CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Here are some ways you can fundraise during year-end: Email “asks” A phone-a-thon Online crowdfunding campaign Peer-to-peer fundraising Direct mail pledges A one-day giving blitz such as #GivingTuesday Virtual events Incorporate a matching grant. Delegate Tasks: Once you set your goal and plan, it’s time to delegate.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

The downloadable spreadsheet includes a sample, along with a blank template for you to use for your own plan. Download your fundraising calendar + goals template below: Sample Fundraising Calendar. The first place to get started would be this fundraising plan and goals worksheet. Fundraising Goals.

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NetWits

JUNE 6, 2011

For example, maybe everyone can see a certain resource or sample quiz, but you must login in order to also download the white paper or answer guide. Secured Content – The easiest of ways is to simply require a login to access certain content. These could be articles, resources or documents.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Participants can collect pledges based on the number of books they read for the duration of the campaign to raise money for your cause. Your attendees can buy tickets to bring their favorite dishes to share and sample other supporters’ cooking skills. BBQ potluck Break out the grills this spring with a BBQ potluck!

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Unlike a pledge—where a donor promises to make a gift later but not in the present—a recurring donation means funds are donated right now and then again at regular intervals. Make a sample recurring donation—or several—to ensure the transaction and email confirmations work as expected. Then test it again. Did it work?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

" ‘Giving Pledge,’ Promoted by Buffett and Gates, Stirs a Vigorous Debate – NYTimes.com – "Without a doubt, the biggest event in philanthropy this year was the Giving Pledge, a commitment by 40 of the wealthiest Americans to give away at least half of their fortunes, about $600 billion.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 9, 2018

Nonprofit CRMs have tools that can deliver signatures to Congress or federal agencies for you; all you have to do is draft sample letter language that your audience can edit. Take the pledge”: Not comfortable targeting a person or company with your petition?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The app encourages users to pledge to vote and to share that pledge across their social network. app offers polling location information, sample ballots, and election. Bonus points are earned by pledging to vote and attending. Facebook and CNN have partnered to create the I'm Voting Facebook app. The VoterHub.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

First use this year’s revenue to establish a baseline for all your expected revenue, including but not limited to individual giving, major gifts, events income, expected pledges, and grants. These are but a sample of the decisions that nonprofits need to make when entering into a budgetary process.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 31, 2021

She found that it was incredibly simple to add any donations that came in via pledge, cash, or check to the CauseVox site and export all the information for her accounting team when the campaign was over. Not only did she give her fundraisers resources and sample language, she also encouraged them to make it their own.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

To raise more money, invite and charge your supporters a small entrance fee to come sample all the delicious bakes. Pledge Now, Pay Later. No matter what specific fundraiser you choose, one solid way to improve your fundraising this fall is to make use of pledge now, pay later (PNPL).

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 28, 2016

Today I am pleased to have the occasion to fulfill my pledge to share my experience and newfound knowledge, further supporting the development of the sector’s leadership pipeline. This is a mere sample of some of the questions and topics tackled by world class leaders and partnership organizations in our limited time together.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Leverage #GivingTuesday as a day to ask potential new supporters to engage with you in easy, low-pressure ways such as holiday email raffles or signing a pledge that aligns with your organization’s mission. Download Blackbaud’s free, comprehensive #GivingTuesday toolkit that includes sample social media messaging, email templates and more!

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Sample Campaign Plan. CauseVox has tools that make it all easy, You can drive all your supporters to one page for donations, ticketing and peer to peer, and use beautiful donation forms for one-time, monthly recurring and Pledge Now, Pay Later donations. A note about the impact that you made: what did your campaign accomplish?

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Remind donors when it’s time to renew or fulfill a pledge. It also includes sample templates, worksheets, and my Creative Ways to Thank Your Donors guide with 72 ideas you can use! Share details about upcoming events and volunteer opportunities. Inform donors of breaking news and/or problems as soon as possible. .

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Now that you understand what to include and what to leave out, let’s look at some sample thank you letters. Then make sure you have other thank you letters ready for special situations like memorial donations, pledges, and more. Your gift shows you care about your neighbors and your community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Consider these two sample audiences: “Canadian women” or “18 to 30-year-old women in BC or Alberta who live in cities with more than 100,000 people” Of course, most NGOs can’t afford to hire the kind of market researchers you’d need to produce a sophisticated work-up of who your core audience is.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

You can also review pledges and gift history for each donor as well as call, email, or text constituents from their records. Image: Sample donor information in the DonorPerfect Mobile app (DonorPerfect). DonorPerfect Mobile (Android, iOS) brings the power of DonorPerfect's web-based program to your phone or tablet. Other CRM Apps.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Jolkona partnered with the Seattle International Foundation (SIF), which pledged to match every donation, dollar for dollar, up to $25,000. Starting July 26th, Groupon Seattle’s G-Team allowed subscribers to join Jolkona and SIF in making an investment in women’s leadership by pledging support in increments of $10.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 27, 2016

