Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

M-Changa also makes it easy for NGOs to account for funds coming in from multiple paymnet channels with automatic reporting and statements. Constantly update your supporters, especially after the campaign ends – if you do this consistently, you will gain trust and your crowd will grow over time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2017

I surpassed my giving budget for disaster relief giving. However, I still plan to make my year-end gifts (during Giving Tuesday), but I couldn’t help but wonder about donor fatigue and if there will be any impact on year-end campaigns. . Dreadful disaster stories are still making headlines; isn’t the public tired of giving?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Early last year, mobile giving evolved from an emerging technology to mainstream awareness with Haiti earthquake relief, raising approximately $45 million for victims of that natural disaster. Since that time, other disaster relief efforts such as the Gulf oil spill, Japan disaster, and tornado relief in the Southeast U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Here are a few of the more common questions: Are people giving more to the presidential campaigns and less to nonprofits? The Giving USA Foundation , which estimates national charitable giving over a 50-year span, reports that campaign fundraising has historically had no apparent impact on overall individual giving. What Is Happening.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Photos, videos, selfies, and personal stories allow us to embed emotional content in fundraising campaigns. They also invite our supporters and donors to be more deeply involved in our fundraising campaigns. As you plan your next fundraising campaign, consider how you'll use stories as a central element of your messaging.

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M+R

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Groups that had already sent major campaigns recently, which may have eaten into Giving Tuesday revenue, like in the disaster and international aid space. Fun new channels! There was more investment in upper funnel channels than last year — channels like connected TV and podcast ads. Who was down? Ads — more mixed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Integration and campaign planning are key. Mobile can’t be this separate tactic or channel in your communications strategy. If you skip that, your mobile tactics won’t yield much impact or learning. What we witnessed over a year ago with SMS donations to the Haiti disaster is not going to be the norm for nonprofits.

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M+R

JANUARY 11, 2022

We continued to see groups whose issues were in the news in the final months of the year experience spikes in fundraising — whether they worked on disaster response to midwest tornados or responding to news coming out of the Supreme Court. Others, not so much. In 2021, same. Fewer gifts, higher averages! Email is alive and well! Hmmm, social!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

They have a social media policy and handbook that provides the rule book for volunteers, staff, and affiliates to participate on social media channels effectively. She has also been training staff in the disaster response department who in turn used tools like Twitter on the ground from Haiti. They had social content.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

According to the latest M+R Benchmarks report , mobile message volume for nonprofits increased by 40% in 2023, indicating that this channel is here to stay. However, many nonprofits don’t know where to start when it comes to implementing text-to-give campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2016

“ Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time – Guest Post by Peter Panepento. Rather than dismissing these campaigns as too risky, foundations and nonprofits should take lessons from this fiasco, look at groups that ended up doing well, invest more wisely in technology, and plan more effectively for the unexpected.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

We have to respect Mother Nature – and whether we live by the Ocean where Hurricanes can hit or along a fault line where earthquakes can shake down our homes. Do we take natural disaster seriously ? Are we prepared? What are the key results of this campaign ? What does success look like?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

While multi-channel outreach such as action alerts, microsites, social media, fundraising appeals, direct mail and telemarketing are good strategies to have in your toolbox to fundraise and market your organization; it’s simply not enough anymore. " URL Shorteners: Blind(ly) Heading Towards Disaster?

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

These channels make it easier to give by integrating charitable giving into our everyday lives. Once donors contribute to the cause (no matter the amount), they’re welcomed deeper into the impact reporting and communications channel. Examine your current giving channels and see if there are ways to bolster your strategy.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

You can set this keyword to be relevant to your nonprofit’s specific campaign. Your supporters will receive a link that provides donation amounts and information about your campaign. Typically, nonprofits will send a link to their general donation page or specific fundraising campaign page. Acknowledge donations.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 4, 2023

Employee giving campaigns are an expedited approach to charitable fundraising, allowing companies to launch employee giving efforts during a specific time of year. Corporate social responsibility is a growing concern and an employee giving program provides a simple channel to support a cause the company cares about.

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Qgiv

JULY 29, 2021

Whether supporters are donating through text or accessing your online donation page on their smartphones, it’s imperative that your organization has the tools, resources, and best practices to conduct a successful mobile fundraising campaign. Pick a word that is relevant to your mission or specific campaign. Ready to learn more?

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

The most successful campaigns are reactions to real world events or sparks that move quickly through established networks of human relationships. Your gala event is a culmination of a year or more of relationship building, multi-channel outreach and face-to-face interaction, just like a social media fundraising campaign.

