Selfish Giving

MAY 24, 2016

Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan I talk to Hil Davis , founder of BeautyKind , an online retailer where consumers can shop prestige beauty brands while raising funds for charitable causes. Launched In November 2014, BeautyKind is an online beauty retailer with charitable giving at its core. Customers can shop their favorite beauty, hair, fragrance and skin care brands, while directing five percent of every purchase to causes of their choice, whether that is a local cause or a national organizati

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Pam Moore

MAY 27, 2016

It’s no surprise that Facebook is still one of the hottest social networks around. Check out these statistics published by Facebook as of March, 2016. 1.09 billion daily active users on average for March 2016. 989 million mobile daily active users on average for March 2016. 1.65 billion monthly active users as of March 31, 2016. 1.51 billion mobile monthly active users as of March 31, 2016.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2016

It’s true that social media is in transition. Facebook Reach is at an all time low. Instagram has a new algorithm. Twitter is in flux. And the next Big Thing in social media Snapchat is baffling to many seasoned social media managers. But digital and mobile app payments are coming. The global internet population is set to triple in the next four years.

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The Agitator

MAY 8, 2016

Just as Canadians were responding in heroic ways to the Alberta fires — including digging deep in their pockets — a most unhelpful and self-appointed nonprofit watchdog named Charity Intelligence took to the public airways in a manner certain to confuse donors. With the devastation at Fort McMurray and the horrific plight of nearly 90,000 Canadians, both the federal government in Ottawa and the provincial government of Alberta moved with lightning speed to encourage immediate donatio

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MAY 10, 2016

We talk a lot about storytelling in the nonprofit sector: how stories build through their first, second, and third acts and how all story arcs need beginnings, middles, and ends. When I do storytelling training, I compare the stories that nonprofits tell to a TV series. You have the short-lived, episodic stories that start and end all in one hour, each week.

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Mission Minded

MAY 16, 2016

As part of our series on the Minute Message Model, we recently shared an easy way to write your organization’s One Minute Message. That’s our term for the pitch you should use any time you are introducing your organization in person, print, or digital communications. If things go well, your One Minute Message will be […].

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Selfish Giving

MAY 17, 2016

Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Ryder Kessler , CEO of DipJar , a donation box for credit cards that is a major improvement on the traditional coin-fed canister. Supporters can "dip" to leave a one-step donation with any credit or debit card. You can also review DipJar activity in real time on your smartphone, and change the preset dollar amount whenever you want.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 29, 2016

By the year 2020, over 26 billion things — cars, appliances, roads — will be connected to the internet. Known as the Internet of Things , our digital and philanthropic lives are about to transform. In the coming years the social good sector will launch #IoT apps that will empower real-time giving while watching TV or listening to radio through your refrigerator.

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The Agitator

MAY 21, 2016

We’re rushing this to you over the weekend so you’re prepared and ready to act first thing Monday morning. For the sake of your organization, your clients, and your colleagues on Twitter, LinkedIn Facebook or reading your blog, we urge you to move quickly and forward this Alert to them immediately so they can also take action. ACTION ITEM: A dangerous and overreaching Bill (Assembly Bill 2855) is working its way through the California legislature.

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Fundraising Coach

MAY 30, 2016

Mobile giving is one of the hottest topics in town. That being said, many people have been throwing the term around without fully understanding its practices or implications. It’s more than just texting to give. And that’s precisely why we’ve crafted this essential guide to mobile giving. We’ll explore everything from the definition of mobile fundraising to its inherent benefits and beyond.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MAY 11, 2016

Our team is working on the creation of a new guide on nonprofit storybanking and photobanking. You get great stories and photos, but how do you organize them? How do you find what you need months later? How do you give the right people access? When does the content “expire” and should it be deleted? What about content curated from other sources – can that go in your bank?

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Selfish Giving

MAY 10, 2016

Photo via nan palmero on Flickr. Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Gentry Lane , founder of TDO Productions , a company that is harnessing the power of virtual reality and leveraging it for social good. TDO's virtual reality experiences are formulated to inspire massive empathy that drives viewers to immediate action. On the show, Megan, Gentry and I discuss: Gentry Lane, TDO Productions.

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Pam Moore

MAY 5, 2016

It’s not news that social networks such as Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn are moving to a pay to play model. The glory days of being able to gain massive organic reach with a simple, on the fly Facebook post are over and done. Results in the social world of today require more planning, integration, and money. Marketing leaders today must understand and embrace the know, like, trust and pay model for growing their business.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 20, 2016

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of some of the research available to nonprofits on the subjects of online fundraising and social media. The data can be used to help your nonprofit craft a technology and fundraising strategic plan. If you would like to suggest a report be added to the list, please send a link to the report to Nonprofit Tech for Good.

