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This week's nonprofit fundraising Best Practice in Action

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Today we bring you another nonprofit fundraising Best Practice in Action from our weekly email series. 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. . . Show your fundraisers how [...]

Webinar slides up, audio coming soon

Slides from this week’s webinar, Running for a Reason, are now live at the Team Firstgiving Blog, where you can download them if you want to keep them forever. Audio will follow shortly.  We’ll also be emailing out answers to the questions, and we’ll post the top questions and answers to the blog.  If you [...]

Running for a reason? Free webinar this week

We’re presenting a free webinar this week on how to raise more money for your cause than you ever thought possible as an athlete-fundraiser.  It’s free and open to non-profits and fundraisers alike.   When: Wednesday, March 11 at 1.00 PM EST (10.00 AM PST) Where: Online; register here. Join Team Firstgiving for a roundtable [...]

Attention Runners: More Boston Marathon Numbers Now Available

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Our friends at the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children just received about 20 more bib numbers for the Boston Marathon and are looking for charity runners to join their team. Interested? Contact Tom O’Toole by phone at 617.587.1533 or email totoole@mspcc.org.

Fundraising is Not a 4-Letter Word: Part 3

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Part three in a mini-series on nuggets gleaned from our marathon fundraising panel experts. Even more expert advice from Ashley, Beth and Kristina. If you missed them, Part 1 is here and Part 2 is here. 6. Remind your fundraisers not to apologize when asking for donations Very few people will sign up to run [...]

Fundraising is Not a 4-Letter Word: Part 2

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Part two in a mini-series on nuggets gleaned from our marathon fundraising panel experts. Expert advice, continued: here are more tips for success and getting the most out of marathon fundraising from Ashley, Beth, and Kristina. If you missed Part 1, it’s here. 3. Help your runners coordinate their marathon training schedule with their fundraising [...]

Jan 28 Webinar: The Endorphin Effect

Did you know that the average charity runner raises more than double what a walker does, and that a marathoner raises 50% more than that?  Do you want to put that kind of dedication to work for your organization? Let Team Firstgiving teach you why endurance athletes raise more money and how your organization can [...]