Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Every change, every burst of creativity, begins with the identification of a problem or opportunity that somebody finds meaningful. Even if your team has experience with brainstorming, make sure everyone understands the ground rules for this current session : Brainstorming is about generating ideas, not solving problems or making decisions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2011

Create a vibrant online platform that inspires offline action, where challenges are posted, solutions are debated, successes and failures are archived, data is both disseminated and captured, stories are shared, and essential civic relationships developed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

This kind of relationship, though, seems like a good one. Here's what lies ahead -- a division and then a bridge between online/offline learning and community/content. The problem is how to accomplish that without it being too confusing. I worry, however, about potentially adding confusing information while beth et al.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2012

But few nonprofits use social media to build relationship with potential Big Fish donors. Yup, you can target and build these important relationships by engaging with them through LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. The relationship starts online, but the “ask” happens offline, perhaps on the phone, but most likely face-to-face.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2017

Blackbaud’s 2016 Charitable Giving Report shows us that donor retention for first time donors is still remarkably low – 29% for offline donors and 21% for online donors. But if donors are retained passed that first year, the retention rate jumps significantly to 60% for offline donors and 58% for online donors. Thank You Letters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

There is more analysis of the problems over simplification like this cogent analysis from Ethan Zuckerman. Here’s the problem – these simple narratives can cause damage. One thing that is important to point out is that built their network before they needed with years of offline organizing with young people.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 23, 2023

Conversely, here are the payment methods don’t require payment processors: Cash and checks: These traditional methods are collected offline, often at events or in-person interactions. Two things to note real quick about offline payment methods. Operations & Leadership Is PayPal Right for Your Nonprofit?

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 13, 2021

Here’s why: Donor retention continues to be the biggest problem in nonprofit fundraising. A strong multichannel approach is essential to growing your donor relationships. This slide from Steve MacLaughlin of Blackbaud displays the differences in donor retention rates between online-only, offline only, and multichannel.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

I don’t think we have a fundraising problem, I think we have a marketing problem. Here’s the problem in the P2P world; we combine fundraising and marketing. As professional fundraiser you make the greatest impact offline and as a marketer you can make the greatest impact online. Absolutely, unequivocally NO!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

31% of offline-only first-time donors are retained for over a year , versus 25% of online-only first-time donors. Define the problem. A strong appreciation strategy starts building the groundwork for building stronger relationships with these individuals, giving your nonprofit access to year-round support.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

A Diet for Information Overload from The Washington Post "If that weren’t enough to prove the movement fighting the data deluge is gaining steam, there’s now a nonprofit devoted to tackling the problem: The Information Overload Research Group launched in February to 'conquer information overload' and 'restore sanity' to working professionals."

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Think about 5 things: what’s the problem, what technology you’ll use, design sustainability, how will people come to use it and how will you distribute it. From paperwork to relationships. What we are doing when we talent scout isn’t just about creating a pool of projects but about starting relationships.

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Care2

MARCH 6, 2011

That’s a big question on nonprofits’ minds, which are trying to engage with them early in hopes of developing long-term relationships with these future donors. The Internet can serve as a gateway to online and offline civic and political engagement, including volunteerism, community problem-solving, and protest activity.&#.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 18, 2011

Be a problem-solver. Build relationships online and offline. I thought that all of you who are bloggers, or who want to start a blog, might find them useful too. What tips would you add to the list? Write about what you care about. What moves you? Write about what other people care about. What will move them? How can you help?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

More and better partners, more and better relationships with reporters and more or better policy maker relationships. So, for these organizations, their content pyramid also includes integrating offline w/online channels. On the Ground Engagement: What will you ask people to do offline? Content Curation Primer.

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Everyaction

APRIL 11, 2018

Change can be hard, especially for non-profits that are already stretching their resources and capacity to the maximum, but if you're continually running into the same problems with your CRM, it's probably time to start looking for a better solution to manage your member data. You have no room for customization (or way too much!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

There are over 200,000 professional artists in the US — and a bunch of them have problems the techies could help solve. What artistic problems need a dose of geek teamwork? Online numbers don’t always equate offline results. And how will this impact the way we build relationships and find information?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

It's a small step up the ladder of engagement and won't necessarily lead to true education about an issue and offline engagement, but that marginal increase in awareness has a lot of potential for deeper levels of engagement. Movement building is all about relationship building techniques as Beth mentioned in her reflection.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Customer service can be unreliable and slow to respond and if your site has been taken offline or data compromised in a cyberattack, and in either case, you are going to need fast-responding, knowledgeable customer service. It was just a matter of time until a problem would arise. and requires no maintenance.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2024

If your website has been taken offline or your data compromised in a cyberattack, you are going to need fast-responding, knowledgeable customer service. It was just a matter of time until a problem would arise. Customer service can be unreliable and slow to respond. 5) Update your software often and backup your data daily.