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The Agitator

MAY 24, 2016

I unwrapped the package from Simone Joyoux and out fell a card bearing this moving quotation from Constance Baker Motley, the first black woman in the U.S. to become a federal judge: “Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.”. Inside the package was a remarkable gift of a book — a book I want to tell you about.

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Fundraising Coach

MAY 23, 2016

Can you recite your nonprofit's mission statement? Does it inspire and energize? Or is is more like a laundry list of tasks? If it sounds like tasks, it's hurting your fundraising. Your nonprofit's mission is vital. It's needed. It should inspire passion. When it does, it can transform your community. Giving your mission statement a makeover In a recent Movie Monday , Lynn Harden, executive director of the Regence Foundation, describes her experience with a small nonprofit women's center helping

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MAY 4, 2016

Yesterday, May 3, was Give Local America Day. In many of the 50+ communities that participated, today — May 4 — is now also Give Local America Day. That’s because Kimbia’s giving platform crashed for most of yesterday, so they had to extend the campaign into today. Kimbia is going to have hell to pay on this one, but I’ll leave the skewering to others.

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Selfish Giving

MAY 31, 2016

Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Linn Jordan , Director of Retail Marketing for Walgreens , about its efforts on behalf of Red Nose Day. This UK import is dedicated to raising money to help children who are most in need, both in the U.S. and in some of the poorest communities in the world. Walgreens has sold more than 12 million Red Noses and raised $18 million since kicking off their campaign on March 28th - twice the amount sold during the entirety of the campaign last year!

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iMarketSmart

MAY 9, 2016

We really need to thank our lucky stars for Dr. Russell James! He painstakingly reviewed 20+ years worth of data from a federally funded, national, longitudinal study conducted by the National Institute on Aging. Why? Because it included giving behavior of people in the U.S. several years before they added a charitable gift component and after. What he found was the following: The average annual gift among those studied increased by 75% ($3,171) after making a planned gift.

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Getting Attention

MAY 11, 2016

Searching for more effective ways to build interest and action for your nonprofit? There’s no better way than letting your supporters and partners do the talking with testimonials. They’re one of the easiest to develop, but most underused, marketing tactics you have. And can double as the heart of a longer story! So let’s get going. Testimonials are one of the easiest to develop, but most underused, marketing tactics you have.

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The Agitator

MAY 15, 2016

Tom and I had a productive last week with our series of posts on ‘what’ or ‘who’ is at fault when it comes to the issue of holding on to and enhancing — or destroying — the value of donors. Tom tossed the first piece of tinder on the fire with his post Who’s Fibbing and Are We Getting Roasted indicating that no one really knows why we’re doing so miserably.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 16, 2016

People give to people. It’s not such a bold, innovating statement—but it’s one we often forget. As fundraisers, it’s a statement that should be engrained in our heads. You’re probably thinking, “Of course people give to people.” In the literal sense, sure; but what we’re talking about goes much deeper. Karla Williams , ACFRE, explained the concept further at the AFP Mid-America Conference on Fundraising last week.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MAY 12, 2016

Your charity needs more than a fancy gathering to attract reporters. It needs a news hook. Nonprofits spend countless hours — and considerable money — to stage gala dinners, peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns, and other events that aim to draw attention to their work and rally their supporters to give to their organizations. Quite often, they also expect these events to generate media coverage.

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Selfish Giving

MAY 24, 2016

I had a great trip to the National Restaurant Show in Chicago on Saturday. It was quick trip - in and out so I could be at New Strategies at Georgetown University on Sunday afternoon - but I had the chance to moderate a panel of speakers who were there to discuss the powerful intersection of cause marketing and employee engagement to support Share Our Strength.

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iMarketSmart

MAY 4, 2016

Wealthy people are not necessarily philanthropists. But philanthropists are usually wealthy. When organizations develop their lists, I think, perhaps, a little too much attention is paid to capacity while not enough attention is paid to uncovering a supporter’s philanthropic mindset and whether or not the organization’s strategic objectives align with their personal mission.

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Ann Green

MAY 16, 2016

Communicating by email is a mixed blessing. It’s fast, easy, relatively inexpensive, and almost everyone has an email address. You can quickly get a message out to a lot of people. But here’s the problem. People get hundreds of emails a day and don’t have much time to weed through them. How can you stand out and make sure people read your email message?

