Fundraising

Meet Your Fundraising Goals?

Posted on April 2, 2015 by | 1 comment
Fundraising Goals

We asked…and you told us. Readers of Third Sector Today and elsewhere gave their two cents’ worth earlier this year as participants in a survey from the Nonprofit Research Collaborative (NRC). Results just out show that 73% of responding charities in the U.S. and Canada met their fundraising goals for 2014. That is the best news […]

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4 Ways to Win at Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

Posted on April 2, 2015 by | No comments

Peer-to-peer fundraising is in the midst of a significant transformation. Evolving online tools and new platforms are empowering those who care about our missions to support our work in new ways — and the result is a stunning and exciting explosion of creativity.   Each year, my organization — The Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum — conducts […]

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10 Lessons from The Breakfast Club for Nonprofits

Posted on March 27, 2015 by | 3 comments
Lessons for Nonprofits from The Breakfast Club

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the theatrical release of The Breakfast Club.  A movie that revealed as much about the high school caste system as it did the actual goings on of a unique, all-Saturday detention behind closed doors. Sure, it may very well be the 80’s-phile in me, but I think that the film is just […]

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How Dollars For Doers Programs Bolster Fundraising

Posted on March 26, 2015 by | 1 comment
Volunteer bolster fundraising

From holding doors open to leading mobility-impaired persons across streets, people reach out and help strangers every day. What do these good-doers receive in return? Perhaps the intimate feeling of having done the right thing or a simple thank you or nothing. And these people are okay with their lack of a reward because they’re […]

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Voices from the Third Sector

9 Factors to Determine if a Walk/Run Event is Ideal for Your Nonprofit

Posted on March 26, 2015 by | No comments
Walk/Run Events

  Being a race director for the past seven years now, I am often asked how to quickly pull together a 5K run or walk for “fill-in-the-blank” cause. My answer is rather straightforward:  there is no easy or fast way to plan, organize, and execute a successful fundraising event of any kind, especially a race. […]

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3 Ways to Enliven Your Nonprofit Cause Marketing with GoPro

Posted on March 24, 2015 by | No comments

Over the last several years, the world has watched riveting human encounters with lions and sharks, and seen amazing accidents and adventures on cliffs and in outer space with an up-close perspective never seen before…all thanks to the magic of GoPro. Can nonprofit cause marketing ever be THAT awesome? The answer is- YES GoPro’s cutting edge camera line is […]

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Five Fascinating Stats from the State of Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Report 2015.

Posted on March 19, 2015 by | 1 comment
Peer-to-Peer fundraising

DonorDrive’s State of Peer-To-Peer Fundraising Report 2015 examines many issues that face nonprofits in fundraising today and present some fascinating stats that may change the way you think about fundraising: Social fundraising is up 32%. When compared to 2012, social media is responsible for a third more donations today. 2/3 of mobile donations that come […]

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Is Crowdfunding a Good Fundraising Fit for Your Nonprofit?

Posted on March 18, 2015 by | 4 comments
crowdfunding drawing

Making waves with her March 2013  TED Talk, Amanda Palmer advocated crowdfunding in music. Since then crowdfunding has practically become a household word. The rise of Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and GoFundMe changed the way people look at fundraising in the digital age. While the biggest or most popular crowdfunding projects are for profit, there is undeniable […]

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Voices From the Third Sector

How to Totally Rock a Day of Giving!

Posted on March 9, 2015 by | 2 comments
Day of Giving Tips

A Day of Giving can be a boon to your nonprofit. And, according to experts, careful coordination and preplanning will go a long way to help you rock it!  This year’s Amplify Austin (#AmplifyATX ) brought in $7.7million in 24 hours- they totally rocked it. At last week’s Nonprofit Technology Conference held by NTEN in Austin, TX (#15NTC) I had the pleasure of  meeting […]

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Leveraging Storytelling and Fandom for Cause

Posted on February 10, 2015 by | No comments
storytelling

  When J. K. Rowling was named a runner-up for Time’s 2007 Person of the Year, she had nothing but praise for the efforts of the Harry Potter Alliance, or HPA. Formed in 2005 by activist Andrew Slack, the HPA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to “making activism accessible through the power of story.” By […]

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