Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

While my family and their home dodged a bullet, like millions in NYC, other locations had catastrophic flooding and there was a loss of lives. We learned that it predicting the path of hurricanes is a more precise science than the measuring their destructive force. What are the key results of this campaign ? What does success look like?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2018

Ask for a Pledge to Increase Conversions. Asking for pledges is a great way to secure more future, predictable donations. Do you know the Behavioral Science of why pledges are so successful? This simple word change has huge implications on gaining the attention and support of audiences. Make the Most of Herd Mentality.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 3, 2021

The events of 2020 changed how we view and do a lot of things — including workplace giving. While there were several catalysts for change throughout 2020, from wildfires to the U.S. Below, we explain how Philanthropy Cloud customers changed their approach to address the increasing need following these two crises.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 19, 2021

Scott is a member of the Giving Pledge. When she signed the pledge she said: “ I have a disproportionate amount of money to share. Despite its name, the pledge is not legally binding. . There is no required distributions as of yet, although there is proposed legislation to change that. . But I won’t wait.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Individual pledge commitments or reports on pledged revenue by date, campaign, or program can be tracked easily. The power is in the hands of the donor with this software, giving donors access to login and change everything through their own profile. Supporters can even text a unique code and donate from their mobile device.

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CauseVox

JUNE 16, 2023

Create Teams of Different Pledge Classes Now, let’s talk about a secret ingredient that can make your capital campaign soar: the power of friendly competition within your own ranks. By creating teams based on different pledge classes, you can tap into the natural camaraderie and rivalry that exists within your chapter.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 12, 2023

This gives flexibility so that changes can be made if necessary. Use Your Event Budget for ROI measures. Your fundraising event will most likely have several goals, but let’s focus on the ones that are measurable. Whatever it is, you should have specific ROI measures in place for each goal.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Text-to-give (also known as text-to-pledge or text fundraising) is a form of mobile fundraising in which donors give by sending a keyword to a text fundraising phone number. Pledges and automated pledge reminders to ensure donors fulfill their giving intentions. You might choose the keyword “Save The Whales 2024.”

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The Modern Nonprofit

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The compliance is not just a legal necessity but also a trust-building measure with their donors and supporters. Forecasting and Adjusting for Fundraising Impact Predicting the Effects Understanding and anticipating the potential impacts of these privacy changes on fundraising activities is essential.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The discussion about the recent changes on Facebook has focused mostly around what it means for individuals, particularly the tension between openness and privacy. Many people are wondering what it means for nonprofit brands using Facebook as one of their marketing channels. And, that is how they measure success.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2022

I can see a case for both, depending on what you want to measure, but ideally I just want to know how to compare apples to apples so we can know how we’re doing. That revenue includes your gross fundraising revenue and the pledges committed for that specific 12-month period. What to measure. — Stats Nerd.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Together, we’ll unlock the potential of using your plan to thrive in changing circumstances. Take a look at your fundraising totals for the year so far, along with any changes in your organization’s budget that need to be accounted for. Do you have any focus areas or targets that have changed? What about internal factors?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Alfred Prufrock : “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” For I have known them all already, known them all: Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; New Feature: The Timeline. One of my favorite lines of poetry comes from TS Eliot’s The Love Song of J.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This year’s Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report, published by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and Candid, tracked roughly $121 billion in aid to date in 2020 across multiple sources—including bilateral and multilateral aid, U.S. federal agencies, donor-advised funds, and giving platforms. Syrian refugee crisis.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Text-to-give (also known as text-to-donate, text-to-pledge, or text fundraising) is a form of mobile fundraising that asks donors to send a keyword to a text fundraising phone number. You’ll want a keyword that’s short, easy to spell, and won’t get changed by a phone’s autocorrect function.

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BoardAssist

JANUARY 31, 2017

Best Practices for Nonprofit Financial Health, Part One: Top 3 Measures of Financial Health. In this first installment, Nonprofit Finance Fund shares their “Top 3 Measures of Financial Health.”. In any event, months of LUNA may be the metric to follow as it is the more conservative measure of the two. Example: ABC Theatre.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 26, 2024

If a donor pledges a certain amount, perhaps they get a table at an upcoming event or personal thanks on a website or social media. When your nonprofit can demonstrate a measurable effect on a shared mission, it inspires confidence and attracts new donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

A CTA is an invitation to take action, such as donating, volunteering, signing up for something, signing a petition, pledging to do something, etc. Be familiar with the organization’s case for support, annual reports, theory of change, and other collateral materials. The term “call to action” (CTA) is used multiple times in the list.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Jolkona partnered with the Seattle International Foundation (SIF), which pledged to match every donation, dollar for dollar, up to $25,000. Starting July 26th, Groupon Seattle’s G-Team allowed subscribers to join Jolkona and SIF in making an investment in women’s leadership by pledging support in increments of $10.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Most importantly, we saw that hundreds of players went on to sign our pledge to be vegan or to order our free vegetarian/vegan starter kit. If it’s not coming together as planned, we’d make as many changes as needed to make it work. How should other organizations measure the success of their gaming efforts?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Along with measuring against impact results, it is important to look at how much time has been invested. What are the right tools to help measure success? Measure program success, not just analytics. If your goal is to get countries to pledge to wipe out poverty, then your social media clickthroughs are just a means to an end.

