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7 Ways to Boost Recurring Donor Acquisition at Your Nonprofit

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Because the crisis situation in Sudan has not yet come to an end, and the Sudanese people continue to live in fear, Operation Broken Silence strategically leverages urgency in their messaging to engage donors and compel them to give. . Emphasize the Impact of Boosting Your Gift Size. Amplify Your CTA With a Sense of Urgency.

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Foot Traffic Philanthropy: Location Based Mobile Application - CauseWorld

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Today, TechCrunch wrote about a new mobile application called CauseWorld Here's how it works: CauseWorld app users earn “karma points” when they walk into stores and check in with their cell phone. Food for poor families, water in Sudan, trees in the Amazon, etc. Food for poor families, water in Sudan, trees in the Amazon, etc.

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Mobilizing Donors and Activists in an Overwhelmed World

Have Fun - Do Good

Make it social (leverage the impact of the group). Make it tangible (participants should feel like they have made a direct impact). Make it simple. Make it personal (create a human-to-human connection). Make it creative (ignite their imagination). Organizations like Kiva and Dining for Women demonstrate these principles well.

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Year-End Giving Prep: 21 FAQs Answered by Fundraising Experts

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Explain how in-kind gifts make an impact by telling a story. Of course, as long as it is a personal call and not an outsourced phone campaign. That is typically followed by an impact email around February 14 with a success story. The content is the same (it’s just written differently for the channel): 1. Danielle .

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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The last two weeks of the contest, Amy and 10 others worked 8-10 hours a day blogging, emailing supporters, making phone calls, and recruiting teens and college students to help them towards gathering donations for the Cause. We all work every day to help impact the lives of orphaned and impoverished children in China. Oh the hours!!

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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The last two weeks of the contest, Amy and 10 others worked 8-10 hours a day blogging, emailing supporters, making phone calls, and recruiting teens and college students to help them towards gathering donations for the Cause. We all work every day to help impact the lives of orphaned and impoverished children in China. Oh the hours!!

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What Can I Do About Genocide? An Interview with Janessa Goldbeck

Have Fun - Do Good

Some of the programs that we have currently running are the Sudan Divestment Task Force , which is leading up the campaign to divest state pensions from companies doing business in Sudan on a recently passed Federal legislation to ban future state contracts. His campaign was successful. It is cool to see that happening.

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