By Julia Campbell, a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. She regularly provides useful tips and resources to the nonprofit sector through her blog, #501SocialBlog. While Facebook and Twitter may be waning a bit in popularity and usage, visual storytelling platform Instagram keeps growing in engagement and daily time...
By Alex Wilson and Pat Duffy, co-founders of The Giving Block Thanks to the increase in the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, nonprofits are increasingly turning to cryptocurrency as a new source of revenue. Beyond the revenue potential, some nonprofits are taking things a step further by looking at ways they can become more transparent, provide stability, and provide tax...
By Chuck Spidell, a Nonprofit WordPress Security Expert with ILLUSIO. He helps women-led communications teams free up their time and lock down WordPress from getting hacked. When it comes to technology, you get what you pay for. If your organization is using generic or low-cost website hosting for WordPress, it’s likely you’re running into common problems: Your website’s pages and...
UPDATE: This webinar was presented on August 13, 2019. You can view a recap of the webinar on the Classy website. If it seems like we’ve been talking about 2020 for decades—it’s because we have been. Over the last century futurists and experts in nearly every field have made some kind of declarative prediction for 2020 and what the world...
By Harry Gardner, Content and Partnerships Manager at GivePanel Any fundraiser worth their salt knows they should be thanking people who donate or fundraise for their cause. However, there seems to be confusion around the best way to thank Facebook fundraisers, with many nonprofits not thanking them at all. The reasons for this vary, but usually, it is a...
Okay, so you’ve decided you’re going to throw a nonprofit fundraising event… virtual high fives. Nonprofit fundraising events can be a great opportunity to bring the support of donors, volunteers, and fundraisers together in real life to rally around your cause, whether it’s through a nationwide 5k or a local bowl-a-thon. And while charity events can be important for...
By Heather Mansfield, Editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good and producer of the Global NGO Technology Report and the Global Trends in Giving Report Fundraising Stats The average online gift in 2018 was $96.40 USD (Blackbaud Luminate Online Report). 8.5% of overall fundraising in 2018 came from online giving (Charitable Giving Report). 54% of donors worldwide prefer to give via credit or debit card. 11%...
By Tereza Litsa, Social Media Manager at Lightful, a simple social media management platform for nonprofits. Online fundraising is becoming more popular each year. It is offering new opportunities for nonprofits to improve their fundraising success while trying out new channels. As more people are inspired to donate online, social media can make an extremely useful addition to your fundraising strategy....
By Melissa Russom, a communications strategist who helps nonprofit organizations clarify their brand and message to engage more meaningfully with the people who matter most to them. We trust people more than we trust companies. It’s that simple. In fact, according to Nielson, 92% of people claim they trust personal recommendations and other earned media, while just over half...
UPDATE: This webinar was presented on August 13, 2019. You can view a recap of the webinar on the CrowdRise website. #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. And given the inherent social nature of #GivingTuesday, it’s the perfect opportunity for nonprofit’s to use online fundraising tools in order to...
By DonorPerfect (Sponsored Post) Your most loyal donors are your multichannel donors. Multichannel donors support you in every way possible. They follow you on social media, donate to your cause, rally their Facebook friends, and participate in your events. You should want all of your donors to interact with your organization the way multichannel donors do! According to a recent...
By Chuck Spidell, a Nonprofit WordPress Security Expert with ILLUSIO. He helps women-led communications teams free up their time and lock down WordPress from getting hacked. If your nonprofit has a website, someone is always looking for a way to get in. Dealing with a hacked WordPress website can be time-consuming, expensive, and emotionally draining. It’s not something you want to experience....
By Alec Green, Chief Marketing Evangelist at NonprofitReady.org, an online hub of 400+ free online courses in topics ranging from fundraising to grant writing, leadership to program management. Too often, nonprofit professionals don’t receive the training they need. We all know the typical explanations – funders don’t allocate enough dollars to professional development, learners can’t give up the time for...