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What’s in My Inbox | Anatomy of the “perfect” email ask

Pamela Grow

I made my largest gift to Wikipedia ever (okay, only $35). Download Wikipedia’s email by clicking the image below. So, what happened? And, thanks to their well-timed lightbox, I also became a monthly donor. Related Posts: What’s in My Mailbox | Show me that you know me!

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GIft Economies at MPS09

Amy Sample Ward

Because it helps us deal with panic or impulses, it’s a gift. The amazing thing about the web is what we can do with those impulses, stories, and gifts. PatientOpinion was created as a gift economy. the gift always tarvels/what does around comes around. the gift always tarvels/what does around comes around.

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What’s in My Inbox | Thanking Your Monthly Donors

Pamela Grow

They’ve chosen to make a real commitment to your mission in the form of a recurring gift. Here’s an example of monthly donor stewardship from Wikipedia that I liked. Roughly a year ago, I became a monthly donor to Wikipedia, following an email I described as “the perfect email ask” followed by a well-crafted monthly giving appeal.

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What’s in My Inbox | How do you steward your monthly donors?

Pamela Grow

As one of your most committed supporters, I’d welcome a chance to help out, but if you don’t give me that chance, you won’t get the gift. If you’re looking for an exceptional example of monthly giving stewardship, let this example from Wikipedia guide you. Send them special versions of your regular communications.

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Donor Prospect Research: 4 Frequently Asked Questions

Nonprofits Source

But one of the most important forms of fundraising is seeking out major gifts. Whether your organization is new to the nonprofit scene or you’ve been fundraising for decades, you know the importance of securing major gifts for your cause. Specific major gift amounts will depend on the size of your organization. Let’s dive in.

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5 things nonprofits can learn from Wikipedia’s online fundraising campaign

Connection Cafe

Every year, Wikipedia runs a fundraising campaign to support its operations. The 2014 online giving campaign just wrapped up and there are plenty of lessons that other nonprofits can learn from Wikipedia. Here are five things Wikipedia does that are worth incorporating into your own online giving campaign: 1.

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Getting Rich off the Gift Economy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That I even know of Kropotkin comes courtesy of the Wikipedia entry for the ???gift gift economy,??? There is another post called " The Future of Open Business " riffing off the recent Times Magazine article which defined the Gift Economy : People who are creating OpenSource Software on a volunteer basis. People who???s

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