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Conquering Nonprofit Chaos Podcast: Mobile Pledges

Published on May 14, 2012 by

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Join host and author Bradley Burck for this weeks Conquering Nonprofit Chaos Podcast, as he continues to discuss the topic of mobile giving. Angela MacIntosh of Mobile Cause is this week special guest. She joins Bradley to talk about the strategy of text-to-give, and mobile pledges. Text-to-give is a simple tool, but you have to know the right strategy to use it effectively. You must create the urgency and emotion of your cause and catch people in the moment. The best text-to-give campaigns bank off of  impulse giving. If you have been thinking about adding mobile giving to your strategy download today’s

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Recommended Article: HOW TO: Post Milestones to Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Page

Published on May 14, 2012 by

This article from Nonprofit Tech 2.0 is a good how-to-walk-through of adding Milesstones to the new Timeline layout of your Facebook page. On March 30 the new Facebook Timeline design rolled out to all Facebook Pages and one new function is the ability to post Milestones to your Timeline…, a how-to get started with Facebook Milestones is posted below: 1) Select “Milestone” from your Posting Module. Simple enough. Click “Milestone” in your Posting Module. This first Milestone is what is known as your “Founding” Milestone. It is meant to tell the story of the founding of your organization. It’s worth noting that once you

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Conquering Nonprofit Chaos Podcast: Mobile Giving

Published on May 1, 2012 by

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Join host and author Bradley Burck this week as he interviews Chad Williams of Five Q Communications. Bradley and Chad talk about good website management, content strategy, and ideas for using mobile technologies. Smart phones, texting, apps, tablets, qr codes, and more are all part of the modern mobile web movement. Listen to this weeks episode as they help break it down for you.

 
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Conquering Nonprofit Chaos Podcast: Tell Your Story

Published on April 23, 2012 by

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Join host and author Bradley Burck as he talks about sharing the story of your non-profit. Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that your story is old, that you don’t need to tell it anymore, or that everybody’s heard it. Your story is what separates you from the competition.

 
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Recommended Article: Eight “Thank You” Videos Created by Nonprofits

Published on March 20, 2012 by

Nonprofit Tech 2.0 published this article yesterday. We thought it was a good idea and a great way to say thank you to your donors! “With each passing day your supporters, donors, activists and sponsors are becoming overwhelmed by the barrage of tweets, status updates, text messages, and emails being thrown at them on a daily basis. As a result, text-based “Thank You” messages are often unread and overlooked. That said, a video can often communicate your appreciation better than the written word and the eight videos below will help inspire your nonprofit to create a “Thank You” video. While

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Volunteers are Fantastic

Published on March 7, 2012 by

A great article was published in the Washington Post a few weeks ago by Jean Case of the Case Foundation in Washington, D.C. The article was titled Keep the Cash, give us talent. I really like this article because I’ve had some great experiences as a volunteer and some really bad ones. I’ve also had some really fantastic times managing volunteers and some times where I wanted to pull my hair out and throw everyone out of the building. This article gives me an opportunity to talk about this topic. Here’s the deal – as a nonprofit leader – if

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Multi Channel Giving Infographic

Published on February 27, 2012 by

Blackbaud published this chart, or infographic, Multi Channel Giving recently showing the relationship between offline and online fundraising. What this so clearly shows is that although offline giving continues to dominate, online giving is growing. According to the Blackbaud’s study multi-channel, those who give both online and off, are the donors who are most likely to give the more over time. We’ve known for a long time that the Internet opens the door for a completely different way of providing help to individuals and organizations in need. That’s why we decided to turn years of accumulated knowledge and experience to

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Conquering Nonprofit Chaos Podcast: Hit the Phones

Published on February 13, 2012 by

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Join Fundraising Success Team member Bradley Burck for a weekly podcast on Conquering Nonprofit Chaos. February 13, 2012 What do you do at the beginning of the year when giving is slow? Bradley encourages you to develop a 1st quarter strategy for your organization. He gives you tips for using the phone to connect with donors, say thank you, and share your excitement.   Get more episodes at Burckcommunications.com

 
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Videos for Fundraising

Published on February 13, 2012 by

By Bradley Burck, MA I’ve seen a lot of really bad development videos in the last several years. My heart kinda breaks when I see non-profit leaders investing time and money into creating a video without really thinking through the purpose of that video and how it will be used. There is no doubt about it: Video is a powerful tool in the hands of a fundraiser. They can tell a story and paint a picture that tug at the heartstrings of a donor, really setting up the fundraiser to ask the donor for a gift. Videos are exceptionally effective

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Want Some Response

Published on February 6, 2012 by

By Bradley Burck, MA When you are doing a fundraiser whether it’s door to door chocolate sales, catalog orders, or letter asking for donations there are some principles to keep in mind. 1. Response will come from two things – Volume of asks (the amount of asks made) and Thrust (or frequency). For example – if you email 100 people 1 time – your chance of getting any response is going to be super low. Now if you emailed those 100 people 10x over a six month period the chance of getting a number of responses is pretty good. The

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