Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

But, in today’s world of digital over-communication and rowdy town halls overtaken by DC-based interest groups, one, two or even 20 Susans isn’t enough. At ACS CAN, we’re seeing this newly inspired level of activity reflected in our offline recruitment as well. How to Use Online Channels to Build Offline Support.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

When we discuss peer-to-peer fundraising our focus often is on the online components; however, the offline activities surrounding our event allow us to improve relationships and connections with our supporters, thus potentially improving our online outcomes. And these relationships can be vital to fundraising success. Event Kick Off.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2009

They also have many high school groups on Facebook. I asked how they work effectively with chapters when they can't "control" the message or groups necessarily. I wonder, though, what the coordination role across Facebook groups or other social media outposts might like look? How do you facilitate the hive?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

Once you have a core group of volunteers, word-of-mouth can be one of your best channels for finding new volunteers. Process Volunteers: Now that you have individuals or groups interested in volunteering with your organization, it’s time to get to know them. The best way to do this is to require volunteers to fill out an application.

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NetWits

MAY 22, 2012

Online donors are a generous group. In fact, online donors are worth a lot more than offline donors. Typically they’re first-time donors who shell out nearly double the amount that offline first-time donors do - to the tune of $62 versus $32 on average, according to our 2011 Multichannel Fundraising Report. Download Now!

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Candid

APRIL 2, 2024

When recruiting board members, think about how you can maximize your organization’s connections offline. Consider joining an affinity group to collaborate with other fundraisers. In addition to raising your organization’s visibility online, use your board to boost your presence and forge strong relationships within your community.

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2017

Ask folks to think about the people in the group and what content would appeal to them. In my case, I use a Facebook update, but you could use an update on any channel with the relevant engagement options, in this case Like, Comment, and Share. Engagement. The cards are collected, mixed up, then each person is given one card.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2011

Create opportunities for taking action that bridge online and offline, and start moving people on both sides of the computer. Getting Offline. The Internet can serve as a gateway to online and offline civic and political engagement, including volunteerism, community problem-solving, and protest activity.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

To ensure effective project communication, keep in mind these best practices for groups communicating in these virtual channels. Every meeting should leave the group with their questions answered and a list of action items to take away from the call to work through. Try to keep discussions to relevant project conversations.

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NetWits

MAY 31, 2011

This report continues to be the most significant analysis of online/offline giving trends based on actual data from nonprofits. Key Findings: The majority of giving still comes from offline channels, but online continues to be a significant source of giving and new donors. This is in line with the 2010 Online Giving Report.

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Forum One

JANUARY 27, 2009

We've been helping groups for many years with ways to have a little more influence and get a little more impact out of their online and offline events. With users' increasing confidence in participating together online, there's never been a better time to take a leap and try a new tactic to engage a group.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2022

You may be surprised to learn that multichannel donors contribute four times as often as online-only or offline-only donors. At least half of all donors attend fundraising events, no matter their generation, so why not celebrate your community through a festive fundraising event that will engage diverse donor groups?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

As many of you know, before joining NTEN as the Membership Director last year, I managed the NetSquared program which included locally-organized groups around the world, innovation challenges, and more. Or even the networked influence from news coverage and stories from one group or city to the next. Q: What makes a community?

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TechImpact

JULY 22, 2014

According to Eleventy Group, approximately 1/3 of all fundraising revenue comes from email. Integrate with offline campaigns. Your direct marketing and other offline marketing campaigns can help support your online campaigns, too. Image courtesy of Amplifymm. Te value of the email address can not be understated.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Strategies for effective and collaborative idea generation How can you ensure that your ideas not only get heard, but also gain traction within a brainstorming group? We’ll follow with 10 minutes to group ideas around common themes. The participants focus on the group memory, which becomes a living record of everyone’s contributions.

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Kindful

APRIL 28, 2021

Put simply, a hybrid fundraising event simultaneously or asynchronously combines offline and online experiences. Perhaps the greatest advantage that comes with a hybrid fundraising event that has an offline and online component is that it keeps the doors open to supporters who prefer one format over the other.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

When it comes to campaigning on facebook, the real question is page vs group. For context, think about it this way: in a country of 21 million, where only about 7 million have internet access , about 1 in every 20 is on facebook!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

On & Offline Engagement. But the action, the real social change, is offline. First, ensuring that there are opportunities to engage and participate both on and offline (especially in the promoting and sharing) can increase participation and ultimately feet in the streets. Online is great for organizing.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 23, 2023

