http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com A blog about raising money online for charitable causes, social media fundraising, and other nonprofit fundraising ideas from Firstgiving.com Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/boston-marathon-meet-up-with-team-hoyt/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/boston-marathon-meet-up-with-team-hoyt/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:24:47 +0000 Ashley Morrison http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5509 On Wednesday, March 3, 2010, FirstGiving fundraisers gathered at Dillon’s, just steps away from the Boston Marathon finish line, for a night of team building, networking, and fun. Dick Hoyt, a seasoned marathon and endurance athlete, gave a motivational speech to Boston Marathon runners. Rick Hoyt, Dick’s son, was a strongly felt presence throughout the [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/boston-marathon-meet-up-with-team-hoyt/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/killing-5-birds-with-one-stone-haiti-lumiere-de-demain/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/killing-5-birds-with-one-stone-haiti-lumiere-de-demain/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:00:20 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5448 For the past ten years, Haiti Lumiere de Demain has been supporting educational and environmental opportunities for people living on the Haitian island of La Gonave. Last year, their programs served over 6,000 students in 19 schools. Then last month, life changed. 6 of the 19 schools, serving approximately 2,000 students, were destroyed by the earthquake [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/killing-5-birds-with-one-stone-haiti-lumiere-de-demain/feed/ 1 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/firstgivings-facebook-application-is-up-and-running/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/firstgivings-facebook-application-is-up-and-running/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:38:58 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5453 Our Facebook application, Fundraising, was down earlier this week but has been fixed, thanks to our stellar tech team.  To use it and add your FirstGiving page to your profile right now, go to the Facebook app. Thank you for your patience, and happy fundraising! addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinefundraisingblog.com%2F2010%2F02%2Ffirstgivings-facebook-application-is-up-and-running%2F'; addthis_title = [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/firstgivings-facebook-application-is-up-and-running/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/boston-marathon-spotlight-russ-smith-for-team-race-for-rehab/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/boston-marathon-spotlight-russ-smith-for-team-race-for-rehab/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:00:16 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5434 Russ Smith was an avid athlete in high school and continued to enjoy sports through college and after graduation. Then, in 2002, life for Russ changed. He began to experience knee pain and went in for what should have been routine surgery. There were complications, and his knee eventually became completely immobilized. Russ was subsequently admitted [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/boston-marathon-spotlight-russ-smith-for-team-race-for-rehab/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/02-18-2010-updates-to-your-firstgiving-account/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/02-18-2010-updates-to-your-firstgiving-account/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:03:11 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5396 In a continuing effort to make raising money online simple and effective for our partners, we have made several new customized editing features available in your account area. Now, you can: Edit your event information. Change or update the following: Event name Description Location Contact person at your organization Custom images   Edit your “About my nonprofit” text. Copy the mission statement from [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/02-18-2010-updates-to-your-firstgiving-account/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-12-offer-opportunities-to-raise-money-from-your-website/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-12-offer-opportunities-to-raise-money-from-your-website/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:00:27 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5374 Our friends at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) have been very busy supporting Haiti disaster relief efforts over the past few weeks. In the wake of so much need, the IRC knows that when people give, they often wish they could do even more to help. So, in addition to asking their supporters for donations, they’ve [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-12-offer-opportunities-to-raise-money-from-your-website/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/boston-marathon-spotlight-susana-hodgers-for-team-brigham/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/boston-marathon-spotlight-susana-hodgers-for-team-brigham/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:00:43 +0000 Camille http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5370 FirstGiving is located in Boston, home of both the Boston Marathon and chilly winters.  Susana Hodgers has decided to brave both for the first time – she’s never run a marathon, and she’s also never experienced a New England winter! Susana is raising money online for Brigham and Women’s Hospital to help fund breast cancer-related community [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/boston-marathon-spotlight-susana-hodgers-for-team-brigham/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/free-webinar-raise-1000-a-day-for-30-days/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/free-webinar-raise-1000-a-day-for-30-days/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:58:52 +0000 Ashley Morrison http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5351 Nonprofit organizations are seeking fresh ideas that will help lead to more donations and volunteer engagement.  FirstGiving presents a FREE Webinar about online social fundraising while showing how one nonprofit raised $1,000 a day for 30 days online. You can easily design a similar fundraising program for your supporters as well.  