Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

If you’re in the US today, there’s probably little chance you didn’t know it was Memorial Day – from the specials on TV, to local events, to remembrance stories, and even community gatherings, it’s hard to miss the message of today’s holiday.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

Participants become your fundraisers by asking for pledges and raising money from their friends and family to sponsor them in the event. You can read the whole story here. Local celebrities can be a big draw to encourage attendance. Local celebrities can be a big draw to encourage attendance. Keynote speaker events.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

An art festival where local artists can show off their pieces, explain their work to attendees, and donate a portion or all of the proceeds to your nonprofit. If you have a good relationship with a local vineyard, coffee roaster, or brewery, you might even propose a special vintage, roast, or brew just for your nonprofit or event.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Meet Sarah, a passionate and dedicated supporter of your local Humane Society, an animal rescue organization. This is her real donor story. Asking loyal donors to make a three year giving pledge is fundamental to increasing their engagement. Sarah’s story demonstrates that donor segmentation is more than just a strategy.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2013

Shelley is a news reporter for KWWL in eastern Iowa and maintains the blog This Family’s Journey where she chronicles stories from her and her husband Chris’ marriage. She also features stories from local families and engages the community in conversations on topics of family matters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 29, 2016

Imagine: A breaking news story flashes on your refrigerator screen with an option to finger scan an urgent donation to a community in need. Imagine: Listening to your local public media during a pledge drive and signing up to become a monthly sustainer through voice recognition while driving. 1) Household Appliances.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 2, 2022

But with so many success stories out there, it’s clear that virtual fundraisers can be just the right thing at the right time for the right organization. Think about local and regional acts, celebrities with connections to your area, and people you have connections to through Board members, supporters, and friends of friends.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

You can even reach out to your local mall to see if they’ll allow you to set up a booth so shoppers can head straight to you after they’ve made their holiday purchases. From “Jingle Bells” to “The Latke Song” and “Elf” to “A Christmas Story,” there’s no shortage of holiday music and movies to listen to and watch. Check out B.I.G.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Bringing skilled volunteers together in person with passionate and integrated local organisations around the world was how V2I worked towards their mission of helping global communities break the cycle of poverty. This concept addresses the needs of nonprofits for continued support, training, mentorship, and engagement with their communities.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Be sure you queue up your social feeds with strategic messages, calls to action, and lots of engaging images to tell the story of your nonprofit. The donors you are trying to reach may not be in the office, but they’re most certainly still on their smartphones checking their social media.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, with a read-a-thon fundraiser, you can give your supporters the opportunity to slow down and crack open a book while also teaching young students the value of reading and escaping into exciting stories. What is a read-a-thon fundraiser? Support your fundraisers. Let the read-a-thon begin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The Story of Stuff Project made this video to inspire more people to choose family over frenzy the day after Thanksgiving, also known as Black Friday. The Story of Stuff Project made this video to inspire more people to choose family over frenzy the day after Thanksgiving, also known as Black Friday.

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M+R

MAY 10, 2021

Maybe you’ve pledged to work with more LGBTQ creators or feature more BIPOC faces in your stock imagery. Video-first platforms like YouTube have provided auto-captioning for quite some time now, while Tiktok launched it in April of this year and Instagram is testing functionality in Stories. You can reach her at areutzel@mrss.com. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

A matching gift strategy could also be applied to local nonprofits on a smaller scale. For example, secure five local community sponsors that will give $2,000 each and create a $10,000 matching gift campaign. Fundraiser Stickers for Facebook Stories. They also get a tax write-off, so it’s a win-win for both.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Then I’ll share the latest stories on the impact of our tech volunteerism and human rights tech efforts as well our new tech leadership. It’s not too late to pledge your support for our work. As we look forward to 2015, we recognize that much work remains to be done, and we definitely need your continued support.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Create a #GivingTuesday Facebook fundraiser, rally your local businesses/volunteers/team to create fundraisers on your behalf, pledge an additional match if you can, and get in on those donations! Rally the local news and radio stations. Collaborate with local businesses and partners. 3 easy steps. : Get creative.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

They recruited some of their strongest supporters to act as “AuSM Champions” and run peer-to-peer fundraising pages, then invite all their friends to a livestream event full of cooking demonstrations, personal stories, and drawings. For people who weren’t local, any park was a great alternative. Who wouldn’t want to watch?

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Museum 2.0

MAY 26, 2009

It's a small space that features stories of recent and current genocides and encourages visitors to "take action" via an interactive pledge wall. The USHMM pledge wall is notable for its blending of digital and analog technologies. Why require visitors to hand-write their pledges rather than keying them in on a keyboard?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2010

I’ve helped local community groups set up Ning communities online as a way to start building resources, connections, and storytelling in a local geographic community. Please share your ideas, your stories and your examples. If you haven’t already, please also sign the Change.org pledge here.

