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8 Online Social Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That’s why when nonprofits encourage the act of social fundraising, they not only empower supporters to share their love of the cause, but they also leverage their vast personal networks to grow in so many ways. General awareness: The more people see, learn, and hear about your cause, the more informed they will become.

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October Community Builder Chat – Connecting On and Offline Communities #commbuild

Amy Sample Ward

Today’s Community Builder chat focused on examples and best practices for connecting on and offline community activities, events, and organizing. TechSoup Global has an upcoming Digital Story Telling contest, getting orgs to put together 60 second vid’s about what they do/who they are. Recap: October. It works really well.

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

other people in your network. Build a network or list of CPAs and advisors in your state and do outreach to keep your charity top of mind, especially in December. Approach area businesses to donate items to an online or offline silent or live auction. Do a raffle, sweepstakes, contest, or giveaway in your community.

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How Online Fundraising, Gamification and Social Media Helped Raise over $2 Million Dollars in One Day

NetWits

And because fundraising continues to shift from offline to online nonprofits are faced with a growing need to find new and innovative ways to do fundraising through online sources. The move towards a multichannel fundraising approach (online and offline) is becoming more and more critical to long-term success.

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Chase Community Giving Contest: The Organizations on the Leaderboard Go Up and Down

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

launched a contest on Facebook. At the time, it was one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities and offering over $5 million in prizes. (In In December, Pepsi topped that amount with its Pepsi Refresh, a contest offering $20 million in prizes and also launching this week.) . For example.

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Turning Low-dollar Fundraisers Into Money Raising Superstars

NetWits

Reconnect participants to your cause. The top reason individuals reported getting involved in an event was because they felt a personal connection to the cause. Make sure your event is all about your cause. Do everything you can to connect people’s efforts to the cause and impact. Promote teams (they raise more $).

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is intended to inspire actions like contributing to charities, educating one’s children about giving, volunteering for a nonprofit, or to encourage people in their networks to do the same. This campaign provides resources, a theme, and asking all who participate to unleash their creativity to spread generosity.

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