Join the Webinar to learn how. Please [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/free-webinar-raise-1000-a-day-for-30-days/feed/ 3 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-publicize-event-goals-for-your-supporters/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-publicize-event-goals-for-your-supporters/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:00:07 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5334 Our friends at the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) are getting the ball rolling early for their annual fundraising walk. Last year they exceeded their goals, thanks to their committed support community, and this year, they are setting the bar even higher. The folks at BARCC know that setting the right expectations and good communication [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-publicize-event-goals-for-your-supporters/feed/ 1 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/people-on-firstgiving-abe-clark-is-running-across-the-usa/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/people-on-firstgiving-abe-clark-is-running-across-the-usa/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:00:41 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5306 Many of us think of a marathon as a long way to run. And it’s true, 26.2 miles is a long way. But Abe Clark is planning on running 2862 miles – all the way across the USA – alone and unsupported. It is a monumental goal and one that has only [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/people-on-firstgiving-abe-clark-is-running-across-the-usa/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-interview-with-rahul-and-kit-of-the-fletcher-school-part-2/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-interview-with-rahul-and-kit-of-the-fletcher-school-part-2/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:44:38 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5298 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-interview-with-rahul-and-kit-of-the-fletcher-school-part-2/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-interview-with-rahul-and-kit-of-the-fletcher-school-part-1/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-interview-with-rahul-and-kit-of-the-fletcher-school-part-1/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:37:09 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5290 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-interview-with-rahul-and-kit-of-the-fletcher-school-part-1/feed/ 1 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-people-on-firstgiving/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-people-on-firstgiving/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:01:11 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5262 We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: it’s incredibly heartening to see how quickly FirstGivers are responding to support Haiti disaster relief efforts. This story just in from 5 year-old Lily’s mom: When I told my daughter about the earthquake in Haiti and told her that they would need lots of help, she asked, “what [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-people-on-firstgiving/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-ways-to-help/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-ways-to-help/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:53:11 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5259 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-ways-to-help/feed/ 2 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-security-update/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-security-update/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:29:26 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5247 It’s incredibly heartening to see how quickly FirstGivers are responding to support Haiti disaster relief efforts.  Unfortunately, there have been more than a few reports of online donation scams over the past few days, so we wanted to take this opportunity to explain how FirstGiving ensures that the money you raise for Haiti relief efforts [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-security-update/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-relief/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-relief/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:59:47 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5219 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-relief/feed/ 2 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/news-from-firstgiving-new-nonproft-account-reporting-clean-up/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/news-from-firstgiving-new-nonproft-account-reporting-clean-up/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:00:18 +0000 Ashley Morrison http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5195 Many of you use the data from the FirstGiving reporting area to integrate with your database or complete mail merges. Processing a lot of data by hand can be time consuming and frustrating, so we have made your life a little easier. Previously, when a donor or fundraiser made a donation or created a page, the data was entered into our [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/news-from-firstgiving-new-nonproft-account-reporting-clean-up/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/news-from-firstgiving-your-new-nonprofit-account/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/news-from-firstgiving-your-new-nonprofit-account/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:00:39 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5170 This holiday season, we bring you a gift our nonprofits have asked for–a more useful nonprofit account area. You now have access to more information, presented in a clear, easy-to-use format. The changes we’ve made will help you better manage your FirstGiving nonprofit account, permitting you to spend more time fundraising for your cause and less [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/news-from-firstgiving-your-new-nonprofit-account/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/politicians-and-fundraising/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/politicians-and-fundraising/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:06:17 +0000 Ashley Morrison http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5119 It probably comes as no surprise but, politicians really are some of the best fundraisers out there.  They have a lot of experience in rallying people around a cause, and they also keep these people involved throughout the campaign. FirstGiving doesn’t do political fundraising but….. Yousef Al Otaiba is the current United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the United [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/politicians-and-fundraising/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/11/happy-thanksgiving-from-team-firstgiving/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/11/happy-thanksgiving-from-team-firstgiving/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:13:20 +0000 Ashley Morrison http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5101 Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday, I love to sit back, eat turkey and watch football by a fire.  There is no stress about gifts, (except for my Mom who will be First in line at Macy’s for Black Friday), and usually it is a family affair that is filled with tradition.  One tradition that I am [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/11/happy-thanksgiving-from-team-firstgiving/feed/ 0