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. We want students like Brennan—and disadvantaged people everywhere—to have equal opportunities to make their lives better.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2010

ERI is also a signatory of the Basel Action Network Electronics Recycler's Pledge of True Stewardship , which prohibits foreign dumping of e-waste. The nonprofit e-Stewards standard and certification is widely regarded as the most rigorous program for electronics recyclers in the world.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2010

Sign the pledge, add your post to the list, and get connected: [link]. For as long as I can remember, my mom was the one to step up first to any technology problem or opportunity in our house growing up. Want to join in? My Ada Lovelace Day Story.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

I like to think of it this way: Organizations may have the research or data, the capacity and staff, to identify problems and opportunities, to build messages, calls to action and campaigns. So they provide the examples and maps, but they let the youth pick and pledge whatever it is they want to do to make a difference.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2009

It’s the time of year again when organizations, large and small, try to break out the holiday wishes, stories, and campaigns to get one last donation, one last gift and one last pledge in before the new year. I have a very close friend who came to me with a “problem&# a couple holiday seasons ago. A Little Story.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2007

The problem of how do you fund the actual writing of content was not really addressed, and I think that is one of the harder nuts to crack. There was one interesting model was asking for pledges, and if the pledges got up to a certain amount, the content would be produced.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

There are many companies and nonprofits out there trying to solve this problem. Crowdrise Crowdriseplaces the spotlight on individual donors, allowing people to create their own fundraisers, bring in their friends and compete for rewards and public praise. * HelpAttack allows donors to pledge an amount for each social media message.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

That’s a serious problem, because it means that no matter how much work you do to get people to that page, you’re not going to see any return when they decide not to give. Specifically, pledge forms on CauseVox help you increase your gift size and get more large gift pledges online, while also automatically fulfilling them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2012

The goal is to help nonprofits find and fix problems for their online donors ahead of giving season. Download the Be Your Donor checklist and join other nonprofits in pledging to be donor-centric this year. [link]. Join the fun w/ these donor-friendly tips + a fundraising checklist [link] via @Network4Good.

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

Take the do no harm pledge Artificial Intelligence used for mission-driven work must be held to the highest ethical and responsible standards. It is also important to solve the right problem. As we wrote in The Smart Nonprofit , the goal of using AI-powered technology is to augment human efforts, not replace them.

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CauseVox

MARCH 30, 2022

Pledge Now, Pay Later & Recurring Donations. Our Pledge Now, Pay Later feature on donation pages allows both donors and organizations to set their donations on autopilot. Donors can choose their pledge amount, and then it automatically breaks it down into smaller monthly or yearly payment amounts over time.

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Achieve

AUGUST 13, 2015

It offers a specific goal, requesting that participants gather 16 friends and each pledge to give $3.33 The problem with Millennials and fundraising isn’t that this generation doesn’t care enough to actually give. In this case, it asks individuals who are interested in the cause to help raise money.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

How to Find a Donor to Offer a Match One of the main things that keeps people from launching matching gift campaigns is feeling like they don’t have anyone to pledge the initial match. You probably DO have donors right now who would love to give you a bigger-than-normal gift to help you solve a specific problem like this.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 17, 2023

If timing is a problem, you always can explore a payment schedule over a mutually agreed period. A best practice is getting the donor prospect to sign a letter of intent pledging when payments will be made. A tricky problem can be when the donor prospect simply doesn’t get along with the CEO, executive director, or board chairperson.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

The problem? Fasting pledges. A fasting pledge is a great opportunity to fundraise while also encouraging your congregants to try to give up bad habits. By sharing their stories, it may inspire others to get involved and set up their own fasting pledge. Pledge drives. They don’t have cash on them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

You can find data on philanthropists who have signed the Giving Pledge and data shared by 54 foundations on a set of “transparency indicators.” One of my favorite sections of the site includes the benchmarking data for foundation use of social media by channel which makes it very easy to do research.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Gen Zers are impact-oriented and they care about solving social problems. In addition, with CauseVox’s Pledge Now, Pay Later , donors have the option of making a pledge today and paying in automatic installments that best work with their budget: Is your fundraising ready for mobile? Leverage Peer-to-Peer.

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Candid

AUGUST 18, 2022

Despite 2020’s influx of interest in Black leaders, who have always been here, leaders like Toyin have yet to receive support from the $67 billion pledged towards racial equity. The money pledged is an example of historical cycles of reactionary funding traditionally followed by retrenchment and backlash.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Think about 5 things: what’s the problem, what technology you’ll use, design sustainability, how will people come to use it and how will you distribute it. Or what about KickStarter’s model with pledging/small contributions/crowdsourcing? Award a prize to those that show most potential.

