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New Blackbaud Index shows a period of very stable growth for nonprofit fundraising in 2014

Welcome back to the blog as we continue the week with encouraging nonprofit fundraising news from Blackbaud as the most recent data from The Blackbaud Index is released which includes data through the end of July 2014. The Blackbaud report...

September 9, 2014 Read More

5 things nonprofits can learn from the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Viral nonprofit fundraising via social media has probably peaked this year with the tremendous success of the Ice Bucket Challenge and yet I'm sad to read some people being negative and building a critical backlash raising qualms about the way...

September 4, 2014 Read More

New data demonstrates how the continued evolution of online giving aids nonprofit fundraising

As we've written before online fundraising continues to demonstrate excellent growth in the sphere of nonprofit fundraising and setting the bar for growth within the industry for the fourth consecutive year. While as recently as 2012 it seemed that online...

September 3, 2014 Read More

5 easy steps to heighten your nonprofit’s LinkedIn profile appeal to donors and others

LinkedIn continues to achieve consistently healthy growth and for nonprofits it remains probably the most valuable external window into your organization both from and at the executive level. For nonprofit fundraising and donor acquisition that executive audience is of vital...

September 2, 2014 Read More

The Ice Bucket Challenge – an amazing example of viral nonprofit fundraising

Nonprofit fundraising has not just been in the news over the last week or so but the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has become the news to a certain extent, especially in social media circles. The impact of the viral nature...

August 28, 2014 Read More

Could webthriftstore.com signal the rise of the online charity shop?

Thrift shops, resale stores or charity shops call them what you will but the thrift store is a very significant revenue stream for nonprofit fundraising that we rarely have cause to discuss here on the blog. Let's look at the...

August 26, 2014 Read More

10 nonprofit fundraising mistakes to avoid

Today we're very excited to bring you a special guest post by kind courtesy of the University of Notre Dame. The article is a rather brilliant summary of some of the most common nonprofit fundraising mistakes that charities unfortunately make....

August 22, 2014 Read More

Five ways a nonprofit can improve online donation forms

Recently I've seen more and more valuable information about how to improve the online donation forms used by nonprofits. As you would expect not only is the donation form a key feature within a website for those who elect to support...

August 21, 2014 Read More

Six key ways a donor survey can help your nonprofit fundraising planning

Nonprofit fundraising often strives to employ the best in new technology and social media tips to move forward the dual goals of audience engagement and sourcing potential new donors. Much of what I write relates to overall trends in the...

August 19, 2014 Read More

5 Tips to get started with Google My Business (and why nonprofits should)

The newest tool from Google might become the best Google based solution yet for nonprofits looking to coordinate their Google+ profiles and business/personal Google profiles into a single home that allows the user to manage everything efficiently and most importantly...

August 14, 2014 Read More

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