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82 Fundraising and Social Media Stats for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

However, 19% of donors return within the first 90 days ( The State of Modern Philanthropy Report ). 29% of annual donation volume occurs from #GivingTuesday through the end of the year ( The State of Modern Philanthropy Report ). million) due to spam filters ( EveryAction ). million) due to spam filters ( EveryAction ).

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Ready to Declutter Your Digital Life?

The MatrixFiles

I hesitate to press Spam on most of the messages I receive because most are legit businesses and many are newsletters I subscribed to a while back. But I hadn’t read a Chronicle of Philanthropy or Entrepreneur.com newsletter in ages, so I unsubscribed. I Unsubscribed From a Zillion Newsletters.

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10 Popular #Hashtags for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

There is such a thing as hashtag spamming. philanthropy : This hashtag works best for anything related to grantmaking, foundations and donor trends and behavior. Example Tweet: 130 Foundations That Tweet: [link] || #philanthropy. If you use hashtags too often, then you dilute their usefulnesses by fragmenting the conversation.

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11 LinkedIn Profile Tips for Nonprofit Professionals

Nonprofit Tech for Good

There are also a wide variety of groups related to nonprofit professional networking, job seeking, fund-raising, communications, and philanthropy. There is a nonprofit category where you can ask or answer questions in subcategories related to nonprofit fund-raising, nonprofit management, philanthropy, and social entrepreneurship.

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Great reads from around the web on July 1st

Amy Sample Ward

" The Internet has become a spontaneous, grassroots fundraising tool – Small Act – "Philanthropy has turned on its ear. The answer to the question lies in understanding your nonprofit social media supporters and identifying which ones are the most well-connected, influential, and, in a word, social.

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The Networked Nonprofit Update

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If You Want An Answer, Ask Everyone by Jane Wales, Huffington Post, provides an overview of crowdsourcing in philanthropy and quotes from the chapter in our book on crowdsourcing. He raises a good point and even makes up a new word: spamanthropism (spam + philanthropism).

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Top 10 Threats to Higher Ed Computer Systems

Robert Weiner

In his article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy titled “ Top 10 Threats to Computer Systems Include Professors and Students ,&# Jeffrey Young says. He then lists the following threats: #10: Spammers (&# attackers use college networks to help them send more spam&# ). #9: No surprise there).

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