Mobile

Online Giving: Is Your Organization Keeping Up?
August 17, 2015 at 2:19 pm

Blackbaud’s 2014 Charitable Giving Report found that online giving grew almost five times faster than overall giving, which grew at 2.1 percent, while online giving grew at 8.9 percent. Compare this to your online fundraising totals. Are you around the 7 percent mark? Are you growing your online fundraising by 8 percent to 10 percent compared to last year...

New App Finds and Vets Charities for Users to Donate to Every Day
August 14, 2015 at 1:53 pm

Launched this week, the free app ChariPick helps people find lesser-known charities that match their interests. “You put in preferences about yourself—what kind of giver you are, how much you want to give per day and what kind of charities you'd like to give to,” said Stephen Lee, founder and CEO of ChariPick. “Based on…

Beyond Fundraising: Mobile POS and Donor Data
June 30, 2015 at 7:00 am

Many nonprofit organizations are seeking ways to accelerate and simplify the donation process. Mobile point-of-sales (mPOS) solutions not only help streamline this process, they allow organizations to gather donor and donation data, which can provide insight into a donor’s motivation and capacity to give again. Data analytics have become vital fundraising tools, helping nonprofits determine…

3 Mobile SEO Updates You Should Know About
June 22, 2015 at 1:28 pm

The tried-and-true way to create a website seems to be hiring a professional SEO (search engine optimization) consultant. That consultant will ensure your site has the right keywords in the right places and that articles from other sources are cross-posted to your blog. This approach is for the long game. What does that mean? Well,…

5 Ways for Every Nonprofit to Integrate Mobile
June 16, 2015 at 2:33 pm

A mobile fundraising study conducted by npENGAGE reviewed the webpages of 343 small to medium-size nonprofits at the end of the 2014 giving season. The study analyzed 22,648 donations, 3,091 event registrations and 1,476 membership transactions between Nov. 1 and Dec. 31, 2014. Here were the highlights from studying the 343 nonprofits: 9.5 percent of…

New App-Based Nonprofit Aims to Fight Hunger
June 11, 2015 at 1:58 pm

One in every six people in America is food insecure. Meaning their access to food is limited by a lack of money. A new local nonprofit called 1Family 1Restaurant is trying to change that. 1Family 1Restaurant is a innovative new Web-based/mobile app program with a goal to cure family hunger in America.

6 Uses of Beacon Technology for Nonprofits
May 26, 2015

Large businesses, service companies, and retail stores have begun to adopt Bluetooth beacon technology. A beacon is a small sensor that senses when a smartphone or other device is within a certain range. Targeting marketing and sales can benefit from this technology by sending real-time, geo-located offers and information.