Bright Ideas

We believe that knowledge is power, and we strive to empower people by sharing insight and sparking conversations. We actively write articles, publish marketing guides, and produce toolkits that are designed to help and inspire nonprofit organizations like yours.

Quick Tips

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Cashing In On Social Media

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Power of Independent Fundraising

Powerful People: Social media empowers you event participants

 

Articles

Why You Need APIs

Examples of how the American Red Cross, The Arthritis Foundation, and The National Trust for Historic Preservation are using APIs to reach new audiences and raise more money to fight cancer, treat and prevent arthritis, and preserve historic places can be found here: Open APIs: What's happened, Who's used it, and What's on the horizon on the future.

How to Expand Your Reach (Even During a Recession!)

Over the last several months, we’ve all experienced an economic downturn of epic proportions together. In times like these, every dollar counts (even more than usual). Thankfully, inexpensive ways to broaden your participant base and tap into new donors exist out there — you just need to know where to find them.

 

Achieving Breakthrough Results with World Bicycle Relief

An international nonprofit providing bicycles to nations in need of sustainable transportation, World Bicycle Relief (WBR) helps bring people in developing countries closer to vital healthcare, educational and economic opportunities. In the past, this small yet driven organization worked with Blackbaud Sphere (formerly Kintera) to facilitate donations (80% of donors made contributions via the Internet) and establish an effective online presence.  In order to maximize its online fundraising efforts, however, WBR needed a little guidance.

 

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Marketing Guides

Making Event Participants More Successful with Social Media Tools

The popularity of social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube has given rise to promising new ways for event participants to raise money online.

 

Mobilizing Real Action in a Virtual World: Using Social Networks to Advance Your Advocacy Strategy

With vibrant communities, viral sharing of ideas and collaborative communication tools, social networks offer great potential for organizations to drive meaningful advocacy initiatives and foster advocate engagement.

 

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Toolkits

Convio® TeamRaiser™ Toolkit

TeamRaiser™ is an online software solution that allows nonprofit organizations to implement peer-to-peer fundraising and event programs. The software is a comprehensive tool designed to recruit, engage, and mobilize participants for events and causes.

 

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We make history every night at The Paramount, but we also understand the importance of staying up-to-date and connecting with today’s tech-savvy audience. Charity Dynamics provided the right strategy and online expertise we needed to make our iPhone application a reality, and now we’re even better positioned to provide supporters with the best theatre experience possible.
Ken Stein
Executive Director, The Paramount Theatre