Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In the realm of event fundraising, a raffle is a thrilling game of chance where participants purchase tickets for a chance to win exciting prizes. Use a random number generator website (such as org ) to choose the number of the winning ticket. Unveiling the Power of Raffles in Event Revenue Boost What is a Raffle?

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NTEN

MARCH 15, 2013

No matter the size or tech-savvy of your nonprofit, there’s something out there that will undoubtedly be a game-changer for your organization’s social media efforts. Social Media is an important tool for engaging with your community -- but what are the risks and rewards of working with volunteers to implement your social media strategies?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Understanding how to write fundraising emails that hook readers can be a game changer. Really, this is the modern dilemma for anyone doing direct response marketing on any channel of the internet. As I’ve continued in my copywriting career, I look back at some basic and very useful advice my dad gave me in primary school about writing essays.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Today, you can use a virtual reality headset to play games or explore the world. How Can a NonProfit Org Utilize VR and AR? This technology has been around, in various incarnations, since the 1830s , but it wasn’t until recently that it started to emerge as a commercial option anyone could purchase for personal use.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

Most Jewish nonprofits know that this is the best excuse to come up with punny costumes and read the Megillah, but even if you aren’t an org focused on Judaism, you could team up with a local JCC, synagogue, or Hillel: This is also a holiday where it’s tradition to give back. Picnic & Park Games Tournament. March Madness Money.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2016

With young children gaining access to a dizzying array of games, videos, and other digital media, will they ever learn to read? If you work with young children at a nonprofit or library, this free webinar series is for you. Media Mentors: Building Literacy Skills for the Digital Age.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

If you’ve been in the fundraising game for a while, you’re aware of the important role major donors play. Put simply, major donors are individuals who make the biggest donations to your org. She has a background in education and youth-serving orgs, especially grassroots org and small shops. Who Is A Major Donor?

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CauseVox

JULY 11, 2022

The hard part is the initial ask but once sponsors have developed a relationship with your org, it’s a lot easier to ask if they’d be interested in sponsoring your event again. Corporate Sponsors For Peer-to-Peers Are A Game Changer. Find what works for your org and work to refine and sharpen that edge.

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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2022

They’re also great if your org wants to reach new audiences and build deeper connections with existing supporters. This ensured participants had skin in the game and were more likely to follow through with their fundraising commitments. As part of their process, Invest in Kids charged $35 per registration.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

Yes, your org will get a handful of dollars for doing basically nothing. When choosing events and fundraisers, it’s important that you look at the long game. Tupperware parties, garage sales, and candle fundraisers will not sustain your budget. They don’t establish any future relationships or revenue streams. Probably not!)

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The trends that appeared reflect that orgs struggle the most with Research and Analytics. If you fall within this stage, you can make small adjustments to stay up-to-date and on top of your game. Your focus now should be on teaching others how to achieve this milestone! The Future of Digital Marketing.

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Whole Whale

MAY 8, 2020

They also held a student art contest to design a special Art in Action necklace that could be purchased on the day, with an even higher percentage of proceeds going to the org. Don’t forget to sell bottles of wine at the event where a portion of proceeds go to support your org! Card Service. Wine & Paint Night. Mother’s Day Mascot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2011

Some reflections from colleagues who have snagged an invite: Wendy Harman, Red Cross: “I have a pretty organic approach to this stuff and just try to make the stakeholders and potential stakeholders happy by providing the same value and utility the org offers in the real world marketplace. Google Plus Tips. Google Plus Cheat Sheets.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

If your organization has the capacity to do that, there’s a great chance a good party can happen – especially if you’re willing to leave the punch and party games to the community and the natural leaders that emerge, allowing for ownership of the party’s outcome to be shared with the guests, and not just your organization. Best Practice.

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Tech Soup

JULY 22, 2014

Whether you're the "accidental" IT person at your org or an actual IT person, you might find these free IT courses useful: Microsoft Virtual Academy offers free courses by (Microsoft) product as well as by topic, from game development to Microsoft Dynamics. Advanced/IT Training.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 7, 2009

What are the key ways the game gets changed? org , Avaaz , 1Sky , Energy Action Coalition , many others – All wired organizations working to catalyze and inspire people and communities to come together and take action for the climate. How does the web change the way we organize for climate action?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Digital Storytelling Blender: Web, Video, Games, Events & Live! New Collaboration and Connection Tools in Office 2010 Your Org Will Dig. We hope you will find a session, or more, that suits your organization, and thank you for your vote. See you in San Francisco! Content Curation Across Teams & Organizations. Mixing It Up!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 12, 2012

By developing games, puzzles, supplemental material, documents, and mailings, they increased engagement and reach. Over one million people engaged with games that helped tell the story and average engagement time online was around 24 minutes! The results were impressive, there were 1.8

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

After months (or years, really) of buzz and buildup, The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic games have begun. According to Wild Apricot’s Small Membership Insight survey, events are the second most important “critical source of income” for small nonprofits and membership orgs. Bring on the figure skating and luging.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Pledge money to purchase online game tokens, which you can send to anybody. The mini-golf game nearly derailed this newsletter. Now your entire org can benefit from tools like "Mail Goggles", which promises to stop you from sending regrettable e-mails after a couple of drinks. Pumpkin cookies !

