Editor’s Note: This is Margie’s last personal profile for our series this month honoring women in social good. So happy to have had her interview these great ladies making a difference in our communities! In case you missed it, here are the four women Margie profiled this month: Luna Mufleh, Angela Daffron, and Estrella Rosenberg. […]
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If you’re reading this blog post, there’s a good chance you’re using social media to create awareness for your cause and have maybe even conducted a few online fundraising campaigns. For you, this blog post might simply be a confirmation for how you’ve been approaching each channel, or a place where you can add your
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Last week we talked about the strategy of using online ambassadors to attract new donors with social media. Of course the question for nonprofits is how to vet or select these ambassadors. Where to begin? The first mistake is to assume that online voices and bloggers with the biggest accounts will yield the most results
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I hope your nonprofit blogs regularly. Creating your own compelling content, being found online, and building other social media platforms around a home base such as blogging are three of the smartest things you can do to promote your cause. But blogging is hard work too. I know this firsthand as I write several blog
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Martha Heassler has been married to same man for over 30 years. They have two daughters, they’re both professionals, but when the times got tough, that didn’t matter. They almost lost their home. Martha’s husband didn’t have permanent work for nine years. He was doing agency work and collecting unemployment. Martha had different jobs as
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I work with many nonprofits on social fundraisers, and one of the most common questions I get is, “How do I find new donors with social media?” Finding these new donors can be elusive. More often than not, these organizations and individuals have tried social media-based fundraising unsuccessfully on their own and have doubts. The
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On Monday, Ifdy wrote about why small is better than big, especially if you’re a small nonprofit with limited resources. She wrote that smaller projects “help you quickly develop programs and respond to the important things.” Realistic resource assessment (and acceptance) is an important part of your nonprofits success. In addition to getting sober about what
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Mobile payment solutions became mainstream last week when Paypal announced Paypal Here, their new payment platform for small businesses. The technology isn’t new. Square invented it in 2009 and of late, it’s been growing quickly. What is significant is that a major player such as Paypal has jumped into the space to apparently squash smaller companies such as Square
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When I worked in a startup nonprofit years ago, one thing I wish I had known then was to stop obsessing over being big. Just like kids, we wanted to grow up too fast. This produced a lot of headaches for me, more work that could’ve been avoided, and energy spent in the wrong places.
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Here’s Margie Clayman‘s third profile of a kick-butt woman in social good in honor of Women’s History Month. You can check out her other posts telling the story of Luma Mufleh and Angela Daffron. When Estrella Rosenberg was a little girl, she had to experience something that is difficult even for the most seasoned adult
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