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Tools, articles and insights for the modern fundraiser.

Year-end Starts Now!

Over 25% of the average nonprofit’s annual fundraising is made in the last 2 months of the year. However, most nonprofits don’t start their year-end planning until October.

Fundraising on Facebook

Facebook recently launched Facebook Fundraisers, which enable individuals to solicit donations from their friend networks on behalf of causes they support…

New Ideas from Strategic Services – May 2017

Each month, we share the most innovative ideas we see in the nonprofit technology industry. Here are three of our favorite ideas from last month…

Integrating Search Function with Donation Forms

Can your donors find the participant or team they want to support on your event site? Many P2P fundraising events face this challenge…

Website Development & Your IFE Program

The who, what, where, when and why of website development for IFE Events. In a nutshell, what is website development? Effective website development is a very broad topic, but there are some basic principles that can be applied almost universally to ensure that you’re...

Make the Most of your Mobile Site

The mobile sector of the digital commerce landscape continues to grow rapidly, as more and more users, consumers and supporters opt to use their smartphones over their desktop for an increasing number of tasks and activities. Earlier this year, Google partnered with...

Focus on the Social, Not Just the Media

Nonprofit organizations of all sizes are using social media as part of their marketing and fundraising strategies, but (as is true in the for-profit world) not everyone is doing it well. The tools are pretty much the same across the board. They are easy to use,...

Optimize your #GivingTuesday

The holidays may seem like they're far away, but as you well know they'll sneak up on you! The holiday season brings about two very significant fundraising occurrences; End-of-Year campaigns and #GivingTuesday. While a savvy nonprofit pro will integrate these...