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

The underlying theme of this movie speaks universally to everyone, whether they understand a lick about baseball or not: you can’t beat a much larger competitor at the game they created. You have to change the game. If you are a national org, stop looking at each other. You’re going to need to raise $50 billion.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

For the unfamiliar, Desert Bus is a Sega CD game that involves driving a bus from Tucson to Las Vegas, in fantastically exciting real-time. Since 2007, Desert Bus for Hope has raised nearly $500,000 for Child's Play , a non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in a network of over 60 hospitals worldwide.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Here’s how Fiver told their story for their relay: “The Fiver Relay is a longtime tradition at Camp Fiver, where cabins compete in a series of fun, timed activities that are similar to the TV Game Show “Minute to Win It”. While we know that not all orgs have this same brand awareness, we believe that less can be more, that simple can be best.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

org campaign has done really well. Criteria is really important to consider: the crowds voting = who do you want to win this; the hosts/judges/experts voting = quality, value, innovation or alignment with competition/organizational goals. How do you keep supporters engaged in creating change over the long haul? This is something that the 350.org

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Media Cause

MARCH 4, 2022

Look how well that other org is doing, we need to catch up.). When we focus too much on the WHAT––the tactical execution, the end game, the goal—we oftentimes end up pursuing something that’s a product of our culture, our systems, our families of origin, etc., Were we sparked by fear? What if COVID never ends?!) A scarcity mindset?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

org website. In the end there was a shared understanding that technology can be a game-changer for community organizations. We shared the example of WithinReach, and how a stable infrastructure and good planning made great things possible like the Parenthelp123.org

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Connection Cafe

MAY 30, 2019

What happens if a gamer is playing a 1 st person shooter game while fundraising for my cause? GameBlast is a fundraising campaign hosted by the nonprofit org anization Special Effect. Of course, t his can come with risks. Or says a bad word? Or misrepresents our brand in some way?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2008

in Minnesota, I did an afternoon session using the Social Media Game created by David Wilcox. Watford Gap : wiki adoption tip - everyone in the org can share thier stories and buildup a collaborative picture of what they do - any good? At the Message + Medium + Mission Conference. There were some fabulous responses.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 28, 2019

And, understanding these orgs help museums, as Koven Smith brought up. As such, Matt might have asked the essential question for the month There will always be other things for people to do whether that's a bar, a movie, a football game, or a selfie stick theme park. It's important to interrogate what lines they've crossed and why.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2020

Some fun and games: Sharpen your pencils!?? I’m leading #MuseumGames with Mar Dixon, and we’re here to help you do games and hope you’ll join our weekly games. I invite you to take to every platform you have to advocate for financial resources for our sector and org. And, given how resilient our field is, I know we can.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Your workshop encouraged us to devise a strategy for using social media, and to tease out what these tools could really mean to our mission, vision, and constituencies -- rather than just, "hurry up and get your org up on Twitter!" I'd use the social media game as culminating activity.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2011

Though there is still a day and a half of the conference left, the two themes of this year’s SXSWi Festival for me have been: gaming mechanics and measuring influence. Gaming Mechanics: Seth Priebatsch, the founder of SCVNGR spoke a lot about this in his keynote on Saturday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2008

s the numbers game. Show them concrete examples of what is currently happening at your org (a monologue) and show them what is possible (a dialogue). The Brains On Fire blog tell us why it is so important to be prepared before you launch an online community effort: Online communities are popping up everywhere. And I really can???t

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2007

TJ Murphy of Freewebs spoke about the experience he had with the Warbook game he wrote. So TJ found himself scrambling to scale up: currently the game is hosted at Amazon. I met only one representative of a non-profit who was there to explore the possibility of extending the presence of his org via Facebook.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

For nonprofit orgs and higher ed institutions, cooling temps of early fall are also a reminder that year end giving is about to kick into high gear. I use parathesis here because “cold” for SE Texas in early September means the high temperatures were only in the lower 90’s, which I'll admit is not really cold.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

It’s in our org charts. But the data clearly shows that donors do not see themselves as online or offline — they’re just supporters who don’t care about the attribution games nonprofits play. Generation Z, those born between 1995 and 2012, will make the connection between gaming and giving. Common Best Practices Remain Uncommon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

After sitting the problem, we re-framed the question as : “How can we shift mindsets (org/ind) around self care so that stakeholders (staff/leadership/board) believe it serves the organization’s mission?” The most recent one was during the The National Arts Marketing Project Conference.

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