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Record-breaking donations on Give to the Max Day in Minnesota

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I have been tracking this giving day since its first Giving Day back in 2009 and every year do a debrief post or interview. 1. Hi Dana, congrats on another successful Giving Day in Minnesota. The goal was to establish some brand awareness across Minnesota. Total gifts: 120,664 (13% increase over 2013).

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Empowering Faith-Based Organizations With Innovative Donor Management

Bloomerang

We were looking for an easy-to-use donor management software that could help us organize and keep track of all our donors,” he says. Our old software required me to print out past contact reports and contact information for when I went on donor and alumni visits. The switch to Bloomerang brought significant change. “I

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Using smart tech to reimagine nonprofit work

Candid

T he Minnesota Council of Nonprofits found that 50% of about 300 nonprofits surveyed said they've struggled to hire new employees, while 40% are dealing with significant staff turnover. When used well, we believe smart tech will be an antidote to the overwhelming amount of busy work nonprofit employees report. Focus on physical health.

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

September 30, 2021 Charitable giving by affluent Americans in 2020 averaged $43,195, a 48 percent increase over $29,269 in 2017, a report from Bank of America and Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy finds. Affluent households gave 48 percent more in 2020 than in 2017. Based on a survey of 1,626 U.S.

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Everyday Technology: Innovative Ways To Do More With Less

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the free report, Unleashing Innovation: Using Everyday Technology to Improve Nonprofit Services , we share nine examples of what real world organizations are doing—and a framework for innovation you can use to emulate their results at your own nonprofit. We get people who call and say, Hey, I saw this on Facebook, how do I sign up?”

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What are your best tips for wiki adoption for new users?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

in Minnesota, I did an afternoon session using the Social Media Game created by David Wilcox. One of the techniques I did during the report out of the small groups was throw questions out on Twitter. At the Message + Medium + Mission Conference. There were some fabulous responses.

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[VIDEO] 5 Must-Do’s of Year-End Fundraising Success

Bloomerang

Give us the weather report. When I was 9 years old, I told my parents who were volunteers in a lot of ways, our church, the summer celebration, political campaigns, I told them that I thought I wanted to help everyone in Minnesota, and so I should try to be governor of Minnesota. So Free Arts Minnesota, I gave them $100 gift.

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