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4 Text Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Take from Big Brands

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Shay Lessman , Content Writer and Editor for Qgiv — an online fundraising platform empowering 20,000+ nonprofit fundraisers to raise money for their causes while keeping costs low. The rules for opting in are different for nonprofits. Now, text messaging is ingrained into our everyday lives. You can read all about it here.

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Using Twitter to Build a Community and Recruit Volunteers

Amy Sample Ward

Last week, I had the opportunity to present at the 2011 Volunteer Management for Nonprofits Conference here in New York. Presentation Slides. Here are my slides from the VMNC: Twitter Basics for Engaging Volunteers. And here are slides from a previous presentation: Twitter.Org: Twitter for Nonprofit Organizations.

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2011 Volunteer Management for Nonprofits Conference

Amy Sample Ward

Topic : Using Twitter to Recognize Volunteers and Build a Following. The presentation will cover the ins and outs, as well as best practices and ways to get started using Twitter as a tool for communicating with, surfacing new, and recognizing volunteers. Volunteer Management Group. Blog post with slides and resources.

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Association 4.0—A Playbook for Success

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Leaders must be able to communicate each of those points to both staff and volunteers and to present risk within a cognitive framework.” Deliberately identifying new or additional customer services is one path that associations and other nonprofits can take toward growth. But the typical association model challenges agility.

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Data for Good: Fundraising and Technology Insights for your Year-End Campaigns

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Presented on September 20 via webinar, the slides below highlight data from the 2017 Global NGO Technology Report , the 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report , and Network for Good’s donor platform to determine if U.S. nonprofits are using technology in the ways that their donors and supporters prefer. slideshare.net/nonprofitorgs.

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60+ Spring Fundraising Ideas for Every Nonprofit

Qgiv

You can recruit volunteers from your community to bring in different homemade goods and sell them. Schedule groups of volunteers at different times to wash cars for a fixed donation amount and make sure signage pointing to the car wash is clearly visible from the road. Trash cleanup Spring cleaning shouldn’t be limited to homes!

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6 Reasons SEO Is Important to Nonprofits and Why

Nonprofit Tech for Good

She is also the author of Courageous Communication: How Codependence Is Making Your Nonprofit Brand Boring and What to Do About It. Many nonprofits don’t put time and energy into SEO because they don’t understand the benefits. How to Boost Your Nonprofit’s SEO. Upload presentations to Google Slides. Use more video.

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