategy expert, Michael Stein , to get his take on widgets for fundraising. Here's the transcript: "When I think about web widgets, I think about the potential they have for online fundraising campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2007

Francesco Santini translated and published the widget fundraising case study on the Italian portal on fundraising. Guide for the best use of fundraising widget and even more ( [link].com/2007/06/05/guida-allutiliz Guide for the best use of fundraising widget and even more ( [link].com/2007/06/05/guida-allutiliz

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 25, 2023

And using nonprofit software to help you look at your donor data like a marketer can be your secret fundraising weapon. Using this information, you can identify people similar to Timothy who might be interested in hearing about volunteer opportunities or fundraising events through your marketing materials.

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NTEN

JANUARY 9, 2009

I love widgets. The idea of having portable, dynamic, and (often) free web content simultaneously on your own site and on your friends' and supporters' sites and blogs excites me. There's so much potential for fundraising, advocacy, and general outreach. .

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Before you look for an online fundraising platform , one of the key things you need is a merchant processor. Some online fundraising platforms will often have a preferred merchant processor they can recommend to your church if you don’t already have a merchant processor. How to choose an online fundraising platform.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

These best practices serve as a foundation for upgrading your website to be compatible with the Social Web and are then elaborated upon in the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Online Fundraising and e-Newsletters. Use Third-Party Widgets Only if They Add Value. The Web has become overrun with widgets!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Heifer International has rolled out a fundraising widget campaign. s easy and fun to invite your community to participate in a fundraising challenge. Then they will provide the widget code, campaign, and strategy tips. It also isn't clear whether they are using a widget service like Chip In or built their own.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

If you've been following my widgets category , you know that I'm working on a screencast and have been researching and playing with widgets. For the script, before jumping into the how-to of widgets, the screencast will give some context, of course. What is a Widget? Kaufman and Marc Connelly.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 17, 2017

We know that many organizations are unable to take full advantage of the digital movement due to the high cost of online fundraising tech. Here are some things you can do right now for free to up your online fundraising so your organization can take advantage of this year’s #GivingTuesday. Launch An Email Fundraising Campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

I am working on a screencast about nonprofit blogs and widgets. If you don't know what a widget is, here's an overview. I experimented with two widgets, linking them to content and conversation. Using widgets is not yet a common practice on nonprofit blogs. Maybe it will become clearer with more fundraising widgets.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

These best practices serve as a foundation for your online fundraising campaigns, but much of your nonprofit’s success also depends upon the service you choose to process your online donations and the design and frequency of your e-newsletter. It’s true that Web 2.0 Make Sure Your Nonprofit’s Information in GuideStar Is Current.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Nonprofits can easily design their profile on change.org to match their website and other social networking sites. Once you brand your profile, then your actions, fundraising projects, fundraising pages, etc. Send “Thank You Compliments&# to all your donors and fundraisers on Change.org. [ See Compliments ].

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TechImpact

JULY 22, 2014

According to Eleventy Group, approximately 1/3 of all fundraising revenue comes from email. By having prominently placed your signup boxes in the first step, anyone who arrives to your site as a result of your mailer will be prompted upon arrival to give you their email. Image courtesy of Amplifymm. Social media matters here, too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

I put query out on the NTEN affinity group for nonprofit blogging about widgets. Reed Stockman from AFP Blog (Associate of Fundraising Professionals) told me that he is using a widget called RSSMIX to combine feeds and republish them on their Master Blog. He notes that this widget is useful because it: a.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I'm taking a deep breath to capture the learnings and roll them into the next steps for my personal fundraising campaign on behalf of the Sharing Foundation 's College Sponsorship Program and Leng Sopharath. In the past, I've solicited mostly friends and family for fundraising causes. I'm not a marketing or fundraising professional.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 8, 2014

But you’re just scratching the surface with those two mainstream social media sites. At the 2014 AFP International Conference on Fundraising in San Antonio, Lisa Chmiola and David Tinker helped us through some of the lesser known social media sites that can help your nonprofit with efficiency and productivity.

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sgEngage

MARCH 30, 2022

Mission and overall goals: All of your branding should point your supporters back to your overall mission and larger goals, so taking the time to include these in your style guide should help focus your site branding. . Audience: Think through who you picture visiting your site (you might even have some site data to inform your thinking).

