sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

From Mother’s Day campaigns raising money for breast cancer research to Christmas fundraisers collecting gifts for children in need, great holiday fundraisers stick in your mind for years afterwards. To improve your planning process and get the best results, use these tips: Align your campaign message with the holiday.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

AI as a writing tool can make you even more efficient and give you time to do other things like plan great fundraising campaigns. Using them, you can build email campaigns, create social media posts, repurpose content, summarize text, and even generate images. Like many nonprofits, Eventgroove is a small company.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2010

Contributors come from a wide range of well known charities, including Amnesty International, Macmillan Cancer Support, UNICEF, Friends of the Earth, The Scout Association, and many more. co-creation – of services, programs, campaigns. Tags: collaboration future charitycomms communications presentation trends.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 1, 2009

In case you hadn’t heard, March is colorectal cancer awareness month. If passed, this bill would provide coverage of colorectal cancer screening, and treatment if necessary, for Americans between the ages of 50-64 who can’t afford insurance but are still too young for Medicare. Tags: Nonprofit.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 5, 2009

Yes, we’re making a difference against colorectal cancer, and that’s ultimately our big-picture goal. We don’t resolve to cure colorectal cancer in a year; instead we resolve to chip away at a very specific, very targeted part of the rock that needs banging on. Do you want to feed the homeless or cure cancer? Convio Summit.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

adults have reported fundraising for or giving to a peer-to-peer campaign during the pandemic. If one person shares a post about your campaign on social media or requests their peers make donations, think about the number of people they can reach and potential new eyes on your cause. Then watch your campaigns take off!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Exactly two years ago , the idea of changing the visual of your Twitter avatar to support a cause spontaneously happened as part of the Pea Fund Fridays , a Twitter fundraising campaign created by Connie Reece to support breast cancer research to honor Susan Reynolds. Tags: twitter. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Note from Beth: I’m planning a year-end campaign for one of my favorite charities and wanted some good tips on incorporating video. Adding video to your end-of-year online campaigns can help you achieve, and even exceed, your year-end fundraising goals. American Cancer Society saw a 10:1 return on investment from this effort.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

All elements of mobile marketing were utilized in this campaign: an SMS Blast, SMS Shortcode (a code word/number individuals can respond to), interactive voice response, banner advertising, a microsite and the Lead Capturing Zone that induced the call to action for individuals to apply for the scholarship. Cool Factor : Cost Effective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

The Net2 Secret Plan from Marnie Webb NpTech Tag New Year's Reflections, Predictions, and Best Ofs What are some of the ways that the social web marks the New Year? Nedra Weinreich hosted the " Best of Nonprofit Campaigns " carnival of nonprofit consultants. Let's take a look. " Emily offers her thoughts here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

If the dollar amounts from fundraising campaigns using social networks are disappointing, one response is to say this doesn't work and stop doing it. Here's an example of a campaign to raise money on TwitCause for honeybee research. . I think the #HelpHoneyBees hashtag campaign was very effective and helped. TweetsGiving 2009.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Our focus is on campaigns that had a significant social media component, because we believe that this communication medium is an accelerator since the failures are often much more spectacular and widely reported. Take for example, “Buckets for the Cure” fund-raising campaign where Susan G. Tags: Housekeeping.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 20, 2024

Keep your links up to date, rotating them to match your current campaigns or featured content. Organizations like the Lung Cancer Foundation of America use Canva to share impactful statistics, stories, and quotes in a visually engaging way. Set up templates for consistent branding across posts.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 5, 2022

The May holiday might call to mind breast cancer awareness or newer contenders like #EveryMotherCounts. Capitalizing on both the holiday and baseball season, Father’s Day is dominated with messages of prostate cancer from the MLB. Here are some ideas on designing this from Pinterest boards on Valentine’s day tags. Father’s Day.

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NTEN

JULY 2, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . American Cancer Society. Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NPTech nten members. (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

Ed Schipu l, who grew a mustache for children with cancer last week, created a peavator. Things are slowing down during the holidays , so here's a short version of the NpTech Tag Summary. The PeaFund Friday Campaign PeaFund Friday is an amazing example of the power of social media for social change. Details here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Stand up 2 Cancer. Prostate Cancer Foundation – Athletes for a Cure. One Campaign. Get folks to engage with you in more than one way like the ONE Campaign. Check out the ONE Campaign Facebook page. Tags: facebook guest blogging metrics nptech social media socialnetworking. Red Cross Fan Page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

I didn’t feel like the Twitter community could handle another cause infused global campaign on the scale of Twestival so soon. Recently, my best friend Alyson (www.alysonwoloshyn.com) was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. Tags: fundraising2.0 Twestival Tweet Report reviewed by Tweetag.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2009

The chapter begins with the story of how I used Twitter in July 07 to raise money for the Cambodian bloggers conference ( now Cambodians are tweeting ), how Connie Reece raised thousands of dollars to support breast cancer, Stacey Monk's Tweetsgiving , Twestival , and the entrance of large nonprofits into the Twittersphere.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Neff and Jordan Viator -- had the great opportunity to lead a session entitled " The Real Housewives of Social Media " Funny Photoshopped pictures were displayed of us, we sported aprons to hype the theme, and we shared information and case studies on various aspects of social media campaigning. What's this all about"?

