Another NTC means more great studies about nonprofit technology released, including the 2012 "Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmarks Report." While you're welcome to scroll down to read some key findings, we recommend you click on over to download the complete report, right now. It's free!

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If you're struggling with how to use social media for fundraising, we've got a great one-two punch from bestselling author Evan Bailyn coming right up: "Using Social Media to Build an Active Base of Donors" on January 26th and "Activating Your Base of Supporters" on February 2nd.

Using Social Media to Build an Active Base of Donors

Learn specific, exclusive strategies nonprofits can use to attract a large and active base of donors. You'll come away understanding how to grow a good cause by appealing to people on a basic psychological level.

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Activating Your Base of Supporters

A fan is only as valuable as their willingness to get involved. How do you stimulate people to donate? Learn how to use Calls To Action to activate potential donors when they are most energized and willing to give. By the end of the webinar, you'll know which social media practices are a valuable use of their time and which should be avoided.

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According to the Blackbaud Index, fundraising has returned to pre-recession levels. Why not use all the available channels?

We probably don't need to convince you that mobile's becoming increasingly important to the nonprofit sector. I mean, at least 43.5 million people use their phone to check email on a daily basis and almost 7% of U.S. web traffic now comes from mobile devices.

So we're excited to hear Kelly McIvor's perspective. He's been in the business for 19 years, focused on the creation and marketing of new mobile products and services. We've engaged him to talk about the key elements of "Creating a Mobile Strategy".

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By Debra Brown, COO, MobilizeUs.com

It’s not surprising that after the widely publicized success of the 2010 Red Cross "Text-to-Give" campaign for Haitian earthquake relief, social change organizations wanted to hop on the text-to-donate bandwagon.

But as many quickly learned, the biggest barrier for grassroots groups emulating the Red Cross style text-to-give campaign is cost.

There are a couple of different ways to create a grassroots text-to-donate program that allows you to reach the same goal as a traditional text-to-donate campaign: making it possible for someone to make a donation to your organization by initiating a text message.

In fact, you can create a text-to-donate campaign for a fraction of the cost as a traditional campaign, and you stand to gain much more than the initial donation. A couple of examples: