Archive for July 2019
3 Ideas for Summer Fundraising to Sustain Donor Relations
Before you know it, your development team will be diving into fall events, Giving Tuesday, and year-end appeal planning. Summer is the perfect season to explore new fundraising ideas so that your donors do not take a vacation from your charity, too. 3 Summer Fundraising & Donation Ideas Try a Giving Day. Give a donor…
Read MoreThe Holy Grail of P2P Fundraising- Acquisition I Turnkey Webinar
Can P2P fundraising help with donor acquisition? See how better data and AI empower your fundraisers to do exactly that! boodleAI’s COO, Eric Okimoto, was invited to be a panelist for Turnkey P2P’s acquisition webinar hosted by Katrina Van Huss, CEO of TurnkeyP2P, alongside: Megan Rouse, Turnkey strategist. boodleAI consultant, and avid peer to peer…
Read MoreWhy boodleAI is a Data-rich Company, but not a Data Selling Company
It’s no secret that when it comes to data, the genie is out of the bottle. Those that work for Adtech, Social Media platforms, CRM platforms, general sales, and marketing will tell you that digital fingerprints are out there on the web. Every day, information on people is used to sell more consumer goods, attract…
Read MoreFundraiser Heroes
So, where did the name “boodle” come from anyway? boodle is the name for care packages that loved ones send to cadets at West Point. I fondly remember opening up the (boodle) packages from my mom filled with homemade brownies or chocolate chip cookies. For West Point grads, and much of the military, boodle is…
Read MorePeer to Peer not Peer to Peers Fundraising: The Real Personal Touch
I have been fundraising ever since I can remember. At a very young age, I was the top cookie seller in my Girl Scout Troop two years in a row and participated in Relay for Life. The highlight of my personal fundraising career was in 2015, the 20th anniversary of my father’s passing, where I…
Read More3 Ways You Can Build Stronger Donor Relationships with Social Media
Today, 79 percent of Americans use social media. That’s more than a ten-fold jump in a decade, according to the Pew Research Center. “Americans spend more time on social media than any other major Internet activity, including email,” said Business Insider. Not surprisingly, the Pew Research Center reported in 2018 that 90 percent of 18…
Read MoreThe Way You Market Your Nonprofit Drives Your Donor’s Experience More Than You Realize
If you are a nonprofit professional, you have probably seen Dan Pallotta’s Ted Talk, “The way we think about charity is dead wrong.” If not, the video is well worth your time. In the talk, Pallotta argues we hold five main misconceptions about charities, including the notion that overhead costs on advertising and…
Read MoreMeet the Team: Amelia Todd
My name is Amelia… and I joined the boodle team just under a month ago! It’s already been an exciting few weeks. Before joining boodle, I was a consultant at a global nonprofit, helping them to create and distribute education and training materials about data privacy. Prior to that, I worked at multiple startups (both…
Read MoreCompanies Doing Good: Chobani
In less than 10 years, Chobani grew to become the No. 1.-selling Greek Yogurt brand and the second-largest yogurt manufacturer in America. Chobani still operates with a small craft company mindset with a mission to provide better food to more people because Chobani believes that access to affordable, nutritious, delicious yogurt made with only natural…
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