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6 Tips on How to Use Social Media to Acquire New Donor Prospects

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Surely, we should be looking at social networks as a “cultivation” and “relationship-building” tool in the same sense that we do offline in person. Common ways of doing this are through online petitions, surveys relating to your cause, product or item distribution, or a whitepaper or e-book “call to action.”

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The Commons Introduces Grassroots Mobile Survey

Saleforce Nonprofit

Enter: Grassroots Mobile Survey, now available to install. Because Grassroots Mobile Survey was built for the community, by the community, I wanted the team to tell you about it in their own words. Cori O’Brien (CO): Trish, you brought Grassroots Mobile Survey to The Commons. They needed a mobile app that worked offline.

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A New Nonprofit Donor Paradigm: First-Time And Habitual Gifts

Bloomerang

In the vortex model, the amount of energy being exuded by Bill Gates with his $1,000 gift is minimal. If they made an offline gift, mail a personalized thank you letter within 48 hours. Send a donor engagement survey. If it’s an offline gift, mail a personalized thank you letter within 48 hours, or pick up the phone.

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Why don’t my friends like me on Facebook?

Connection Cafe

How do you measure the impact of motivating and activating your network offline or via word of mouth and the direct or indirect influence social media efforts are having? Does social media influence their “offline” behavior/engagement toward your organization? Surveys: Basically, ask people again. Use actual surveys.

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12 Not-So-Great Realities About Nonprofits and Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Social networks are for-profits enterprises and their revenue models are almost entirely based on advertising revenue. But even full-time social media managers have to take a break and embrace offline vacations. The survey for the 2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report is now available in English , French , and Spanish.

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Feeding the Hungry in the Land of Plenty

Tech Soup

Each volunteer can carry up to 600 pounds of food, and logistics are coordinated through an online application called the Robot , making this model replicable and easy to handle with only one full-time employee. To collect this information, Boulder Food Rescue sends out teams of people to survey local businesses.

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The Future of Fundraising: Live Interactive Chat Recap

Tech Soup

StartSomeGood's funding model is based on a tipping point model instead of an "all or nothing" model like Kickstarter. The tipping point model provides security to donors by ensuring that fundraising goals will be met that can deliver on the promised funding goals.