http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com A blog about raising money online for charitable causes, social media fundraising, and other nonprofit fundraising ideas from Firstgiving.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:16:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/boston-marathon-spotlight-jesse-vetter-for-metropolitan-boston-housing-partnership/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/boston-marathon-spotlight-jesse-vetter-for-metropolitan-boston-housing-partnership/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:55:05 +0000 Ashley Morrison http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5540 Jesse Vetter’s doctor lightheartedly said that he could run a marathon after his 14th knee surgery. Jesse took that literally and will be participating in the 114th running of the Boston Marathon this year. He is running to support Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership (MBHP), which provides an array of services to provide those in need with [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/boston-marathon-spotlight-jesse-vetter-for-metropolitan-boston-housing-partnership/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/07/improvements-to-firstgiving-for-nonprofit-fundraising/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/07/improvements-to-firstgiving-for-nonprofit-fundraising/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:22:04 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=3598 Starting next month, you’ll see improvements on FirstGiving, including enhancements to the nonprofit account and reports, as well as a new logo and color scheme. Many of these changes are a result of the action we’ve taken on your feedback over the past few months. First up are the improvements to the nonprofit account. In late [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/07/improvements-to-firstgiving-for-nonprofit-fundraising/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/07/npofundraisingwithfacebook/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/07/npofundraisingwithfacebook/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:46:37 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=3580 As you go about your Facebook fundraising this summer, Facebook has a helpful tool you can use to build your nonprofit fundraising community online: a widget for your website or blog. The Fan Box widget links your Facebook fan page to your nonprofit site, lets visitors see your fan base, and makes it easy [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/07/npofundraisingwithfacebook/feed/ 2 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/07/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-2/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/07/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-2/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:00:09 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=3527 Today we bring you another nonprofit fundraising Best Practice in Action from our weekly series. Each week we highlight an organization that has done an incredible job of promoting its online fundraising efforts with Firstgiving and show you how to do the same. This week’s Best Practice is. . . Send a friendly reminder about your [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/07/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-2/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-5/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-5/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:00:25 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=3505 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-5/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/counting-down-or-should-we-say-up-to-100000000-in-donations/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/counting-down-or-should-we-say-up-to-100000000-in-donations/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:10:14 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=3490 We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: we are constantly inspired by you!  Together, you, the thousands of nonprofit organizations, fundraisers and donors who raise money online with Firstgiving, have raised millions of dollars for causes you care about. Today is an exceptionally exciting day in Firstgiving history as we count up to the [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/counting-down-or-should-we-say-up-to-100000000-in-donations/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/follow-up-on-facebook-fan-pages/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/follow-up-on-facebook-fan-pages/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:31:48 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=3477 Last week we hosted a sold-out webinar on using Facebook for community building and nonprofit fundraising.  Well, technically it wasn’t sold out because it was free, but the session was completely full!  If you missed it or couldn’t get in, you can see slides and audio for the session here. During the session, we talked about [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/follow-up-on-facebook-fan-pages/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-3/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-3/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:00:41 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=3420 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-3/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/1st-annual-nonprofit-awareness-day/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/1st-annual-nonprofit-awareness-day/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:00:48 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=3368 Every day, from coast to coast, Firstgiving helps nonprofits find online fundraising solutions, and for the past few months we’ve been out on the road visiting you and listening to your fundraising success stories.  We love having an online platform because it helps us connect to nonprofits all over the place, but we also have [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/1st-annual-nonprofit-awareness-day/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-2/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-2/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:00:34 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=3347 Today we bring you another nonprofit fundraising Best Practice in Action from our weekly series.  Each week, we’ll highlight an organization that has done an incredible job of promoting its online fundraising efforts with Firstgiving and show you how to do the same.  This week’s nonprofit fundraising Best Practice is. . . Give your fundraisers [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-2/feed/ 0