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CauseVox

MAY 12, 2022

This can include recurring giving, suggested amount, customizable donation tiers with descriptions (suggested levels of giving), and Pledge Now, Pay Later. The problem is, each of these devices has different screen sizes, loading timeframes, and more. Monthly Recurring Payment and Pledge Now, Pay Later Options.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

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. Use it to solve specific problems. Or, if you’d like to watch the entire presentation or download the presentation slides. Measure program success, not just analytics. They must contribute to your final goal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2007

It allows anyone to create a pledge to action that follows a simple formula: "I will do X action, but only if Y number of people will do Z action." Fundraising with PledgeBank, however, creates a type of social contract -- the people pledging their money are doing so on the condition that a certain goal is met.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2009

2) Can you tell me about the "Pledge to End Hunger" that you recently launched to benefit Share Our Strength? An individual "contributed" 35 lbs of Tyson food just by signing an online pledge to take a meaningful action to help end childhood hunger in America. Metrics for Success - Primary: # of people signing the pledge.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 22, 2022

The problem, as she told the story, was Alan. Every month, Barbara’s team had to do hours of detective work to find a missing pledge payment, or correct coding errors, or ask Alan’s team multiple times for reports on event sponsorship purchases. The pledge payments? First, you need to admit that you have a problem.

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Pamela Grow

MAY 2, 2024

The event is scheduled for this coming March, so you open registration in December to give participants plenty of time to sign up and collect pledges through their peer-to-peer fundraising pages. How It Works Accrual accounting systems recognize revenue when it’s pledged and expenses when they’re incurred.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Telework Week is a nationwide effort to encourage agencies, organizations, and individuals to pledge to work from home at least part of that week in order to decrease automobile pollution caused from everyday commuting. read more.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Click and Pledge, a company that does SaaS for nonprofits, released a new product, called “Trio&#. The problem with Google Code is that it’s *explicitly* for small projects. But first, of course, you must be “verified&# as a Kintera Connect partner. When will people learn that to be open, you need to really be open ?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2021

In a 2-step digital acquisition process the first step is an initial offer, such as a petition, pledge, quiz, virtual event, or downloadable resource. The best offers give people something they want, entertain them, help them or solve a problem. Have you ever signed an online petition and then later been asked for a gift?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

But if you’re surviving on little fundraisers, you’ve got a bigger problem. Participants become your fundraisers by asking for pledges and raising money from their friends and family to sponsor them in the event. I know sometimes it’s hard to say “no” to a fundraiser idea your volunteers or Board come up with.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

September 23, 2021 The Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Maryland, has announced grants totaling at least $300 million in support of thirty-three investigators who are tackling some of the most challenging problems in biomedical research. Philanthropies pledge $5 billion to 'Protecting Our Planet Challenge'.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Only problem…you’re not totally sure how to plan a capital campaign. Many of your donations will come in as pledges and some number will drop off over time. To help combat that, use automated pledge fulfillment (we recommend using our Pledge Now, Pay Later functionality) to make sure these pledges come through.

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Classy

JUNE 21, 2021

Livestrong has applied this approach to their Solution Grants Program, which focuses on funding solutions that solve everyday cancer problems. New in 2021, Livestrong opened up crowdfunding campaigns for each Solution Grant Partner with hopes to fully fund their five Solutions.

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Candid

JANUARY 11, 2024

Our aim is to provide the most robust and current data possible to facilitate the social sector’s work on the vast problems we face as a society. For example, these sources provide details on pledges made during a fast-moving crisis or staff changes at an organization. We do this in three ways: Enhance 990s. Add contributed data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2008

The Point can be used for: Activism : Advocating an issue on The Point is different from organizing a traditional petition or boycott -- on The Point, no one acts until enough people agree to take action to force a solution to the problem. Creating a Social Contract : Some group activities require safety in numbers to be worthwhile.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Tracking the status of your pledges and developing a follow-up method as deadlines approach is key. Identify the problem and optimize for maximized results. Follow Up with Your Donors Through year-round efforts, you may have received dollar commitments from donors whose payments you haven’t collected yet. Is there drop off?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

As the second week of COP26 — the UN’s global climate change conference — draws to a close, climate scientists are poring over the pledges made by world leaders, trying to determine whether their commitments to reduce carbon emissions will bring us within the agreed limit of a 1.5 degree global temperature increase.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Also, the chat bot has to be the response to a real problem. The right way is identify a problem and figure out if the chat bot is the right solution through testing a prototype and scaling it from there. The donations are $25 and Amazon will match pledges to the first $200,000.

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