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 3, 2014

Online fundraising garners millions in charitable giving for the nonprofit industry every year, but there are so many options it can be difficult to find the right online donation tools for your organization. Here are some of our favorite online donation tools, with an emphasis on widgets and donate buttons. Razoo has a competitive 4.9%

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The truth is that most inexpensive, lower-end website options are designed to support e-commerce sites, even if they’re listed as having “nonprofit options.” Trying to tailor these sites to support your organization can require custom coding, reconfiguration, and quite a few support tickets. Others do, too!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

To help your organization find the tools it needs, we have compiled a list of the best software and web-based tools along with resources on how to meet the many challenges of modern fundraising. Donated Fundraising Tools from TechSoup. TechSoup offers a wide variety of fundraising tools through its donation programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2007

A lot of people have asked me about those widget fundraising campaigns I did last December. ChipIn asked me to write up a formal case study on my first personal fundraising campaign using their tool. He did an interview with me about widget fundraising -- its brief - go take a listen.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2010

Last night while pondering what I would write today’s blog post on, I read through other recent posts on Connection Café Emma Zolbrod’s post on participant fundraising hit a personal chord. Emma, thank you for sharing your story and experience with participant fundraising. Do you have fundraising milestones?

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2013

To help your organization find the tools it needs, we have compiled a list of the best software and web-based tools along with resources on how to meet the many challenges of modern fundraising. Donated Fundraising Tools from TechSoup. TechSoup offers a wide variety of fundraising tools through its donation programs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

Web 2.0 = Blogs, wikis, and social networking sites. It’s one person or organization publishing content to many on social networking sites who then re-publish your content to their friends, fans, followers, connections, etc. At its core, Web 2.0 is the beginning of two-way communication in the online public commons. You use Web 2.0

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2022

What you can do: If your nonprofit has multiple forms you’re hoping to link to in addition to including different information, you can accomplish this by using a peer-to-peer site like Nemours Children’s Health did, or you could look into utilizing Qgiv’s FundHub platform.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 27, 2007

You can see and share these astounding figures with MAPLight's Presidential Fundraising Widget , which can be placed on your blog or web site. The widget is funded by the $25,000 first prize NetSquared Innovation Award that MAPLight.org received at the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) , and by the Sunlight Foundation.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 27, 2017

Online fundraising garners millions in charitable giving for the nonprofit industry every year, but with so many options, it can be difficult to find the right online donation tools for your organization. These providers are all easy for donors to use and affordable for all levels of nonprofit fundraising. Network For Good’s DonateNow.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 14, 2009

These are my links for January 12th through January 14th: Network For Good - The audience for this 45-page guide is small nonprofits who need help launching a great online fundraising or marketing campaign in quick order. " I'm really excited to see how this widget gets used by nonprofits across the US, or replicated elsewhere.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2009

First impressions are important on social media sites, and this page sends a clear message that CMU gets Facebook and is taking it seriously. 3) Integrate Facebook “Share&# buttons and/or Fan Box Widgets into your “Donate Now&# Page(s) and online petitions. Tags: Facebook Online Fundraising.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

If you're considering revamping your website to include social elements like the Facebook Like button, streaming from YouTube, or adding information from a social site through its API, it can be overwhelming to know where to begin. Taking that thought a bit further, think about how using social media on your site will accomplish those goals.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

This helps sets one fundraiser apart from another. Whether you're hosting a walk-a-thon, charity auction, or soliciting online donations for an annual fund drive, the success of your fundraising campaign lies in the success of each of the individual participants. This becomes the "hook" that reels the fish in.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Just click on the "Fund a Scholarship" button in the widget above, or go to [link]. See the nifty little widget at the top of this post? Just click the "Share" button to add it to your site, blog, Facebook or Twitter feed (among other sharing options). . Spread the Word. We're at 5% of our goal already!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

This will change quickly as you build your communities on social media sites. Many donors may not feel comfortable donating directly through social media apps and widgets (yet), but they do feel comfortable clicking to your “Donate Now&# page on your website from a link posted on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. Volunteers.

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2011

By Katya Andresen, COO, Network for Good When we think about giving online, we tend to focus on the latest new bell, whistle or widget for fundraising. Our analysis [ from the 2010 Online Giving Study ] showed the following: Fundraising is still about relationships. Declutter your site.

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Global Giving

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Q: So, an API is similar in some ways to a website widget or plug-in? JustGiving.com , a UK fundraising website, incorporates GlobalGiving’s UK-eligible project portfolio. allows users to fundraise in honor of a special occasion with charitable wedding registries and birthday fundraising pages. API For Celebrations.

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2011

Any giving that took place on sites that do not use the Network for Good platform or that were made offline are not included. When we talk tech, we tend to focus on the latest new bell, whistle, or widget for fundraising. We found the following: Fundraising is still about relationships. Happy online fundraising!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

Contrary to its title, the last four chapters of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits are dedicated to mobile technology and mobile fundraising. Create a “Text-to-Subscribe” Graphic for Social Networking Sites. Therefore, do not link to your desktop site in text messages! page on your mobile website.

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