Holiday Online Giving Ideas

Here are two fun and creative ideas to boost your holiday online giving results.  Okay, you probably don’t have time to do much with it yet this year.  But I urge you to start planning for next year now. Why start now?  Because now you too are in the holiday spirit so your frame of […]

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Festive Tweet Ties into the Season of Giving

I saw this Tweet today by the charity Water 1st International: Avoid coal in your stockings: $25 provides safe water to a child in India for her entire life. http://bit.ly/8selFs It brought a smile to my face and I was curious enough to click the link.  Although I liked the Tweet I was a tad […]

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Charity photos that GRAB you without using tears

In this blog post by the Huffington Post, the author highlights 7 of her favorite charities who use Twitter effectively, in the author’s opinion.  She also cites a number of good reasons why nonprofits ought to use Twitter. But I want to focus on the photos. Five out of the seven photos in her post are […]

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Is the telemarketer piece of the pie too big? Should the charities receive more?

The New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo seems to think so.  His office released a report showing that nonprofit charities receive an average of just 39.5 cents out of every dollar donated in 2008 during telemarketer-assisted fundraising campaigns. That means that about 60.5% went to the telemarketers.  In terms of dollars: $123.9 million out of […]

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Donor Cultivation Idea – Send this timely and helpful info to your donors

This is National Handwashing Awareness Week in the U.S.  That fact along with the massive publicity over the Swine Flu (H1N1), the flu season in general, cold season and so forth . . . all present an opportunity for you. Send out a useful message to your donors with resources to help keep them – and […]

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$4-Billion in Online Donations Available this Holiday Season

How much of the potential $4-billion will your nonprofit organization receive? A recent survey conducted by Forrester Research for Convio is quite interesting.  The results were developed from a nationally-projectable, weighted sample of people with Internet access.  They estimate 111 million online donors will give $4-billion this holiday season.  So take a critical look at […]

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Requirement: Holiday and Year-End Gratitude

I firmly believe that timely thank-you letters for the donations you receive are a priority all year round.  But right now it is a vital requirement.  Why do I believe telling your donors “thank you” at this time of year is so vital? We’re still in a recession.  Many donors are contemplating their giving decisions more […]

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Happy Thanksgiving

To all my fellow Americans I wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving.  I hope you’re able to spend it with family or dear friends for a fun and relaxing day. I also want to express my gratitude to everyone overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan, particularly our active duty military.  A major holiday like Thanksgiving is […]

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Online Video Helps Nonprofits, Including the Small Charities

Here’s an example of a small nonprofit taking advantage of the visibility from YouTube:  St. Maries Musica.  They’re a choral group located in southern Maryland. I know some of the people in this group so I have the advantage of “insider” information.  They are all volunteers with no paid staff positions.  But their webmaster is […]

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Nonprofit Charity Holds a “Garage Sale” to Trim Their Budget

The American Red Cross is finding some creative solutions to their budget challenges.  Basically instead of cleaning out their garage, they’re cleaning out a warehouse.  This leaves them with minimal storage space.  But it also means they can close the warehouse and save $3-million a year.  So what happens to all the stuff currently in […]

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