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Classy

MAY 5, 2021

Notre Dame received $1 billion pledged and more than $300 million raised in just a few days. When strong emotions like anger or fear are in play, driven by a story in the media, it’s difficult to predict the volume of donations a charitable cause requires. It’s one of the events that will be stamped in our memory forever.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

By connecting the work you do directly to their local area, you foster a sense of ownership and relevance, encouraging them to be active participants in your organization’s mission. Donor spotlights: You can also share the stories, motivations, and impact of your donors and supporters.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Some of the ways she mentioned are: Cities and counties raising funds for several local charities. " These are photos of yourself doing good or pledging to give back and tweeted with hashtags #unselfie and #GivingTuesday. Wendy Harman told us the story of her organization's approach to #GivingTuesday.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

To ensure that this stays virtual, consider having a dedicated web page or microsite to host all the information and even post additional stories about the memorialized subject. Pledge drive. Instead of having your peer-to-peer participants ask for gifts, have them request pledges instead. Be a Hero campaign. Community classes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Let’s dive into five ways that nonprofits can diversify funding in 2023: Monthly Giving and Pledges. 1) Monthly Giving and Pledges. There are two types of recurring giving: Monthly Giving Programs and Donation Pledges. What are Donation Pledges? Pledges are similar to monthly giving programs with some slight differences.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2009

It’s the time of year again when organizations, large and small, try to break out the holiday wishes, stories, and campaigns to get one last donation, one last gift and one last pledge in before the new year. A Little Story. Oxfam is no different, but the way they are going about it is!

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

For example, an organization that sets up clinics in African and Latin American countries has a large Advisory Board made up of executives from local corporations, including several healthcare and insurance companies. Advisory members submit a pledge for what they can commit to do. Making an in-kind donation of equipment or supplies.

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NTEN

JUNE 7, 2011

Community-based fundraisers bring together members of your organization, local businesses, media, and residents in your community to support a worthy cause or in some cases, to support numerous causes. The annual fundraising event benefits local health and human service agencies throughout Pennsylvania. Highmark Inc.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Over the next 10 months, this diverse group of up-and-coming leaders will serve full-time at local nonprofit organizations and learn the skills to start careers in the nonprofit sector. At the beginning of September, they started CORE Training, the first step on a life-changing journey.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2013

I found out about how big a deal Glasspockets is when I attended a local Foundation Technology Affinity Group (TAG) meeting of Northern California foundation techies who kept talking about Glasspockets projects like the hGrant Online Reporting Project , and the Transparency Talk blog. ” by TechSoup Global’s Kyle Reis.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 13, 2020

From a nonprofit tech perspective, I’d like to share a story that I’ve seen play out countless times, and I challenge you to be honest about which description fits your organization. . They’ve been recognized by the community and have gotten some local celebrities interested in their cause.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

They may be able to work with local stores or boutiques that act as sponsors and also get to show off their collections. Organizations can gain funds through entry fees and individual pledges. So a participant may pay $12 to participate and then have friends or family pledge a certain amount for every mile they complete.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

You can, however, join your local Giving Tuesday movement to localize your efforts. Team up with local news. Many local news organizations like to host an annual food or gift drive around the holidays. Try partnering with your local news station to increase the reach of your campaign.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Pledges: How many people do you want to pledge a donation to the cause? Tell Good Stories About People. In order to do that, you have to tell a good story that shows donors who they’re helping and how it works. Stories help to connect people. Impact: How much impact do you want to see from the funds raised?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

Help support local connections with other nonprofit techies. Donate Tweets and Facebook posts to NTEN and use it to fund local 501 C-3 Clubs and local gatherings around the country. Everyone will pledge will change one mind in their organization. This can’t be the whole story. Make it easy to give.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2021

Whether you’re a major medical research nonprofit or a local nonprofit community clinic, the work you do matters. This means your fundraising participants should be able to share their story and explain why they support your nonprofit. A matching gift grant ensures all donations up to the pledged matching donation amount are matched.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

They employ numbers throughout their site to make people feel aligned with thousands of others, and they give a face and a voice to those thousands with pictures, videos and written stories. Here are a few images from the charity: water website that show how they employ social proof. How can your organization apply this?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2007

It allows anyone to create a pledge to action that follows a simple formula: "I will do X action, but only if Y number of people will do Z action." Fundraising with PledgeBank, however, creates a type of social contract -- the people pledging their money are doing so on the condition that a certain goal is met.

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