The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 19, 2024

The billionaire philanthropist and journalist Chip Giller are betting that virtual and augmented reality are on the cusp of a breakthrough — and poised to change hearts, minds, and giving. By Eden Stiffman Whose Future? Agog grantee Whose Future? provides hands-on instruction to teens at the Boys and Girls Club in Harlem, N.Y.

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 12, 2023

There are approximately 1.8 million charitable nonprofits in America that provide help and support in various ways. While that is an incredible statistic, it leaves a pressing question: What makes your nonprofit stand out in the sea of millions?

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Clairification

MARCH 14, 2024

New tools allow easy sharing and engagement on social media. Lots and lots of technology. AI fuels both predictive models and automation. Software enables multiple, simultaneous email campaigns. High quality photography and video can be made with the ease of a smart phone.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Master key strategies to elevate your GivingTuesday and year-end fundraising with social media, including profile optimization, engaging content, and video storytelling. With Giving Tuesday and year-end appeals on the horizon, leveraging social media effectively can make all the difference in reaching your fundraising goals.

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Tony Martignetti

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

His book “Zombie Loyalists” focuses on customer service; creating rabid fans who do your social media, marketing and PR for you. His book “Zombie Loyalists” focuses on customer service; creating rabid fans who do your social media, marketing and PR for you. Peter’s book isn’t new, but his strategies and tactics are timeless.

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Clairification

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This has been happening a lot over the past six years or so, as news and social media has been filling our brains, stoking our fears and tugging at our heartstrings as if from a firehose. And when it does, your nonprofit could get left behind. Unless you’re paying close attention. This happens, for instance, when emergencies arise.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 13, 2024

Invite your donors to connect with you via email and social media. Create a thank you video and share it on your thank you landing page, by email, and on social media. Email and social media may not be as successful, especially if your donors don’t use electronic communication very much. Thank them just because….

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Clairification

MAY 15, 2023

Remember, at first some of us were slow to adopt use of computers, the internet and social media (who, me?). Nor will it stop your peers from figuring out how to get a leg up through use of these new tools. So let’s lead from curiosity, not fear. I begin with The post Do You Know How to Use AI for Your Nonprofit?

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Offer incentives to current donors to encourage participation, such as: Complimentary nonprofit-branded merchandise Gift cards VIP event access Thank donors who participate in the program with a personal appreciation message and recognition on your social media pages and email newsletters. Take an active social media approach.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In theory, that sounds nice, but in reality, it’s a day when nonprofit organizations unleash an onslaught of transactional fundraising appeals by email, text, and social media. Send email, text, and social media messages before and on Giving Tuesday encouraging people to donate. We’re all feeling overwhelmed after the election.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Your fundraising campaign will be more successful if you use a combination of mail, email, social media, and phone calls. Test all links in email messages and social media posts. October 25 Give your supporters a heads-up by email and social media. Week of November 6 Start sending follow-up reminders via email and social media.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 6, 2024

In addition to email, eCards can be sent via text message or social media, so your nonprofit can reach out using donors’ preferred communication channels. Create a video celebrating your entire community of donors that you can post to your website or social media. Create thank-your videos. Videos for specific supporters.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 13, 2025

A common reaction to a tight paid media budget is to wait until the giving season to use it.This is the wrong approach for lots of reasons.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 11, 2024

As Gmail introduces changes to its deliverability guidelines, nonprofit professionals must understand the implications for fundraising.

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Lightning Fast Grant Writing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In some cases, large corporations succeed by dominating certain segments of social media including ads on Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, or other sites. Large corporations manage to buy visibility for their brands by purchasing large print ads, riveting video ads, and radio spots. This, however, is quite expensive.

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Clairification

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

You’re mailing appeals, sending emails, publishing newsletters, posting on social media, and more. Philanthropy Facilitators Make it Easy for People to Give You may think you’re doing a great job as a fundraiser. After all, you’re implementing all the tactics people tell you to. And people are giving. But… guess what? Many more are not.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

We face a bit of a paradox today—between online fundraising, events, social media, virtual offerings and other outlets, there are more ways than ever to connect. As a nonprofit, finding ways to continually engage your donors can be challenging.

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Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Social media posts. While you can’t send social media posts directly to supporters in different segments, you can still tailor your content to different audiences. For example, you may create a social media campaign that targets volunteers with the giving capacity to become major donors.

