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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

Google for Nonprofits tools now available in Canada

Good news today as Google for Nonprofits and the suite of supporting tools has now been expanded to include Canada. I'd previously written about the relaunch and benefits of Google for Nonprofits and while I understand Google introducing their programs...

July 3, 2014 Read More

New domain name suffix .ngo provides excellent options for nonprofits

Exciting news for nonprofits sees the option in 2015 to reserve a domain name ending with a .ngo suffix. Among the many vital considerations a nonprofit faces when developing their online profile to aid with nonprofit fundraising activities is the selection...

July 2, 2014 Read More

New study helps point the way for future use of Facebook, social media for nonprofits

For nonprofits that use social media Facebook remains at or near the very top of the preferred platforms to help spread cause awareness and continue to build their potential donor audience and in North America and I don't see that...

June 26, 2014 Read More

Blackbaud list most generous cities for online nonprofit fundraising

Which US cities are the most generous when it comes to online fundraising to nonprofits? A new report from Blackbaud provides us with the answer. Blackbaud bring us some of the most interesting nonprofit fundraising data with their monthly Blackbaud...

June 24, 2014 Read More

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