At Charity Dynamics, it’s important to us to provide you with the resources you need to create and implement results-focused fundraising and advocacy strategies through online programs, live and virtual events, social media, and mobile technologies. That’s why we offer this collection of papers, guides and presentation slides to help you stay on top of proven techniques for online results.

• Advocacy
• Boundless Fundraising
• Events
• Marketing and Fundraising
• Mobile Strategies
• Social Media Strategies

Advocacy

• 6 Essentials for Advocacy Success in 2011

  Don't Leave Home Without Them: 6 Essentials for Advocacy Success in 2011. These slides from a presentation from the Convio 2010 Summit feature tips from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the National Partnership for Women and Families, and Charity Dynamics.

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Boundless Fundraising

• A Measure of Success: Boundless Fundraising for Facebook 2011 Benchmarks

  In these slides from a recent online seminar, Michael Barron of AIDS/LifeCycle Ride to End AIDS and Stuart Boyd, Application Development Director for Charity Dynamics team up to share: how your event compares with benchmarks; the importance of benchmarking; how you can run your own reports; AIDS/LifeCycle Ride to End AIDS Facebook fundraising results and what contributed to their success; and AIDS/LifeCycle Ride to End AIDS and iPhone.

• Benchmarks: Boundless Fundraising for Facebook

  Want to know how your Boundless Fundraising results compare with your peers? Check it out with our Boundless Fundraising for Facebook Benchmark Guide.

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Events

• Making Event Participants More Successful with Social Media Tools

  This paper, based on research conducted by Charity Dynamics and Blackbaud, provides an in-depth look at the growing impact of social media tools like Facebook®, Twitter®, and YouTube® on peer-to-peer fundraising, and how event participants are using these online tools to more effectively support nonprofits and their missions.

• Maximizing the Success of Online Events

  In this helpful guide, you’ll learn how to keep your online peer-to-peer fundraising events consistently successful and grow their strength each and every year.

• 18 Proven Ways to Inspire Participant Fundraisers

  Get tips on making your participants better fundraisers from the American Cancer Society, YAI, and the Young Survival Coalition in these presentation slides from the 2010 Convio Summit.

• Take Home Coach: 18 Proven Ways to Inspire Participant Fundraisers

  Discover 18 Proven Ways to Inspire Participant Fundraisers in this two-page take-home guide. This guide accompanies the "18 Proven Ways to Inspire Participant Fundraisers" presentation from the 2010 Convio Summit.

• Convio® TeamRaiser™ Toolkit

  TeamRaiser™ is an online software solution that allows nonprofit organizations to implement peer-to-peer fundraising and event programs. This Deployment Toolkit guides you through each step of creating and launching your new TeamRaiser product.

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Marketing and Fundraising

• Using APIs to Grow Supporters

  In these presentation slides from the 2010 Convio Summit, see how the Canadian Cancer Society, American Cancer Society, and National Trust for Historic Preservation grew their housefiles and custom configured their online fundraising and membership growth using APIs.

• Website Broken? Fix It!

  These slides from a presentation featuring website redesigns for the PenFed Foundation and National Partnership for Women and Families is full of tips for getting the most out of your website no matter what your budget.

• Take Home Coach: Using APIs to Grow Supporters

  Find out how to use APIs to grow your supporter base in this two-page take-home guide. This guide accompanies the "Using APIs to Grow Supporters" presentation from the 2010 Convio Summit.

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Mobile Strategies

• Navigating the World of Mobile

  With new mobile successes continuing to pop up, how do you know which methods will be successful for your organization? In this paper, you’ll learn the options available, how to decide what’s right for your audience, and how to measure success.

• Nonprofits Get Mobile

  Donors are already using mobile technologies. Smart nonprofits are adapting to this with mobile-friendly websites, emails, and mobile applications. In a recent online seminar, Felicia Carr of National Parks Conservation Association and Jessica Hood of Charity Dynamics share what's working today and plans for the future.

• A Successful Mobile Launch

  In these slides from a recent online seminar, Devin Gladstone of Food for the Poor, and Kathy Kempff of Charity Dynamics show how Food for the Poor launched a successful mobile program that resulted in over 1,500 application downloads and a new channel of donations for the organization’s international relief program.

• Making Participants and Donors Successful with Mobile Solutions

  Mobile marketing shows promise for increasing participant fundraising results. This paper explores the correlation between participant fundraising and mobile solutions.

• Friends Asking Friends Has Gone Mobile

  Friends Asking Friends has gone mobile in more ways than one. Check out this PDF version of the Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits presentation on the mobilizing of Participant Fundraising.

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Social Media Strategies

• Skill Building: Social Media for Events - Part 1

  These slides from a skill building workshop from the 2010 Blackbaud user conference features best practices from the Arthritis Foundation using social media to extend their event fundraising effectiveness.

• Skill Building: Social Media for Events - Part 2

  These slides from a skill building workshop from the 2010 Blackbaud user conference features information on Email Templates, Segmentation & Personalization, Calendars, Management & Analysis, Measuring Results, and Planning for Next Year.

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