Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2014

Best Interactive Campaign – Heifer International – Heifer International needed to develop a fundraising campaign that would stand out among others and engage donors during the busy 2012 holiday season. They created a series of customized communications with constituents and potential donors, and increased holiday donations of 28 percent.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 23, 2016

But even the most wearied donor is roused by an authenticate story of an organization’s tangible results. 3 World Vision: “Prayer for Syria” (90 sec). Beautifully shot with no implicit call for support, “Prayer for Syria” is a neat hat trick of micro/macro storytelling.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2013

The organization turned to social media using Blackbaud’s Registrant API to get new supporters to sign up, Blackbaud’s Survey tool to gain immediate feedback, and Blackbaud’s Donation API to convert new and existing supporters into donors. Read the case study. Read the case study. Read the case study.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

Development officers, executive directors, event planners, consultants, and emerging leaders came together to discuss fundraising trends, donor retention, DEI (diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace) strategies, and so much more. When you use a donor’s love language the first thing you see is verbal feedback, not dollars.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 1, 2024

After all, 1 in 3 donors say they’d give a larger gift if they know it will be matched. To ensure they receive every contribution possible, many nonprofits are proactively educating their staff and donors about corporate giving opportunities. Ensure staff can answer donors’ questions about matching gifts.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

After all, 1 in 3 donors say they’d give a larger gift if they know it will be matched. To ensure they receive every contribution possible, many nonprofits are proactively educating their staff and donors about corporate giving opportunities. Ensure staff can answer donors’ questions about matching gifts.

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AFP Blog

MAY 21, 2015

Amnesty trials virtual reality headsets for street fundraisers : "Amnesty International UK has given street fundraisers virtual reality headsets so they can show the public the impact barrel bombing has had in Syria. via Blog this'.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2013

TechSoup donor partners, Microsoft and Cisco are teaming up with Google , the Omidyar Network , USAID , UKaid , and a host of additional charities and tech companies to launch the initiative. Last month it was Facebook’s Internet.org initiative to develop very low-cost Internet on mobile phones for people in developing countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Save the Children’s Ettoré Rossetti, Director of Digital Marketing & Social Media for Save the Children USA, emailed me an infographic on the impact of the Syria crisis on children. The crisis in Syria is now entering year three and the situation is getting worse for children not better. Seems a little edgy?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 22, 2013

Of course: from its founding Caltech has been a testament to the generosity of donors who succeeded in business. open source Syria technology Richard Feynman open content intellectual property science Guatemala social entrepreneurship Caltech'

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

TechSoup Global’s Dara Westling attended the recent Global Donors Forum in Washington, D.C. ” Dara came back to us from the Global Donor’s Forum with a heightened appreciation for the challenges of philanthropy to the Muslim world, which includes, by-the-way, a significant portion of the human population.

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Candid

MARCH 21, 2023

The earthquakes on February 6 that devastated southern Turkey and northern Syria have left an estimated 54,000 people dead. million) in Syria. Corporations headquartered in Germany—home to over three million ethnic Turks and approximately one million refugees from Syria—have responded to the crisis by contributing more than €16.7

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2017

From Syria to China to Mexico, mass economic and politically-driven migration and refugee crises are triggering social tension, the rebooting of nationalisms and the emboldening of old prejudices. But more about how to retain those donors, especially new donors. What is needed to transform episodic donors into regular donors?

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