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Care2

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I predict that the majority of nonprofit organizations won’t raise very much money on Facebook unless your organization’s mission is to protect cute wildlife and animals, or works on disaster relief during a disaster. This is problematic says Rob Manix, Senior Web Director of Rad Campaign and who works with me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2008

Recently, thousands of Facebook members helped leveraged a $50,000 donation from the Western Union Foundation by voting for the American Red Cross and its disaster relief efforts. The $50,000 donation will contribute to a broader American Red Cross goal to raise $100 million for disaster relief. that are easy to grab and use.

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

According to the donorCentric study published by Target Analytics, which gathered data from 25 large nonprofit organizations ranging from CARE to Amnesty International, many nonprofits have mastered raising money from Direct Mail campaigns, but haven’t quite figured out how to replicate their fundraising success online.

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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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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2010

So in times of natural disasters like the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti and affected more then two million people, can a mobile strategy help raise money in times of crisis? In the first 24 hours, the Red Cross had raised an estimated $800K via the “text to donate&# campaign. How to Setup a Text to Donate Campaign.

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M+R

AUGUST 11, 2021

Disaster Girl Meme ” (sold for $500k). Most concerning of all, they’re an environmental disaster. Though newer, Twitch competes on the same level of viewership as traditional media channels. Some well-known examples of NFTs are: . The original YouTube video of “ Charlie Bit My Finger ” (sold for $761k).

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

More than $250 million was raised online for Haitian relief efforts in the first 21 days after the quake through Convio powered emails, websites, and other campaigns (up from approximately $120 million in the same period during Katrina). billion emails, drive 44 million advocacy actions and power more than 3,500 websites.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 11, 2011

TechSoup recently held a tweetchat to discuss how nonprofits can best take advantage of text-to-give campaigns, as well as to answer specific questions related to mobile giving. Advantages to Mobile Giving Campaigns. Causes with high urgency, such as disasters, have had the most success with mobile giving campaigns.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

There’s an initial high that comes with the launch of a startup’s first product, but it’s quickly followed by the challenge of building more units, finding new distribution channels and coming up with a second product. A lot of hardware begins in preorders like Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns, but that can’t end there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

The Obama campaign, for one. My co-author, Allison Fine and I found many great examples of successful activism using these tools as part of multi-channel campaigns in our book The Networked Nonprofit. Marc VanBree talks about it from his experience as a free agent raising money for disaster relief in Nashville.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 29, 2014

During my 4 years at both the local and national level, I worked on several disaster operations— from the house fire in the middle of the night to some of the most devastating hurricanes to ever hit the US. Many of those disasters required the raising of millions in order to respond, and much of that money often came from brand new donors.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

That said, actual repeat giving from donors via a social network is likely understated because many of these donors have been introduced to this channel of giving less than 12 months ago. Donors who give in response to a disaster or through peer-to-peer fundraising are less likely to give to that charity again.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

One of the biggest trends in mobile giving right now is gamification: the integration of game dynamics, like points, badges, or levels, into a fundraising or social good campaign. SF Heroes is a disaster preparedness iPhone app for the San Francisco area created for the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management.

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Care2

AUGUST 23, 2011

Get every little detail of how Planned Parenthood Federation of America turned the most significant funding attack in its history into a movement-building moment with a fast-moving, multifaceted online campaign.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Online fundraising is extremely cost-effective compared to other types of fundraising campaigns, and our Generational Giving Report revealed that almost 55% of donors prefer to go online to make a gift. More involved in-person fundraisers or campaigns that require lots of resources can eat into your profit margins. Email campaigns.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In 2022, nonprofits of every size allocated roughly one-third of all spending to search ads—as a result, these organizations saw the highest return on ad spend (ROAS) of any channel. Note what both of these communication channels have in common: they’re digital. What are the steps for creating a digital marketing campaign?

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The NonProfit Times

JULY 1, 2024

As you plan out fundraising campaigns for the weeks and months ahead — including Giving Tuesday and year-end appeals — you need to be aware of some effects of the election. In reality, political fundraising is like disaster relief. Political campaigns typically raise about $20 billion, while nonprofits raise more than $500 billion.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

And while technology and channels keep expanding, regulations typically constrict marketers. Meanwhile, the nonprofit sector is overcoming challenges faced by increasing disasters and community needs, combined with new opportunities for tapping into people’s passion to create change. Collaboration Drives the “Market From Anywhere” Era.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Every nonprofit’s policy is going to be different, because every nonprofit has different needs, different audiences, different missions, and different campaign goals. Our Center decided to strive for a professional image on all of our social media channels, but your nonprofit may be different and may want to have a more laid-back approach.

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