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For Nonprofits Mobile Web is better than Apps - 1/11/2012

Here's a short list of reasons why nonprofits should focus more on making making their websites mobile friendly and less on App development. Creating and Maintaining an App is expensive. Making your existing website mobile-friendly is easy and not so...

Mobile Version of SWEET Pledge Fundraising Website Shows Great Promise - 1/6/2012

In the online fundraising world, "great promise" means donations. In the 1st week after we launched the mobile verison of http://hope.cupidsundierun.com, 60 donations came through from Iphones, Ipads, or Android devices. Most orgs don't see 60 donations from mobile users...

Recession-proof your nonprofit - 8/15/2011

Make your nonprofit recession proof. Here's a link to one of a long list of articles that shows that there is a lot of anxiety in nonprofit circles over the economy. http://www.npr.org/2011/08/13/139589747/nonprofits-watch-anxiously-as-market-wobbles S--t happens and it's happening now. Here are...

JRunners Raise Over $90000 in the 5K Run for Our Place - 6/3/2011

It's always nice to spotlight our clients who make the most of their event with the SWEET Fundraising Software for A-thons. JRunners (http://www.jrunners.org/) did just that in a recent 5K Race (http://ourplace5k.jrunners.org/) where they raised over $90,000 for Our Place....

Save the Harbor / Save the Bay Hosts Successful Winter Swim-a-thon Fundraiser - 4/11/2011

I'm not a huge fan of swimming in cold weather. But it's definitely more palatable if it's done in the name of a good cause. Save the Harbor / Save the Bay's (http://www.savetheharbor.org/) mission is to restore and preserve Boston...

Bookspring Read-a-thon in Texas Lets Students Raise Money for Books for Students - 2/28/2011

So far, over 3000 elementary school students in Texas have created their fundraising pages on SWEET and have raised close to $150,000 in the Read-a-Thon. Everything is bigger down in Texas! The money they raised goes toward providing books and...

Webinar Recording: Personal Fundraising - Why Your Organization Needs to Leverage the Most Effective Form Of Online Giving - 11/24/2010

https://www.gatherplace.net/gp/jview.jsp?pf=82705188&confirmed=true Here's a link to a 40-minute webinar discussing the undeniable merits of online fundraising using the 'peer-to-peer' / 'personal'/ 'friends asking friends' fundraising model. The Webinar also includes tips on how to get such a program started at your...

Study Shows That 35% of Online Giving Is Prompted by a Personal Ask - 11/16/2010

A recent study by AFP yielded some very revealing results about Personal Fundraising. Whether you call it Personal Fundraising, Peer to Peer Fundraising, Friends Asking Friends, or Viral Fundraising it's all referring to the same dynamic that involves supporters of...

Mario Marathon Raises Money for Children’s Hospital [LIVE VIDEO] - 11/15/2010

Mario Marathon Raises Money for Children’s Hospital [LIVE VIDEO]. Good idea. In my quest to find new and effective fundraising ideas for you, I stumbled across Child's Play Charity (www.childsplaycharity.org). They run an event called Mario Marathon. You can get...

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