This presentation covers the benefit of nonprofit advocacy as a means of cultivating donors, and discusses strategies for fundraising and advocacy such as taking advantage of current events and news cycles for improving nonprofit campaign results.
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1. Connecting Online Advocacy to Fundraising January 26, 2010 Steve Daigneault, VP eCampaigns, M+R Strategic Services(Amnesty International USA) sdaigneault@mrss.com Mark Davis, Director Technical Solutions, Blackbaudmark.davis@blackbaud.com Justin Perkins, Director of Nonprofit Strategy, Care2justin@care2team.com
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4. Agenda Introductions Advocacy Overview and Industry Benchmarks The “Issues Du Jour” Concept and Case Studies Connecting Advocacy and Fundraising Best Practices Case Study Discussions
11. Need to identify and cultivate your super-activists.Source: M&R Strategies: 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study
12. Online Action Campaigns Fuel Fundraising Activists are seven (7) times more likely to donate, compared to supporters who did not previously take an online action for the organization Source: Charitable Memberships, Volunteering and Discounts: Evidence from a Large-Scale Online Field Experiment. May 2009, National Bureau of Economic Research, A. Lange, A. Stocking.
14. The “Issues Du Jour” Concept and Case Studies Steve Daigneault, M+R Strategic Services(Formerly Amnesty International USA)
15. What is “Issue Du Jour”? Relevance required for any online engagement No one cares about yesterday’s newspaper Make sure your message isn’t yesterday’s news Immediacy is Required for Online Advocacy and Fundraising
30. Next Steps: Building a Program Answer: what is happening today that most people know about that is directly relevant to my mission? Develop a campaign around this issue / concept Set a goal: what can you achieve that will help move your mission forward? Develop a message calendar Plan actions that go from easy to hard Tell them what happened
32. Common Cause – Micro-Campaign Site Over 50,000 Emails and Beat Fundraising Goals Map Mash-up Provides Interactivity
33. International Fund for Animal Welfare – Year-End Appeal Target Appeals based on Advocacy Interest Tie Donation to Specific Action
34. IFAW – Welcome Campaign Automated Welcome Campaign Series to Convert Facebook, Event, Website, and Advocacy Subscribers to Donors Average Email Donation Conversion: 0.13% (from M&R Benchmark Study IFAW Welcome Campaign Success 10-20X Average Conversion Rates
35. Equality California – “No on 8” Wedding Registry Over 1,700 Couples Raising Over $1M Online
36. Questions and Answers Want to Contact Us? Steve Daigneault- sdaigneault@mrss.com Mark Davis - mark.davis@blackbaud.com Justin Perkins- justin@care2team.com
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* This recent data for the first time proves something we’ve known all along: Conducting online action campaigns (which is Care2’s specialty) is a powerful way to identify, recruit and cultivate donor leads.* This is because people who take action are among the most predisposed to taking the extra step of donating money to a nonprofit cause that they care about.