30 Jun 2010 1 Comment
Nothing can help build momentum and participation for an event like team spirit! Creating a team helps create a community and the sense that you’re all in it together, working toward a common goal and FirstGiving Teams makes teambuilding a snap. Whether running a marathon, a local race, or just raising money for an end-of-year [...]
23 Jun 2010 No Comments
As every dedicated fundraiser knows, the fun(draising) never stops! This is especially true in the days and weeks surrounding a major fundraising event. Too often fundraising efforts peak just as the event is about to occur and drop sharply after the event has concluded. But, as mountain climbers know all too well, reaching the summit [...]
18 Jun 2010 3 Comments
You just created a Twitter account for your nonprofit. Now, what? Lots of people are talking about how Twitter can help you engage with your network of supporters by making it easier to listen and communicate. But it can be difficult to make sense of a new set of tools when it feels something like [...]
16 Jun 2010 No Comments
Sometimes the best fundraising strategy is just to get a little creative, like trying to raise $10,000 in 10 days. Our friends at Down Syndrome Association of Greater St. Louis (DSAGSL) were deep into their campaign for their 2010 Step Up for Down Syndrome awareness walk held on June 13, 2010. Donations were coming in, [...]
09 Jun 2010 5 Comments
I have never been a natural runner. In fact, my freshman year, I attempted to run track to keep in shape for volleyball and basketball seasons. I will never forget when my track coach said, “Katie, some people are born runners and others need to be made runners… we have our work cut out for [...]
08 Jun 2010 No Comments
We’ve been hard at work making it easier to communicate with your supporters. Now you can email people on FirstGiving right from your FirstGiving account. This is useful if you want to: send an email to all of your supporters at once send separate emails by event send separate emails to fundraisers and donors Here’s [...]
07 Jun 2010 No Comments
Ok, so I have my event set up, what about a strategy to make sure it raises money? With a little planning you can put together a simple and effective fundraising plan for your next campaign or event. Learn how the nonprofit, One Home, Many Hopes, implemented a rewards program to raise over $100,000. Who [...]
03 Jun 2010 No Comments
Many nonprofits are unclear about how to use social media tools such as Facebook to promote their cause. Ironically, the free and easy to use tools are the ones where you can benefit the most from when combining social media outlets and FirstGiving fundraising pages. That is not the case with our friends at Horace Mann Educational [...]
02 Jun 2010 No Comments
FirstGiving is proud to announce that we have been named the Official Online Fundraising Partner for the 38th CIGNA Falmouth Road Race to be held on Sunday, August 15, 2010. Called the “Best USA Road Race” by Runner’s World magazine and “The Best of New England” by Boston Magazine, the Falmouth Road Race has a [...]
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