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9 Ways to Use Text Messaging for Your Virtual Fundraising Event

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Emily Rose Patz , Senior Copywriter at DonorPerfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. 6) Encourage pledges. Did you know that 49% of pledges are initiated through a text message link? Or that 84% of pledges opened during a fundraising event are fulfilled?

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Is Your Nonprofit Half Way to Your 2020 Fundraising Goal$?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. 1) Pledges. First, take a look at the money that has already been promised to your organization through pledges. So how can you predict what you’ll raise? 2) Automatic Monthly Giving.

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Thinking About a New Donor Management System for Your Organization? Read This First.

NTEN

It’s been nearly five years since the first release of Idealware’s Consumers Guide to Donor Management Systems report, and two years since Idealware and NTEN last partnered to update the report. This higher ceiling allowed us to include several widely-used donor management systems ineligible for inclusion in previous years.

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How to Encourage Board Member Giving for Capital Campaigns

Greater Giving

These can include: “Give-get” policies in which board members are asked to be responsible for sourcing a specific amount of money from themselves, other donors, and/or sponsors. Providing pledge forms and gently encouraging they be returned by a particular date. Provide updates to the entire board. Download this free guide today !

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Got Silos in Your Nonprofit? It’s Time to Build Some Bridges!

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As a nonprofit technology consultant, I spend a lot of time talking with people about their systems, staffing, and business processes. Every month, Barbara’s team had to do hours of detective work to find a missing pledge payment, or correct coding errors, or ask Alan’s team multiple times for reports on event sponsorship purchases.

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How to Host a Read-a-thon Fundraiser

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They can either collect regular donations or pledges from family and friends based on the number of pages or books they read on their personal fundraising pages at the conclusion of the read-a-thon. If your school reads daily announcements over an intercom system, use that opportunity to plug your read-a-thon as well.

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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005.

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