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, 12 Mar 2010 13:00:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 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/2009/06/top-10-ways-to-use-your-page-creation-auto-emails-3/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/top-10-ways-to-use-your-page-creation-auto-emails-3/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:11:42 +0000 Ashley Morrison http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=3486 Firstgiving’s Account Management Team has been on the road for the past few months, talking with nonprofits like you about how to raise more money online and listening to your feedback.  One thing you’ve told us is how helpful it is to receive an automatic email when someone creates a new fundraising page for your [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/06/top-10-ways-to-use-your-page-creation-auto-emails-3/feed/ 3 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/2009/05/jumping-the-shark/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/05/jumping-the-shark/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 14:42:43 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=3102 The folks over at NetSquared (or net^2, depending on who you talk to) and Social Actions are asking some good questions this week about how nonprofits can connect with each other online: There are so many different ‘green’ nonprofit websites – so many different ‘human rights’ websites – so many different ‘health’ websites, etc. How can we connect the [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/05/jumping-the-shark/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/01/yes-you-did-raise-80-million-with-firstgiving/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/01/yes-you-did-raise-80-million-with-firstgiving/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:35:33 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=2323 Yesterday afternoon our fundraisers hit the $80,000,000 mark for online fundraising with Firstgiving.com!  Since Firstgiving’s inception in 2003, you have been busy creating personal fundraising pages to raise money online for the causes you care about–medical research, animal rights, international development, the environment, and more. At 4.37 PM, it looked like this: And today, it looks like [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/01/yes-you-did-raise-80-million-with-firstgiving/feed/ 1 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2008/10/hikebikerun-in-monroe-county-ny/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2008/10/hikebikerun-in-monroe-county-ny/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:32:13 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=1691 Too cold to swim?  Don’t let autumn stop you from a tri event! This Sunday the Hike for Haccamo, sponsored by Monroe County Suburban Rotary Clubs, will bring the Monroe County, NY community together for a hike/bike/run.  The event will raise money for Haccamo, the Handicapped Children’s Camp for Monroe County. Founded by the Rotary Clubs of [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2008/10/hikebikerun-in-monroe-county-ny/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2008/09/inspiration-for-fundraisers-sarah-lewis/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2008/09/inspiration-for-fundraisers-sarah-lewis/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:00:44 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=1556 Looking for some inspiration? Meet one of our successful fundraisers, Sarah Lewis. Sarah recently biked 70 miles with a team in the Hope for New York Bike-a-Thon, and has raised over $1,000 with Firstgiving.com. We caught up with Sarah to hear more about her story: Why are you fundraising? I am fundraising for Hope [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2008/09/inspiration-for-fundraisers-sarah-lewis/feed/ 0