Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

On Giving Tuesday, many nonprofits and donors alike use the #GivingTuesday hashtag to find nonprofits participating in the big day and donors who want to contribute to them! Giving Tuesday can be whatever you make it! Download our full GivingTuesday Guide for even more in-depth strategies on raising big money this Giving Tuesday!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

I gained influence on LinkedIn by helping nonprofits raise money through events like GivingTuesday , a national day of giving on December 3rd that inspires people to take collaborative action to improve their local communities. This year, over 5,000 partners across the country will participate in the #GivingTuesday event on Dec.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2016

From adding features to plugging potential holes in plugins and themes to giving valuable advice on what not to do when choosing new features, a group of dedicated WordPress enthusiasts always have your back. And yet too many users rely on login “hints” that give you options for accessing the site—password reset links, username clues etc.—when

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2012

Donors give their hard-earned money to your organization because they believe you are making a difference for a cause they care about. Here are some hints for improving your nonprofit's relationship with your key donors. She has six years of event marketing management. and social media marketing experience. A Thank-You Note.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 9, 2023

Your words must cut through the noise and land smack-dab in the middle of your reader’s or listener’s heart, inspiring them to give. Remember that giving is an emotional act. A good fundraising message gives hope , which triggers action. Asking someone to give so you can reach your $10,000 goal just doesn’t cut it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 4, 2016

With charitable giving in the United States at a record high of $373.25 Hint, hint. . 1) Donors can now give directly through Twitter. 4) After giving, donors can easily tweet their donation. Nonprofits, you need to get much better at thanking donors who give directly through social networks – and fast.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Since neither Microsoft, Apple, or Google have “Nonprofit” or “Charity” categories in their app stores (hint, hint!), it’s going to be up to you to make sure that donors, volunteers, and potential supporters easily find your app in app store searches. Probably not.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

If your nonprofit has yet to start using Pinterest , then hopefully new data released for January 2012 illuminating that Pinterest now drives more referral traffic than Google+, YouTube, and LinkedIn combined will motivate you to start pinning – or at the very least to sign up and reserve your first choice of usernames (hint, hint!).

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Candid

MAY 31, 2023

We have several quick reads that will give your skills a boost—with minimal time and effort: Nonprofit Quick Guides by Joanne Oppelt and Linda Lysakowski. This series features seven quick guides to support your professional success, including How to Find New Donors and Get Them to Give Again and How to Run a Strategic Planning Retreat.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

Customer personas (like mine above) are not just for marketing professionals, they are also incredibly beneficial for nonprofits seeking to understand who their donors are, why they give, how they like to be communicated with, and what their barriers to giving are. Motivations: How are your donors moved to give?

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Recurring donors give more over their lifetime as a supporter, and they’re much easier to retain than one-time donors. For people who are unfamiliar with you or haven’t decided to give yet, a quick note about how their gift will be used helps them understand their potential impact. Note that there’s an “Other Amount” option here!

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

We recommend creating an excel doc to track the bids and give grades across desired criteria for each vendor. Hint: It should be mobile- and tablet-friendly.) Note that you will probably waste a vendor’s time if you give no hint as to cost — prices can range wildly based on functionality expectations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

The more engagement your video receives, the wider its reach and visibility will be, giving you access to millions of prospective fans, donors and partners without any additional work or expense. Give someone a dose of joy by sharing this video. But how do you create engaging nonprofit videos? What factors contribute to engagement?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

UPDATED 4/3/12: If your nonprofit has yet to start using Pinterest , then hopefully new data released for March 2012 revealing that Pinterest now generates more referral traffic than Twitter will motivate you to start pinning – or at the very least to sign up and reserve your first choice of usernames (hint, hint!).

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

When donors feel like they’re making a difference and that they’re valued for their contribution, they stick around and keep giving. And how they feel about their experience of giving to your nonprofit determines whether or not they stay in the relationship. You see, giving is an emotional act. You build it on purpose.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Board reports give the most information needed in a succinct format, thereby serving as an association board summary of events and operations since the previous board of directors meeting. . Finding a connection among those groups may hint at a possible way to raise subscription or membership rates in the future. Accomplishments.

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 25, 2021

Here’s a hint: You want to party like it’s 1999, not manage data like it’s 1999. This approach helps you easily keep member data updated and secure as well as gives you a complete view of your member data through reports and dashboards (plus use your data to accomplish more). So, what’s an association to do? Ready for some examples?

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 27, 2021

If you want to reach your fundraising goals and engage your donors in giving, your words matter. With careful planning, the right message, and a lot of effort, you can build a big, loyal donor base of people who want your organization to fulfill its mission and will give almost every time you ask.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

The reason these peer-to-peer fundraisers are so effective is that they can tap into networks of people who aren’t personally invested in your cause but who are willing to give based on their relationships with your organization’s supporters. Campaign Tactics. 4) Create urgency with deadline marketing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2010

To add to that today, I would also love to see an App that allows me to manage a giving portfolio directly from my iPhone complete with a running list of nonprofits I have donated to and yearly donation totals. Give it time. Hint, Hint. Text-to-give services are still relatively expensive. organizations.

