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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

A charity combating homelessness should feature stories of providing shelter, not just cute mascots. There are a few key ways a nonprofit’s mission or program can become the “hero” of their fundraising campaigns: Tell emotional stories about the mission’s impact on real people’s lives.

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Why Your Nonprofit Should Be A Big Listener

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The mission of Upwell is to condition the climate for change in marine conservation, and ready people to take action. Public opinion polls provide some types of insight, but take time and money. Are people more compassionate to animals, more generous towards the homeless? What is Big Listening?

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Fundraising for Education: Your Guide to Doing Virtual Fundraising Right

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Finally, you want to make sure you add interactive elements to your livestream, whether that’s by adding chat people can use to ask questions, or y breaking up your livestream with polls, quizzes, raffles, etc. John Center for Homeless Men recently added some engagement to their Raisin’ the Rent event with virtual house parties !

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Get the Tools to Train and Educate

Tech Soup

Job training for at-risk youth, veterans reentering the workforce, or even homeless populations. Combat information overload — and accomplish more in less time and with less effort and stress — with this donated three-part webinar series from People-OnTheGo. Learn to use Apple products like iPads and iPod Touch.

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Reflections on Extension 2.0 Webinar

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That only works with small groups on the phone, fewer than 12 or 15 people, not 100. video and having people type themes into the chat worked. I used the chat as a backchannel and invited people to add questions or comments as we went along. The Webinar format which lends itself to lecture is out of my preference zone.

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How to structure your nonprofit social media plan

Get Fully Funded

If you want people from your social media to support your nonprofit’s activities, you need a nonprofit social media plan. Here’s how to create it: Make note of ALL national holidays , especially days that most people are off work, and fill those holidays in on your calendar. Schedule in any predicted online giving dates.

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[VIDEO] Demystifying the Grants Lifecycle: Grant Seeking Lessons and Pro-tips from the Field

Bloomerang

We’ve got some polls for you. I say this on most of my webinars, but when I’m looking for guests, it’s people who’ve done the thing they’re talking about. We’ve got people who are executive directors. And some people without grant experience, which is completely okay. Fantastic.

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