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2011

This deeper relationship will hopefully yield larger financial support. After all, we know that offline donors who are on our email list have a higher average gift. Will the same be true for those on our email list with whom we also have a Facebook relationship? So, Facebook shows potential.

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CauseVox

MAY 12, 2022

This increases the likelihood of a recurring donation and lasting relationship; what every nonprofit organization wants. The problem is, each of these devices has different screen sizes, loading timeframes, and more. Customization. Rez Refuge uses CauseVox to keep their brand consistent on their donation page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2015

First, the author looks at three other studies on this issue – all using different methods, but came to the same conclusion about the effect that mobile phones have on our daily lives: “ Our smartphones make us anxious and that anxiety then gets in the way of our performance and our relationships. That is actually a disorder.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2016

Not everyone will give online, so your website has to make offline giving easy. But donors are not automatons, so we have to constantly invest in strengthening the relationship with them. We don’t make their calls and letters a priority—and sometimes think of them as “problems” to be solved instead of partners.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

" In most cases, youth will think it's "creepy" if you talk about what happens online when you're offline. Focus on the relationship. " Don't Get Too Hung Up on "What Ifs" Some organizations worry that using social media would create problems for both staff and the youth they serve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

The conference bag is one of of her "out-of-studio experiments" to involve poor communities in the development of simple solutions to problems of un-managed consumer waste. A different spin on the concept of mistakes and failure: " Mistakes should be considered failures if they fail to correct the problem.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Before the games even began, Katniss and Peeta discovered that for survival, they needed a credible tale about their relationship – one that would inspire support across the Capitol – a love story. It was this relationship that transformed them from mere tributes from District 12 to a couple worth rooting for. How do they show support?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Masters of relationship marketing. That’s the biggest problem we have with content strategies – getting organized. She covered how to design, recruit fans, drive offline actions, content strategy, and measurement techniques. Monitors, listens, and researches the people in their network.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

constituent engagement), implementing and optimizing CRM (a constituent relationship management system), is the easy part if you work at an organization whose culture isn't constituent centric. Let's say your development director owns offline marketing and your director of communications owns online marketing and online giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2009

Or in the words of Urban Dictionary, “the act of participating in obviously pointless activities as an expedient alternative to actually expending effort to fix a problem.”. both offline and online. So do “click actions” like signing a petition and becoming a Facebook fan actually make a difference? Ali Cherry.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Beth is an internationally recognized trainer who has developed and implemented effective sector capacity building programs that help organizations integrate social media, network building and relationship marketing best practices. She has trained thousands of nonprofits around the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

He also makes a false distinction between online/offline or as Allison and I have called it “online and onland&# activism. One, the key issue facing activists who wish for real social change is the mismatch between the scale of our problems (global) and the natural scale of our sociality (local).

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Social Change Anytime Everywhere: Best Practices to Build a Multichannel Campaign Plan From your website to social media, email to mobile messages, online to offline, multichannel strategies require coordination and creative thinking across teams and departments, and a focus on the core of your work beyond any one specific call to action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

Being online or living a connected lifestyle is something many of us do - and as smart phones, Facebook, ipads, and other technology tools become part of lives, we have to examine our relationship with them and find balance. Here's my notes (and live tweets ): Managing the Stream: Living Consciously and Effectively in a Connected World.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

This resulted in us creating a “sneaker-net” approach to providing basic asynchronous ICT services to rural villages: a complete offline Wikipedia that fit on a CD-ROM, and severely restricted bandwidth throttling to allow community radios to access the Internet (via prepaid RBGAN) for $2-3 a day. .

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Create meaningful relationships with both of these groups. But it has to be a two-way relationship. We talked about millennials, admitting that there are actual problems with the term "millennial" (or those referred to as Generation Y, or those born between 1980 and 2000). Engage Offline.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2007

Somehow, a while back, we slipped from solving social problems to treating social ills. The Sunlight Foundation is a new group that is doing an amazing job of using blogs, databases and a really fun new application called Congresspedia to monitor the relationships between Congress, money and legislation. How do you respond to that?

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