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A New Power Couple—Humans Plus Bots Deliver Member Delight

.orgSource

Consider this—the typical sales funnel puts a conversation at the end of multiple one-way interactions. Chatting is efficient, it’s convenient, and your organization can have a written record of the conversation as well as analytics regarding the interactions. When the humans are relaxing, live chat is offline.

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6 Generations of Giving: Who Gives the Most and How They Prefer to Give

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Baby Boomers are also more likely to engage in offline giving, such as writing checks or attending fundraising events. They are comfortable with both online and offline giving, utilizing various digital platforms and crowdfunding campaigns. Gen Xers often prefer to support causes that directly impact their communities.

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Closing the Loop Between Social Media and Offline Action

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I posted the above photo on my Facebook page , primarily to test how different content sparks interaction on my own Facebook page. But as a bonus, I learned from Facebook expert Mari Smith , that sandwich boards and window clings with Facebook and Twitter IDS are an effective technique to close the loop between offline and social media.

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Visibility and relationships: Effective fundraising for small nonprofits

Candid

Share details about your work and interact with funders’ social media posts. When recruiting board members, think about how you can maximize your organization’s connections offline. Aim to make your pitch a dialogue rather than a monologue by being interactive and open to questions about your work.

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2015 SXSW Interactive Round Up

NTEN

After wrapping up our annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), NTEN’s CEO, Amy Sample Ward, and I quickly recharged for SXSW Interactive , where we partnered another year with Beaconfire to host the Beacon Lounge for social changemakers, and with the NonProfit Times to cover stories on the nonprofit technology sector.

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Weaving Together Online/Offline Collaboration In A Network Context

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As he shared the story, I had some questions about weaving offline/online collaboration within networks. We most typically think of the offline/online as a sequence somewhat like this: Small group meets face-to-face - builds trust. How can you effectively weave offline/online work in a network? Does that have to happen first?

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Mobilizing Online Community for Offline Action

Tech Soup

Appearing as her super hero alter ego, complete with green cape, Super Green, Kroll spoke about how online activity can be used to inspire offline action. Make something beautiful together : Organizing an offline activity that has a goal or an endpoint, gives community members something to build towards together.

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