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3 Reasons Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Drives More Engagement

Candid

The impact of social fundraising has dramatically increased in the last 18 months, giving nonprofits new channels to create reach and drive engagement. . Peer-to-peer fundraising leverages social networks. The reason peer-to-peer fundraising is so engaging is pretty simple: It’s inherently social. .

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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The first “Donate Now” button was released in 1999 by a project of the Tides Foundation called Groundspring (acquired by Network for Good in 2005) and for the next two decades, nonprofit professionals have embraced the study of inspiring people to give online to good causes. Another idea is to embrace online auctions.

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5 Things Donors Want To See On Your Website Before Donating

TechImpact

Social networks and media applications like Twitter, Vine, Pinterest, Instagram, Tumblr, Facebook, and Reddit, among others, put an emphasis on visual media, over textual content. I’d like to see actual pictures that detail the effects of my contributing to the cause,” a study participant explained. Powerful pictures.

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How to Run a Capital Campaign

CauseVox

Once you have the basic plan in place, it’s time to conduct what’s called a feasibility study or assessment. This is where things start to get real: your feasibility study is where you find out if your organization is ready to run this campaign and if you have the support to be successful. Best Practices for Capital Campaigns.

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Blog Picks of the Week

Care2

Campaigns that Ross highlighted include the WNYC and NYT Bird Map, a texting campaign by California Teacher’s Association that connects supporters with state legislator and the Alliance for Climate Education, where students text in a pledge about one thing they will do to make the environment better. The Demographics of Social Media.

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Lessons Learned About Social Networks and Fundraising from Cambodia Campaign on ChipIn

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In return, I would write up a case study of what I did. Tara Hunt pledged a variety of t-shirts from Valley Schwag, thanks! Next thing I know I got an email letting me know that Larry Lessig pledged 14 Creative Commons T-shirts. They would match donations $1 up to $2,000 I raised for the project. A nice win win for both of us.

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Personalizing the Online Fundraising Experience

NTEN

These days, each personal pledge page has to have social networking widgets giving participants easy-to-use tools to spread the word and promote their fundraiser. Include quick instructions that direct people to the "Make a Pledge" link at the bottom of the page where they can enter their donation and credit card information.