How many fundraisers do you know that can drive a forklift? Meet Ali. My name is: Alison Finkel My online profile(s) of choice can be found at: LinkedIn The abc’s about me: My entire career has been in the event fundraising arena. I started as a… Read More
“A case statement or case for support is the core document sitting at the center of your fundraising strategy. It explains to potential supporters what you need money for and what the benefits will be to the beneficiaries if they donate to your cause.” — The Influential Fundraiser by Bernard……
The following is a list of 10 easy steps to a greener life. The challenge is simple; select one of these steps to try to implement each day for the next seven days. At the end of the challenge, you may have developed a more earth-friendly habit, created a greener……
Today we recognize the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and the level of awareness that it has achieved across the globe. This year, the day will be marked by millions of people recognizing the celebration of nature in different ways; everything from making a monetary donation to an environmentally focused……
In honor of Earth Day, we bring you 10 simple ideas to make your nonprofit’s next event greener. Apparel. Use eco-friendly apparel including organic cotton, bamboo and recycled polyester. Bottled water. Avoid serving individual bottled water. Encourage participants and spectators to bring their own reusable water bottles (ex: Klean Kanteen,……
We surveyed some of the best online advocacy, marketing and fundraising campaigns built around Earth Day 2010, and these are what we discovered. Feel free to add your personal favorite to the comments section of this post. Humane Society International: Earth to Obama: Don’t Sell Out the Whales! Visit:…
In the last few months, nonprofits in the United States have started to pay attention to fundraising via text – donations delivered to charities by donors simply sending a text message. In aftermath of the January 2010 Haiti earthquake text donations to the Red Cross and other charities received enormous……
The next interview in our 7 series has spent more than a decade designing, developing and promoting websites for large companies and nonprofits, including The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, IBM and REI. My name is: Jonathon D. Colman My online profile(s) of choice can be found at:… Read…
This week at the AFP conference in Baltimore, I had the pleasure of meeting a member of the team at The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. In case you’re not familiar with the Foundation, here’s their story: In 1981, Elizabeth Glaser was infected with the AIDS virus through a blood……
Myth: “If you build it, they will come.” With everyone competing for the attention of your audience, how can you ensure that you are creating a website that appeals to your target audience? I like to compare the homepage of an organization’s website to a house’s front door. If someone……
The next interview in our 7 series always wanted to build great things. But a summer construction job during college convinced him that carrying pipes and bricks might not be his best path to that goal. My name is: Tom Harrison My online profile(s) of choice can be found…
This article originally appeared in the April 2010 issue of the Direct Marketing Association’s Nonprofit Federation Journal. The analysis of data is critical to making an informed decision about your event’s online direct marketing strategy, yet many people are intimidated by the… Read More
The first full day of AFP’s 47th International Conference on Fundraising just wrapped up in Baltimore. Highlights from day one included Jonathon Grapsas of Pareto Fundraising presenting Securing Future Growth: A 10 Point Plan To Get You Through Tough Economic Times. Grapsas made… Read More
We caught up with the third interviewee in our 7 Series last week at NTEN in Atlanta, where we was getting ready to present Real Social Media Marketing: Moving From Buzz To Benefits. This digital marketer spent 7+ years as the CMO of CrownPeak, an on-demand web… Read…
Daily Dish blogger Andrew Sullivan of The Atlantic kicked off NTEN’s 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference this morning in Atlanta with a keynote session filled with pointed observations from his 10+ years at the intersection of blogging, journalism and… Read More
Each year NTEN gathers nonprofit technology experts and learners from around the world for their annual conference, the NTC. This year NTC be in Atlanta for 3 days, April 8-10th. But we know two important things about this event: Lots of people want to be there. Not everyone can make……
Millennial donors are different than donors from past generations, but not in the ways you might expect. According to a new survey conducted by Achieve and Johnson Grossnickle and Associates, Millennial donors are actively involved with texting, Facebook and other forms of social media,… Read More
In our weekly round-up of the nonprofit fundraising blogs we read, here are the 6 blog posts that you should have read but (maybe) didn’t: The Far Edge of Promise: Blogger Jason McNeal has two must-read posts on how to prepare to make the “ask” and… Read More
Will you be in Atlanta next week for NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference? Be sure to stop by our booth and say hello to our team, and then check-out Event 360’s Christy Van Heugten session:… Read More
The second interview in our 7 Series is with a social entrepreneur who brings technology, marketing and management innovation to her current role as CEO of givezooks! My name is: Carol Schrader My online profile(s) of choice can be found at www.twitter.com/Zooker1… Read More
After 20 years in the business, Event 360’s track record speaks for itself. With…
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