And the majority generate a multiple of what they financially pledged. Or do they provide a short sample of some boards they have helped? Does the service you are considering track metrics such as these and others that are important to you? Does the service provide a relatively comprehensive list of past nonprofits they have helped?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 23, 2010

I’ve even had nonprofit professionals offer to let me use pledge forms and program descriptions they created word for word to save me time. They can get you samples of just about anything. There is a lot of value to keeping your eye on what other people are doing and replicating strategies that work. Take a look around you.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 9, 2009

I signed the Ada Lovelace Day pledge on Pledgebank, will you? All you need to do is sign up to this pledge and then publish your blog post any time on Tuesday 24th March 2009. You can learn about Ada Lovelace Day, how it got started, and sign on to the pledge here. Ada Lovelace Day: March 24, 2009.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2013

Help complete this project by pledging today ! And indeed there are: there's the great We are Media project , the SocialBrite blog , the NOI toolbox , the Social by Social Handbook , and an array of rich and super helpful books by folks like Beth Kanter and Amy Sample Ward and Allyson Kapin.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2012

Thank you, Debra Askanase, Chris Bernard, Rick Birmingham, Britt Bravo, Barbara Buswell, Gavin Clabaugh, Martin Dooley, Deborah Elizabeth Finn, Paula Jones, John Kenyon, Kivi Leroux Miller, Julie Macalik, John Merritt, Laura Quinn, Amy Sample Ward, Ash Shepard, and Michael Stein !

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

Include information on pledge programs, monthly giving, and other opportunities to financially support the work they care deeply about. So be sure to include your volunteers in your next appeal or provide an ask as part of their onboarding. Provide information on why volunteers should give, how donations are used, and how to give.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2013

You can also review pledges and gift history for each donor as well as call, email, or text constituents from their records. Image: Sample donor information in the DonorPerfect Mobile app (DonorPerfect). DonorPerfect Mobile (Android, iOS) brings the power of DonorPerfect's web-based program to your phone or tablet. Other CRM Apps.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2011

And according to Amy Sample Ward , a nonprofit rock star with NTEN and presenter at PMDMC, one of the best ways to engage your audience is to listen to them. And once you’ve listened, it’s time to engage your audience in conversation and then to finally to start having real conversations with that community.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2009

Here’s how (in order of importance): Make a pledge to the Kickstarter campaign now. After a generous grant from the Center For Digital Storytelling , Morgan has already gotten his ticket over and is looking for further funding (in between working on some other, paying web projects) to support the trip. Want to help Morgan do this?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 2, 2009

I think it helps empower individuals to get more involved in a meaningful way (instead of leaving the site because there are too many other things going on, they can zoom in on the one area they are interested in).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2015

He says above all, he user flow for mobile should be consistent. ”No one wants to browse a partially responsive site on their mobile, get really excited to donate, sign a pledge or act only to find out the action pages are not mobile friendly. It defeats the purpose.”

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2010

If you haven’t already, please also sign the Change.org pledge here. Please share your ideas, your stories and your examples. We really want to ensure this tool continues enabling communities, regardless of their budget.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. So they provide the examples and maps, but they let the youth pick and pledge whatever it is they want to do to make a difference. Whether you were here in Toronto or not, I’d love to hear your ideas, feedback, and goals for change! You can read her poem, Untitled, here.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2010

Sign the pledge, add your post to the list, and get connected: [link]. .&# People around the world are sharing stories about women in technology and science via blogs, Twitter and other social media, as well as coming together offline for events in various countries (you can find events on the FindingAda.com site ). Want to join in?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

This week, thousands of volunteers have signed up and over 10,000 hours have been pledged to make a difference in our communities, our world, our Web. That’s right: Today is the first day of Mozilla Service Week ! This week is about using the Internet to make life better, and its not too late to get involved!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

The panelists include: Amy Sample Ward – Amy is an author and speaker focused on the way social technologies can be used to support social impact by nonprofit organizations and community groups around the world. The DOT is a pledge to Do One Thing to help the environment – and cool the climate. Ace: Do One Thing.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Start by checking a sample of your own data. Online pledges and recurring gifts were excluded from the analysis. Your own trends may differ and it is extremely important to analyze your online and offline donor data together to see what is happening. Your own results may vary. The Present and Future are Integrated.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

For example, a bike-a-thon in Texas has a Ride for Life app so that people can keep track of pledges and fundraising, see where others are, etc. Mobile application giving will grow, 1:4 gave vs preferred. There’s currently very few applications. Anything that can be game-like is great for an app. Mobile Roadmap.

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