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Neon CRM

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

So, how can P2P fundraisers tap into the power of social media to make their campaign a rousing success? 6 Ways for P2P Fundraisers to Use Social Media Social media is an incredible avenue for boosting your peer-to-peer campaigns reach, and your activities dont have to be limited to your organizations feed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

During the conference, there was a hashtag campaign – #beatcancer where PayPal and SWAGG will donated $0.05 for every hashtag mention to cancer charities. Crowdsourced Campaigns for Causes: Benefiting social good or just social? Tags: Conferences Networked Nonprofit. During the conference, there [.].

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Qgiv

AUGUST 30, 2021

Their peer-to-peer campaign was timed just right since going back to school was top of mind for so many. For example, if you’re raising money for breast cancer, you’re most likely going to have a large push for donations during Breast Cancer Awareness month in October. Ensure your mission is front and center.

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Achieve

JULY 7, 2021

This sticker allows you to choose the date of an event or campaign launch and add the countdown to your story. Pancreatic Cancer Action Network) uses the Countdown sticker AND the Poll sticker in the above screenshot to get followers engaged in their upcoming event. . #4: 2: Countdown Sticker. 4: The Questions Sticker. 5: Quiz Sticker.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Development staffers are spending countless hours brainstorming the next big social media campaign. Quite frankly, ALS is not a very wide spread disease like cancer or heart disease. Use phrases like “this just in…” or “latest breaking news…” to keep followers returning for new information. • Tag, tag, tag!

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Then, she grew her cause, The Race to End Cancer, to 5.4 million people who now write on the wall about their experiences with cancer, donate money to the Arkansas Children's Hospital, and post pictures on the cause. Tags: facebook facebook causes Fundraising Newsletter NPTech NTEN susan gordon. So, Michelle started a cause.

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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2009

Meanwhile, I wanted to share a nice summary of one of the more popular sessions that we did not lead: "Confessions of a Social Media Campaigner.". Neff of the American Cancer Society, and Carie Lewis of the Humane Society offered insightful tricks for getting traffic, attention, and subscribers for their sites.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . David Neff shares the social media guidelines he helped develop for the American Cancer Society. Tags: NPTech nten members. Members are in bold. Thank you, David!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

is Vice President of Operations of C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition and was one of the first nonprofit technology bloggers. Heather Gardner-Madras is a designer and strategist for progressive nonprofit campaigns and also writes for the Idealware blog. Tags: nptech. Laura Lee Dooley. Michelle Murrain. Jordan Viator. Deborah Finn.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 22, 2020

As you’re a nonprofit fundraising professional, we don’t need to cover the importance of thanking donors and fundraisers after you’ve completed your year-end campaign. Then, follow up with them after the campaign with a thank-you. Thank donors and fundraisers for their participation. is a best practice for your team already.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

The Mashable write up has a freudian typo and describes the Cancer Society and March of Dimes as "high-profit" organizations. You can read more about the campaign on their blog. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

But most donors are drawn to several cause areas, so they may donate to a homeless shelter, a chess program for middle school students, a dog rescue, and an organization that supports women with breast cancer. Or that they only give to certain kinds of campaigns. What are we not asking you for that we should be asking for?”.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2014

I find it interesting that we’re OK with the usual look at me mentality that runs rampant on social media, yet we feel the need to criticize the success of a nonprofit campaign? If you asked the same group if they’d heard of cancer, I’m willing to bet they’d all say yes.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

In the latter case, consider Joe Schmoe's birthday, when he set up a Birthday Wish on Causes on Facebook or Sally McNally running a marathon to support cancer research. Imagine a scenario when a check arrives in the mail as a result of a direct mail campaign. What's a nonprofit to do? Let's turn the responsibility back on ourselves.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Whether you’re a seasoned nonprofit looking to refresh your approach or a new cause seeking to make a splash, these ideas will provide actionable insights and inspire your next fundraising campaign. Social media fundraising often involves campaigns that can go viral, amplifying the message far beyond the initial audience. Don’t worry!

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 25, 2010

They are going to continue their campaign for the next two years. Dana-Farber is one of the leading cancer research and treatment centers in the world. Tags: General Fundraising Inspiration nonprofit fundraising. So they’ve gone ahead, and during these difficult times have reached $1 billion (that’s a B), and are over the goal.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

The best approach when creating content for an online fundraising appeal is to envision the whole project as a campaign. Who are you targeting for this online campaign? Develop a campaign theme and main message. The campaign theme should be as simple as possible to convey the main idea. A clear call to action. Volunteers?

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