GivingTuesday Participants Want to Be Part of a Huge Group of People Doing Good 52% of GivingTuesday supporters said that they are drawn to the idea of a bigger group of people doing good. Fundraising 4 Tips to Increase #GivingTuesday Matching Donations 7 min read Read Now 5. gave over $1 billion online.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Contact list vendors to find lists of similarly sympathetic groups. Approach area businesses to donate items to an online or offline silent or live auction. Find an expert on anything and turn that expertise into paid online or offline classes. It’s easier than it sounds. You would have to run the auction, of course.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

The Nature Conservancy has used Flickr Group to host a photo contest on its Web site. Why did your decide to set up a group on Flickr? We started the group in the summer of 2006, and have 6,400 members and 64,000 images submitted as of this morning. What is your best advice on using groups? Keep them engaged. Any gotchas?

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

” Andrea also noted that the funds raised came from both online and offline sources, and it was easy for her to add offline donations on the admin side and her fundraisers and donors loved it. Andrea recruited a group of super volunteers that she called “Durables” to amp up excitement on social media. The Durables.

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NetWits

MARCH 25, 2013

But most of all, within this e-book resides the wisdom of a group of individuals who have dedicated their lives to making the world a better place by using their talents to make a real difference. Your Donors Don’t Live Only Online or Only Offline, So Why Do Your Communications? 3 Ways to Use Social Media in Your Next Campaign.

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M+R

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Groups like the Union of Concerned Scientists and USA for UNHCR actually improved donation form conversion rates by showing more content to their paid traffic! Offline, you can find her biking in the Berkeley hills and baking her top-secret chocolate chip cookie recipe. This might look like: .

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2023

If they made an offline gift, mail a personalized thank you letter within 48 hours. If so, what sorts of cultivation strategies have we implemented targeted specifically towards this group? If it’s an offline gift, mail a personalized thank you letter within 48 hours, or pick up the phone. What else could we do?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

You get my point; before we even start to layer on information from the wider sector or filters to subdivide topics and categories, we have A LOT of information to work with.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Whether it’s small communities coming together offline to train and share knowledge about using technology or it’s innovation projects competing in the same contest working together instead – we hope you’ll find this short paper compelling and share it with your networks.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 7, 2008

Today I've set up a Have Fun * Do Good Facebook Group so that you can connect on that platform as well. If you have ideas for other ways that you'd like to connect with Have Fun * Do Gooders online and offline, let me know! Facebook community activism

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Create Different Ticket Types Your nonprofit’s supporters are not a one-size-fits-all group. Group Tickets: These tickets are designed for groups of people attending together, offering discounts for purchasing multiple tickets. That’s what group tickets are there for! Take a Neon Websites Tour 3.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 12, 2010

—— Last year I used the metaphor of “ gardening vs landscaping &# to outline some of the key attributes I believe make for successful community building, on or offline. The basic idea: The Gardener creates an ecosystem open to change, available to new groups, and full of fresh opportunities to emerge naturally.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2009

When I talk with organizations about how they are using social media tools to engage online, whether they’ve already started or not, I find that the most common approach is to set up that Facebook group, add a blog to the website, or even set up a wiki for an event. Social media spaces can be supported and grown on and offline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Among them: Have a place to plan, reflect and think offline. Getting offline for thinking on paper and writing are known tools to improve our thinking and creativity. Having worked for over a decade with nonprofit professionals, I can think of several ways they can benefit from it. Reduce over-planning.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2009

between women and other non-privileged groups on the Web? How do opportunities, successes, connections and authority online translate into offline opportunities and successes? How do those differences impact opportunities and voices online?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2011

Some of the topics from the chat include: Engaging specific ethnic groups/communities. About the CommBuild Chat: These monthly chats originated out of the #4Change network and are open to anyone interested in learning and sharing about building community, on and offline, with the use of social media or other technology tools.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Thousands of nonprofits use EveryAction every day to raise money, manage offline fundraising through pledges and grants, send emails, run nonprofit digital advocacy campaigns, and so much more. It's offline fundraising tools were built for development pros. Higher Conversion Rates = Raising More Money. It's actually a unified CRM.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The church has parishioners, of course, who may access worship services in person or online, and join community-building groups. All these audiences have unique interests, which may be served online or offline, and may overlap. Trinity Church Wall Street (TCWS) has a diverse set of audiences, all with different needs.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 26, 2024

While allocating marketing resources to various offline promotional strategies is perfectly fine, abandoning your nonprofit’s digital outreach is almost always a mistake. In contrast, if you want to promote your services to potential beneficiaries, purchasing social media ads and joining groups for your local community may be more effective.

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