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Clairification

AUGUST 8, 2024

Actual billboards are a whole category of media, but now we’re surrounded by a new kind, a smaller, more evanescent and common one: Social media posts. Social media began as text updates from one human to another, but thanks to photo sharing, some of the posts have become something else entirely.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

You can send thank you photos via email and social media, use one to create a card, and include one on your thank you landing page. You can also put your thank you video on your website and share it by email and social media. Here are a few ways you thank your donors throughout the year.

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Clairification

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In other words, where they’ve come from (direct mail; online appeal; website; social or other media; event; peer fundraiser; emergency appeal; volunteer activity; personal introduction; user of services; etc.), Tap, Tap, Tappin’ at Your Donor’s Story Begin with the data already stored in your database.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 23, 2023

Use them in your appeals, thank you letters, newsletters, updates, impact (annual) reports, website, blog, and other types of social media. If you use social media, you need to communicate several times a week. You can use videos on your website, in an email message, on social media, and at an event. Short is key.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Create a thank you video and share it on your website, by email, and on social media. Invite your donors to connect with you via email and social media. Here are some ways you can show gratitude throughout the year. Send a handwritten note. Better yet, personalize it. Send welcome packages to your new donors.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 16, 2023

Invite your donors to connect with you via email and social media. Create a thank you video and share it on your thank you landing page, by email, and on social media. Email and social media may not be as successful, especially if your donors don’t use electronic communication very much. Thank them just because….

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Calendar Donation Media Readiness 245

Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

You might set a SMART goal like this: “Increase the number of matching gifts we receive by 15% before April of next year through informational social media posts and personalized email outreach to match-eligible donors.” Do many of your donors prefer receiving updates on social media? Segment your audience. Communication preferences.

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Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Whether you’re building a smash website, updating your online member database or shining on social media, you’re going to want some tools to help you out. In the age of the internet, nonprofit success goes hand-in-hand with technology.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 11, 2024

Create a schedule for your content team to follow that provides deadlines for writing new donor stories, gathering images and other visuals, publishing the stories, and promoting them on social media and other marketing channels. Assign clear task owners to each step of the process to promote accountability.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 30, 2024

You can also use data gathered from social media, email, and other marketing platforms to see who is engaging with your communications. The donor journey follows these stages: Awareness: The donor discovers the nonprofit through a social media campaign.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

Are you tired of feeling like a wee fish in the vast ocean of social media? Social media, on the other hand, lags behind with an average ROI of 94%. In contrast, social media algorithms will always limit your organic reach. You’ll put your contact information, social media links, and, of course, your unsubscribe button.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 11, 2024

But recipients of grants to bolster accurate political information say their work is being thwarted by social media platforms, A.I., But recipients of grants to bolster accurate political information say their work is being thwarted by social media platforms, A.I., and escalating partisanship. and escalating partisanship.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MAY 20, 2024

People used to send postcards when they went on vacation, especially back in the days before we had email and social media. Now people are more likely to post pictures on social media, sometimes posting more than you want to see. Plus, people never get nearly as much mail as they do email and social media messages.

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Clairification

JULY 15, 2024

Throughout the world, people could not tear their eyes from their screens and social media feeds as they kept vigil. The case of Notre Dame People in Paris fell to their knees and silently pleaded with a higher power. They sang hymns. Tears fell from their cheeks. Would it be saved? Please, please let it be saved!

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Media-literacy instruction should be a requirement in schools. By Charles Salter To build a future founded on facts, more states and school districts need to make media-literacy instruction a requirement. For philanthropy, that means stepping up support of nonpartisan legislative advocacy.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 8, 2024

The media mogul's donation is the latest aimed at making medical school tuition-free. The media mogul's donation is the latest aimed at making medical school tuition-free. By Drew Lindsay Johns Hopkins University In 2018, Michael Bloomberg gave $1.8

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Clairification

OCTOBER 16, 2023

So look also at email, social media, texts, newsletters and website campaign and donation landing page copy. My Top 10 Tips to Passionate, Colorful Appeal Writing I hope you’ll use these as an outline as you write your appeal. Or as a checklist if you’ve already completed one. Just make it briefer.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2024

We also have email, the internet, and social media, just to name a few. Also, unlike social media, it’s something you can control. You don’t have to rely on a social media algorithm to hope your message ends up in your donor’s feed. And, social media is often just a lot of a lot. Now there are countless streaming options.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Matching gifts, social-media appeals, and collaborations with other groups are some of the strategies nonprofits are using to connect with donors. By Emily Haynes and Rasheeda Childress Matching gifts, social-media appeals, and collaborations with other groups are some of the strategies nonprofits are using to connect with donors.

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