Click here to get all the slides from today’s Boston Online Fundraising Summit. What a great day – I collected so many ideas and I received a lot of inspiration from the nonprofits and other professionals that attended! No PhotoShop® Needed: Creating Fantastically Shareable Nonprofit Graphics
Meet the 4 Types of People Who Make Up Your Online Community [Infographic]
Nonprofits tend to lump all of their constituents into just a few boxes – staff, volunteers, donors and clients. Within that box, these groups of constituents often get lumped further into just one category. “Our donors aren’t online!” “Our clients don’t want to receive text messages.” “Our staff is not tech-savvy.” Does that sound familiar? Get rid of all the stereotypes …
Get More Nonprofit Social Media Exposure: A Simple Idea From #bbcon
Sadly I wasn’t able to attend the Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits (#bbcon) in person this year, but just by following the Twitter hashtag, I have learned a lot! I am especially fond of one small, yet very powerful idea that you can use to raise even more money at your next event – and get your nonprofit social media exposure …
Want To Be An Online Fundraising Master?
Online fundraising should be a major part of your strategy this year. Last year, online fundraising campaign #GivingTuesday raised 90% more in 2013 than in 2012 – about $19.2 million. Blackbaud found that overall charitable giving grew 4.9% in 2013, while online giving grew 13.5%. M+R and the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) studied 53 nonprofits and found that nonprofit website traffic increased …
Small Nonprofits Are Increasing Their Online Fundraising
Last week Blackbaud released it’s annual Charitable Giving Report, and the findings may surprise you. The fundraising climate is improving. Overall giving in the U.S. was up by almost 5%! Not surprisingly larger nonprofits grew their giving by 5.7% compared to smaller organizations, which grew at 3.6% Most notably, online giving is on the rise. It grew 13.5% in 2013, …
Don’t put all your eggs into the online giving basket – yet
Each year nonprofit software provider Blackbaud Inc. analyzes $8 billion worth of U.S. charitable gifts to 3,000 nonprofits and releases their Charitable and Online Giving Index. This tool is very helpful for nonprofits to identify trends in the sector, as well as compare their progress to other organizations based on size, revenue and area of focus. In the 2012 Index, …
“The Truth” About Social Media and Nonprofits – Or Just Assumptions?
**CORRECTION: The post in question was a guest post by Jay Jones from Heller Consulting and not written by Frank Barry. I apologize for the mix-up.** Yesterday a blog I read avidly and respect (NetWitsThinkTank.com by Blackbaud) published a post full of assumptions about nonprofits and social media, and I feel that I need to respond. The title of the post – The …