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New on SSIR: Are we addicted to Slacktivism?

Amy Sample Ward

—– If you’ve been on facebook at all in December this year, you may have seen something happening to all your friends – their pictures changing to their favorite cartoon characters! But, what still really stands out for me, is the addition of the cause-advocacy appeal once the meme hit the English translation.

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4 Quick Tips to Remember When Planning an Advocacy Campaign

Top Nonprofits

If you’ve ever led an advocacy campaign, you know that it has an incredible number of moving pieces. That’s why planning is the most important stage in your advocacy campaign. Throughout the planning and action stages of your advocacy campaign, you’ll collect a ton of data. Set clear campaign goals and identify a timeline.

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Grassroots Fundraising and Advocacy: 8 Expert Tips

Neon CRM

If your nonprofit is stuck in rut or relying on a few big dollar donors or granting institutions for a majority of your funding, a grassroots fundraising or advocacy campaign might be just the answer you’re looking for. Here are eight expert tips to help make your nonprofit’s grassroots fundraising and advocacy campaigns more effective.

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How Advocacy Fits Into Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising Strategy

NonProfit Hub

Nonprofit advocacy campaigns are becoming increasingly popular to help advance the mission of organizations. However, many organizations are under the impression that they must divide their attention between their advocacy campaigns and their fundraising efforts. In this case, many decide to ignore advocacy altogether. .

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Why Nonprofits Need to Be Early Explorers of the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Without altruism and advocacy being consistently present in these early days of its formation, racism and sexism are already revealing themselves in the metaverse. Brainstorm and make a commitment to follow emerging trends in fundraising and advocacy in the metaverse. The Oculus Quest 2 experience.

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Marketing and Engagement: Making the most of your Emails

Amy Sample Ward

The fundraising response rate fell by 19%, while the advocacy response rate fell by 7%. Advocacy actions and items of personal interest tend to result in more click-throughs from newsletters. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Highlights. Meanwhile, unsubscribe rates held steady from 2009 to 2010.

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Top 5 Reasons Tech Team Augmentation is Necessary for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Whether it’s CRM products and websites for fundraising, outreach, advocacy and event management, or back office infrastructure for day-to-day operations and everything in between, the list of functions and choices is seemingly endless and growing by the day. See the big picture, cut through the noise.

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