The Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) is a conference for university students that are creating projects, products, and organizations for social impact. Each student that attends makes a commitment to social action. This past weekend, President Clinton invited us to present at CGI U to help these students raise funds for their commitment. If […]

Our “jobless recovery” and endless congressional bantering and stalemates (sequestration, anyone?) have left us with a very real sense that the recession isn’t over. And that makes people hesitant to maintain or increase their charitable giving. So how should you adjust your fundraising strategy? Check out these six tips: 1. Don’t apologize or sound desperate […]

With the launch of the better, faster, and more effective CauseVox 2.0, we’re excited to offer a new set of pricing and plans to start on April 22, 2013. Updated Standard “Pay-as-you-go” Plans Our current pricing is a buffet — you pay one price and get all of our features. Unfortunately, some users end up […]

“Using CauseVox, we were able to raise more than twice as much than we usually do offline.”  – Sundance Organizer You might be surprised to hear that the Bay Area has an appetite for Country-Western dance.  You’ll definitely be surprised to hear, however, that this desire has been strong enough to sustain an active Country-Western […]

How many of you had to teach your moms how to use Facebook? I sure did. In fact, I’m still uploading photos for her every time I visit. The truth is, the advent of social media has radically changed the way we do everyday life, and even business. Its ramifications are rippling outward, and nonprofits […]

What do Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and birthdays have in common? These are holidays where you give and receive presents. Holidays put people in a giving mood, and you should capitalize on that with your fundraising campaigns. Building your fundraising campaigns around special occasions motivates people to give – it makes your campaign feel relevant and […]

If you’re looking for a tool to help you manage your social media matters, here are five you might want to consider: 1.    SproutSocial Most of the apps discussed in this post offer similar features. SproutSocial is typical, offering, among other things, a) monitoring of social media channels, b) publishing to Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, […]

Social Media for Nonprofits is a multi-city conference dedicated to social media and social good. They just wrapped up their New York City conference. Here are 7 tips that we learned about social media from the day-long conference. 1. “Find out the best and worst times to share on Facebook: https://ht.ly/iqkS5  #SM4NP #NYC” – @SM4Nonprofits […]

When you give a prospective donor too many choices, you risk overwhelming them and leading them toward inaction. In the book “The Paradox of Choice,” Professor Barry Schwartz characterizes having too many choices ultimately leading to indecision. The Vending Times summarizes his premise: “… given the unprecedented amount of choice North Americans are presented with today, logic would […]

Here at CauseVox, we try to bring you the best in nonprofit fundraising tips. But here’s a little secret – we get a lot of our ideas from other fantastic nonprofit marketing blogs out there. Today we thought we’d do a little roundup of some of the top content at our favorite websites. Here are […]