Do you wiki?

What’s a wiki, you ask? If you’ve already hopped over to Wikipedia to search the term “wiki,” you’re in good company.  It turns out “wiki” was the top search term on Wikipedia this year (followed closely by The Beatles). The irony is that all those people searching the term “wiki” were using a wiki to [...]

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News from FirstGiving: your new nonprofit account

New nonprofit account

This holiday season, we bring you a gift our nonprofits have asked for–a more useful nonprofit account area. You now have access to more information, presented in a clear, easy-to-use format. The changes we’ve made will help you better manage your FirstGiving nonprofit account, permitting you to spend more time fundraising for your cause and [...]

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Nonprofit fundraising best practices: December 18–Help your supporters communicate their fundraising efforts

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Today we bring you another installment in our series of fundraising Best Practices in Action.  This week’s Best Practice is. . . Give your supporters resources to help them communicate about their fundraising. It’s Polar Plunge season, and our friends at Special Olympics Florida are getting ready to take the plunge. Matthew Levy, VP of [...]

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Nonprofit fundraising Best Practices: Dec 11-Start talking about online fundraising early

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Today we bring you another installment in our series of fundraising Best Practices in Action. This week’s Best Practice is. . . Start talking about online fundraising early. Our friends at the Autism Society of Minnesota are planning ahead for their annual “Steps of Hope” walk. Although the event won’t take place until the end [...]

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This weeks' nonprofit fundraising Best Practice in Action

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Today we bring you another installment in our weekly series of fundraising Best Practices in Action. Each week, we’ll 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. . . Create some excitement around [...]

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Politicians and fundraising

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It probably comes as no surprise but, politicians really are some of the best fundraisers out there.  They have a lot of experience in rallying people around a cause, and they also keep these people involved throughout the campaign. FirstGiving doesn’t do political fundraising but….. Yousef Al Otaiba is the current United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the [...]

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