In our Page Editor, you can change colors using the on screen color palette. HEX codes of colors associated with your organization can be used, in lieu of the color palette, to give you more accurate color results. More accurate colors give the donor and supporters a better fundraising experience. But before we explain HEX codes, […]

Organizations are formed because of an idea — fight poverty, feed the hungry, advocate for human rights, or many other ideas. The visual design of your brand represents the idea behind your organization. It’s how your audience understands your organization. Generally, there are two elements that are important to visual branding – it has to […]

Last week, Erika Johansson invited us to give a demo at Purpose. It was really fun, and we ended up making a demo campaign for All Out in 10 minutes. Here is the result. You can see that the campaign site we whipped up looks pretty similar to the All Out website. One big thing […]

Fundraising online lets you reach a broad audience in a cost effective manner, but it can become impersonal. Many times, effective fundraising is driven by relationships and personal ownership. One way we make online fundraising personal is through donation tiers. Why are these tiers needed? A couple of reasons: 1. It communicates the impact of […]

A logo is just one part of your brand. At a general level, your brand is how your audience perceives and identifies you. Your brand is holistic; the mission, audience, and personality of your organization drive it. This foundation sets the course of your messaging platform (copywriting/storytelling) and visual identity. The visual identity includes the […]

Beautiful things happen in community: passions ignite, ideas form, and better technology products develop.  Our mission is to create better technology for non-profits and many of you have given us valuable feedback on how we can make that happen.  We’ve built the platform’s user interfaces and page editors (simple tools to change the look/feel/branding of […]

We’ve been dabbling with fundraising technology since 2007, and our trip to Uganda, a few years ago, was the catalyst for CauseVox. We served Action for Children (AFC), a Kampala-based NGO that serves children and families vulnerable due to HIV/AIDS and poverty, by providing pro bono marketing and IT support. Like a lot of pro […]

The Networked Non-Profit, by Beth Kanter and Allison Fine, a book that every non-profit should read with their staff, presents concepts and case studies on how non-profits can use social media to drive change. In this post, we summarize and discuss a few of the most interesting ideas from the book. Free Agents The authors […]

Donors and supporters are the lifeblood of every non-profit; they interact with you online through different channels, like your website, social media, and intermediaries (3rd party giving sites). These interactions are crucial in moving your donors and supporters towards richer engagement with your non-profit. At CauseVox, we’re irrationally obsessed in providing our non-profit partners with […]

It’s been a spectacular ride getting started. Since we’ve started, our platform has helped non-profits raise over $400,000. We’re grateful for your advice, feedback, and guidance throughout this past year. Without you, we couldn’t have made CauseVox what it is today. With the start of 2011, we’re rolling out some new things that we’d like […]