30 Jun 2009 2 Comments
The folks at soon-to-be-launched OnlyUp.org affectionately ask, <30? Part of the nonprofit sector and/or have big plans to make change in the social justice movement? They’re building an online community of young people involved in the nonprofit sector, and they want you to be part of it. In their own words: OnlyUp is an organization [...]
29 Jun 2009 No Comments
When a new staff member comes on board at your organization, it’s a good idea to set up a new login and password for your Nonprofit Account Area. Similarly, when somebody leaves, you can delete his or her login information. This process is really easy and will help keep your staff informed and prepared about [...]
26 Jun 2009 No Comments
Today we bring you another nonprofit fundraising Best Practice in Action from our weekly series. Each week we highlight an organization that has done an incredible job of promoting its online fundraising efforts with Firstgiving and show you how to do the same. This week’s Best Practice is. . . Equip your fundraisers to make [...]
25 Jun 2009 3 Comments
Firstgiving’s Account Management Team has been on the road for the past few months, talking with nonprofits like you about how to raise more money online and listening to your feedback. One thing you’ve told us is how helpful it is to receive an automatic email when someone creates a new fundraising page for your [...]
24 Jun 2009 No Comments
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: we are constantly inspired by you! Together, you, the thousands of nonprofit organizations, fundraisers and donors who raise money online with Firstgiving, have raised millions of dollars for causes you care about. Today is an exceptionally exciting day in Firstgiving history as we count up to [...]
23 Jun 2009 No Comments
Last week we hosted a sold-out webinar on using Facebook for community building and nonprofit fundraising. Well, technically it wasn’t sold out because it was free, but the session was completely full! If you missed it or couldn’t get in, you can see slides and audio for the session here. During the session, we talked [...]
22 Jun 2009 No Comments
When you add an event that includes online registration, there are many different ways you can set up your registration questions. Here are some of the different types of questions you can use: 1. Dropdown menu 2. Radio button 3. Text area 5. Checkbox 6. Date field Keep these in mind when you’re setting up [...]
19 Jun 2009 No Comments
Today we bring you another fundraising Best Practice in Action from our weekly series. Each week, we highlight an organization that has done an incredible job of promoting its online fundraising efforts with Firstgiving and show you how to do the same. This week’s Best Practice is. . . Tweet updates about your fundraising. Are [...]
18 Jun 2009 No Comments
Next up in our new nonprofit fundraising series, the nonprofit spotlight, is Childrens Oncology Camp Foundation. Each month we’ll highlight a couple of our nonprofit partners who have unique fundraising events, great success stories, or something else fantastic going on that we’d like to tell you about. Children’s Oncology Camp Foundation was founded in 1991 [...]
17 Jun 2009 No Comments
On June 17, FirstGiving held a seminar on the basics of using Facebook for community building and fundraising. We discussed establishing a presence on Facebook and dispelled some common myths about fundraising on Facebook, as well as answered some of our audiences’ quesitons. Watch the video or view the slides (PDF) of the webinar to [...]
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