How instill more storytelling into your online fundraising? Think about magazines — use images! Images help you communicate your message and help the reader understand what you’re about. You should incorporate some eye-catching images along with content about your fundraising campaign. One of the hardest parts if finding an image and editing it for us. There […]

The 2011 Online Giving Report was recently released detailing the behavior of individuals who donate online and the nonprofit organizations that benefit from such donations. The full report can be viewed here. Online fundraising is a key element in efforts by nonprofits to collect funds throughout the year. As a nonprofit, you face many challenges. […]

Today we interview Joe Lambert, founder of the Center of Digital Storytelling out in SF. He’s one of our panelists at the Nonprofit Technology Conference this year too. Here he shares his thoughts on the future of nonprofit storytelling. What is the future of nonprofit storytelling? How is it going to change? I recently found […]

We love TechSoup, and our friends over there are having a digital storytelling challenge for nonprofits this month! Read more below. — TechSoup’s third annual Digital Storytelling Challenge (TSDigs) is on this month, and we want you to submit! It’s simple: Create a one-minute video or five-photo slideshow capturing your organization’s mission, passion, and hard […]

When I left the TV news business, the only thing I knew for sure was that I wanted to tell inspiring stories. When I looked around most of those stories were coming out of the nonprofit world, so I decided to put my focus there. I believe that nonprofit stories will continue to be some […]

Lesson 1: Make fundraising a priority The first lesson nonprofits need to remember is this: fundraising is important. This is true no matter how large or small your nonprofit is. Once the fundamental importance of nonprofit fundraising is understood throughout your nonprofit, especially by your Board of Directors, raising funds becomes less difficult. Lesson 2 […]

For nonprofits entering the online space or nonprofits just getting started, finding the right ways to reach prospective donors and supporters can leave you scratching your head. With the rise of email newsletters and social networking, you can interact with supporters on a regular basis by notifying them of current events or fundraising opportunities. With […]

Digital fundraising websites need to compel their visitors to action. Your fundraising efforts should incorporate design and marketing techniques for the maximum effect. One such tool, color theory, has the potential to improve your nonprofit’s success and, as is always the goal with nonprofit ventures, create a greater social impact. Color theory is the study […]

“CauseVox is easy to set up and easy to maintain. They also have lots of great tools and tips available that got our campaign going.” ~ Jed Dembrowski, United Way of Norman This case study discusses how the United Way of Norman’s “No Shave November” campaign raised over $16,000 through their CauseVox fundraising site. In addition, […]

Telling your story matters much more than you think. It especially does when you’re running a digital fundraising campaign. From a population set of campaigns (outliers removed), we picked the top 15 highest grossing campaigns that CauseVox has powered. In total, this sample set raised $1,203,072 in donations with an average raise of $80,205. After […]