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sgEngage

MAY 6, 2021

Over the last couple of years, as natural disasters continued to pick up in intensity and COVID – 19 brought rising income and healthcare inequalities to center stage, corporations have increasingly been pouring more focus into their own ESG measurements and practices in conjunction with their corporate social responsibility efforts. .

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 23, 2024

A matching grant pledge prior to the big day encouraged supporters to dig deep, resulting in a 40% revenue increase compared to the previous year’s total by the time the day drew to a close. It’s surprising to see how statistically significant such seemingly small changes can be.” An aggressive email campaign was the foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2012

Remember last September when Facebook announced all those changes to individual profiles, including the timeline? One of the changes was that your friends and fans can do more than “Like” or “Comment” on Facebook. 3. You can listen to a song and enjoy it all by yourself, but social change always requires collective action.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2012

In the end I decided to reflect on my favorite quote by Mahatma Gandhi, “be the change you wish to see in the world,” as I feel it encapsulates the Convio story very well. I was convinced that we could change the way that nonprofits engaged their constituents by harnessing the Internet.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2011

Most importantly, we saw that hundreds of players went on to sign our pledge to be vegan or to order our free vegetarian/vegan starter kit. If it's not coming together as planned, we'd make as many changes as needed to make it work. How should other organizations measure the success of their gaming efforts?

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

For example, if your total operating budget is $250,500 and you have $25,000 in government grants, $20,000 in foundation grants, and another $50,000 in pledges already committed, you must raise an additional $155,500 through other fundraisers. There are some easy ways to increase giving that could be as simple as changing a button!

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Not surprisingly, the pandemic caused many consumers to change the way they shop, including shifting to ecommerce channels. Per the Loyalty Barometer, 57% of consumers indicated that they did not change brands due to the events of 2020. Remind donors when it’s time to renew or fulfill a pledge.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 27, 2020

Congress passed in the CARES Act measures to incentivize more giving through increases tax deduction limits as a percentage of income and a $300 deduction before the deduction is calculated. Charities should be taking dramatic measures to make it easier for donors to give. Donations in 2020 are trending flat and may go down.

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Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

The events of this past year have changed giving as we know it and the role of technology has never played a more important part in helping nonprofits fund their missions. This was evidenced by the fact that nonprofits on the Classy platform raised over $1 billion in 2020 alone. We are also constantly improving our security and scalability.

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Classy

MAY 5, 2021

Notre Dame received $1 billion pledged and more than $300 million raised in just a few days. Nonprofit organizations often measure fundraising results such as donation volume, engagement on social media , and participants at fundraising events without knowing why people take these actions. Understand Donor Values.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2013

Note From Beth: Last month, I did a webinar for the SalesForce Foundation on measuring social media. I am not looking for dramatic changes, but just like your mission is not going to be exactly the same in 3 years, so shouldn’t your CRM. The Foundation is offering webinars and publishing white papers for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2011

Also, because #hashtags aren’t as tied to the infrastructure of the web as a URL, they are subject to misspellings, mutation, and organic change. Then, make a few sample pledges and send them out as examples for people to join. Experiment, measure , experiment, measure…your first #hashtag campaign will not be perfect, or your second.

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2011

Campaigners are right to learn from testing, measuring and message appeals from direct marketing, and the use of petitions, pledges and letters from centuries of campaigning practice. But if you ask for a campaign that achieves goals based on a sound theory of change, then you can get that too. What is the theory of change?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We’re thrilled that today’s rapid changes in technology are opening up tremendous new ways to address the problems they face. It’s not too late to pledge your support for our work. As toolmakers, our ultimate impact is measured by what our users create with our products. To do so, we definitely need your help.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Have you ever made an announcement at a board meeting and everyone is excited and pledges to be involved in this new plan or initiative? So show them how their leadership is changing lives everyday and keep them connected to the mission. posted by Cindi Phallen President, Create Possibility. Where did everyone go?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Whether you were here in Toronto or not, I’d love to hear your ideas, feedback, and goals for change! We need to let go of the idea that we are serving our constituents, and recognize the ways we could be working together to change their lives, their neighborhoods, and beyond. But, alone, the organization can’t make the change.

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