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Care2

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Care2 is pleased to provide this overview of The Online Giving Study: A Call to Reinvent Donor Relationships just released by Network for Good and True Sense Marketing. The study, which you can download here , summarizes “$381 million in online giving through Network for Good’s platform, including 3.6

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

Catalogue for Philanthropy made use of Giving Tuesday Now (a national fundraising day to support nonprofits through COVID) to hype up their own one-day giving event online. Louis (hint: this is a great place to use CauseVox’s peer-to-peer fundraising capabilities). Livestream Event. Guest Speaker. Donation Match Drive.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

2019 marks 20 years since online giving first began in any significant way. Fast forward 20 years to today and online giving now represents tens of billions of dollars in charitable giving each year. We are 20 years into this online giving adventure and there is still a tremendous amount of up-side for nonprofit organizations.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 4, 2014

What drew huge engagement one week, could fail to even spark a hint of interest the next. So what gives? Hashtags are what identifies your post, tweet, or share, and what gives the user an idea of what to expect from that post at a glance. Image courtesy of Technorati. Social Media can be a fickle beast. It’s not your content.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 26, 2022

Hint: SEO will be the best value over time followed by the Google Ad Grant. Turn on or tune-up the Google Ad Grant The Google Ad Grant gives $10k per month in free search ads and only about 10% of nonprofits are maximizing this asset. Plan for two sources of traffic: stuff you pay for (ads), stuff you earn (social/referral/SEO).

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Inspires potential donors to give. hint: it’s very helpful if you can make your “character” a specific person/animal or small group of people/animals that you can attach names to). Please give so that we can end childhood hunger in India and help these children realize their full potential. Which one would inspire YOU to give?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

That means that what your website looks like and how easy it is to use can impact someone’s decision to give. But it’s really not hard, thanks to some great tools available on the market and the tips I’m about to give you. Government sites tend to be void of emotion and give off the vibe of “Here’s the information you need.”.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 6, 2017

Mobile giving is on the rise , and there’s no platform more prevalent than text-to-give. As you can probably infer from its name, text-to-give software enables donors to make contributions by texting your nonprofit. instead, we’ll be focusing on how you can make the most of text giving for your nonprofit. to pull off.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Hint: A great time to do this is when you are creating your annual budget and marketing plan. s not only helps you plan ahead, but gives you a baseline to measure success against throughout the year. Are there any giving days like #GivingTuesday or Great Give your organization wants to participate in? . For example: .

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

These grants give you a way to share those ads for free. If you’re in the United States, you need to be: A registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in an eligible country (Hint: If you’re in the U.S. If you’re eligible, they’ll give you access to the program. Who Is Eligible for Google Ad Grants?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Looking at all of you readers, hint hint!). HP is giving away a new computer and printer bundle to the winner selected in the contest – and we all have the added bonus of learning about ways others have leveraged technology and finding case studies that can help us in our work.

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Kindful

JANUARY 5, 2022

This can give you an idea of what factors to consider when making your advertising budget. . In our study, we found that nonprofits in the Grantmaking and Giving Services category have a median annual ad spend of $0. Grantmaking and Giving Services organizations spent a total of $13.19 Not necessarily. They only spent $6.17

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

This is the opening message from the groundbreaking study out today titled, “ Diversity in Giving: The Changing Landscape of American Philanthropy.” In this new study, researchers asked African-American, Asian, and Hispanic donors about their giving priorities, values, and habits. “America is in the midst of a dramatic cultural shift.”

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Global Giving

APRIL 4, 2019

A: If your goal is to raise more money, you might want to gather data about: Your donors’ giving history, including whether they’ve given once or multiple times—this will allow you to personalize communications. It will reveal giving patterns that can help inform your future fundraising efforts.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 30, 2017

So consider using an alias for your blog and never give out or hint at things of a personal nature unless it’s absolutely necessary for a particular post: where exactly you live, details about your family, contact information etc. are all topics you should avoid divulging.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

It's the first Monday in November, which means the first of many daily give-aways. Hint: don't pick a webinar that's already free for members.). Same bat-channel tomorrow for the next give-away! HINT: I'm going to select the winner on Twitter , so if you're not already, follow me! ). Drum roll please.

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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2021

When someone they know makes an ask, they’re much more likely to give. In a casual setting, you can check on how your donors are doing, give them updates on your plans to navigate programming and fundraising during this time, and create a great space to unwind a bit. Here are a few hints: Donate to enter. Donate for a boost.

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