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44 Ways to Turn Your Supporters into Fundraising Superstars

NetWits

Encourage them to use their social network. As Anthony Sicola’s recently mentioned, fundraisers who use who use social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube increase fundraising results by up to 40%. Not every method of fundraising will be for everyone. Teach Them to Fundraise and Provide Samples.

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6 Types of Nonprofit Video Messages

Greater Giving

When you add a cinematic touch via video to that message, it becomes the most effective method to draw in viewers and spread the word about the work than any other available option. The script should provide insight into the nonprofit by following to the common writer’s mantra of “show don’t tell.” People love watching videos!

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Online Community Meetup Recap: Meet the TechSoup Online Community and Social Media Team

Tech Soup

Tenby spoke about a method they developed by which to deputize and hand over some control to forums' super users to maintain a productive and harmonious online forum community. Graves manages communications via TechSoup's many social media channels.

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44 Ways to Turn Nonprofit Supporters into Fundraising Superstars

Connection Cafe

Encourage them to use their social network. According to the Global NGO Online Technology Report , Millennials are most inspired to give by social media. It’s crucial that you encourage your supporters to use social media to raise awareness for their fundraising efforts. Provide fundraising success stories.

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Who's Knocking at My Firewall Door? Simple Security for the Nonprofit IT Professional

NTEN

Ro)bots (or spiders) are scripts or applications that search out information on the web. Search engines constantly scour the web for information using this method -- but bots are also used by those nasty folks on the web that like to steal your information or trash your website. Careful about buying cheap software from unknown sources.

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Jon Udell Answers My Screencast Question!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, I searched him out on some social networking sites to see if I might contact him directly. So, my screencast making was also a method for learning, although it very very slow ??? especially when you are vertical monopoly on your screencast -- director, producer, script writer, researcher, narrator, set designer, etc.