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The Agitator

MAY 11, 2016

Tom’s pieces on Who’s Fibbing? and Are We Getting Roasted? have triggered a lively dialogue for which both Tom and I are grateful. Vigorous discussion at the Agitator’s family table is always welcome. So let’s keep it going with this video introduction: Clearly, many folks know what they should do, but don’t. So like the golfing buddies in that BMW advert, they continue with the same-old-same-old.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 25, 2016

If ethics were cut and dry, there wouldn’t be dilemmas; we wouldn’t have to use our moral compasses. Unfortunately, life is a little more complicated than that. In the nonprofit sector, there are various ethical and moral dilemmas that could creep in and bog down your straight path to doing more good. At the AFP Mid-America Conference on Fundraising, Robbe Healey spoke to seven ethical dilemmas nonprofits will face.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MAY 25, 2016

Is podcasting making a big comeback? It seems like every year, I read an article saying Yes. Despite all the interest in more visual content, there’s something very compelling about rich audio content that doesn’t require you to stare directly at it or to hold it in your hands. Pop in some earbuds or use a Bluetooth speaker and multi-task away.

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Selfish Giving

MAY 7, 2016

Photo via Miradortigre on Flickr. I’m excited to be speaking at The Future of Corporate Partnerships Conference in London on May 16th! This conference will take an in depth look into what’s changing in corporate partnerships, what today’s companies are looking for in a partnership and how to make the most of the new opportunities available. If you’re a regular reader of Selfish Giving , you know that this is exactly what my speciality is: knowing what works best in the present, but also scanning

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iMarketSmart

MAY 18, 2016

Here are six of the biggest reasons why you don’t get major gifts from people with capacity: 1. Your capable donors, supporters, advocates, staff, and volunteers don’t have enough trust in you, your organization or your leadership. 2. Your capable donors, supporters, advocates, staff, and volunteers don’t have confidence in you, your organization or your leadership to be able to accomplish their desired outcomes. 3.

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Care2

MAY 12, 2016

The 2016 Benchmarks Study was recently released and highlights the latest nonprofit trends and strategies with an eye on shifts throughout the past decade. The study is comprised of a diverse mix of 105 nonprofits of various sizes and sectors. The study analyzed 2.8 billion email messages sent to over 69 million list subscribers, $481 million of online donations from over 13 million online gifts, and 8.2 million advocacy actions.

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The Agitator

MAY 30, 2016

Are you really a Fundraiser? Or, are you just a Fundraising Monitor? “Why monitor a problem if you don’t fix it?” Here at The Agitator we sure do a lot of monitoring. Tom and I think we should also be doing more along the lines of encouraging, debating and reporting on ‘fixing’ It’s clear from the lively discussion occurring among our readers and also arising elsewhere that there’s growing awareness that it’s simply too risky to stick with the status quo.

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EveryAction

MAY 4, 2016

Last week, we were joined by Cindy Phan, Creative Director at ShareProgress to discuss how to achieve the right "secret sauce" for a nonprofit digital campaign. You can check out our full discussion in the video below or read on for an overview. In honor of this month's webinar (and the relaunch of the oh-so-inspiring Best Nonprofit Digital Campaigns Collection ), here are some of the ingredients you can combine to run a smart, successful campaign.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MAY 16, 2016

Harness the power of hashtags to promote your organization on social media with How to Use Hashtags to Promote Your Cause. At only four pages, you’ll quickly be on your way to successfully using hashtags. This download has everything you need to know to get started: Benefits of hashtags. List of hashtags relevant to nonprofits. How to create a new hashtag for an event, campaign, or program and get others to use it.

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Selfish Giving

MAY 3, 2016

Lobbying for Good - Mary Kay Partners with the Texas Council on Family Violence to Help End Domestic Violence. Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Crayton Webb , Vice President, Corporate Communications & CSR for Mary Kay , about the cosmetic giant's Don’t Look Away campaign which works to educate the public on recognizing the signs of an abusive relationship, how to take action and to raise awareness for support services.

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Getting Attention

MAY 4, 2016

You guys are so smart! I love it when you share a marketing technique that’s made all the difference in the world to you. There’s no better model for the rest of us. Thanks today to Jennifer Johnson, director of marketing & communications at Advocates. I had the pleasure of working with Jen to develop a brand, website strategy, and marketing plan for Advocates—a human services agency providing a breadth of programs and services throughout Massachusetts.

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