278. Social Fundraising: How to Find New Audiences + Grow Recurring Donors - Maria Clark

Published: May 30, 2022, 10 a.m.

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Meet Maria. She's on a mission to deploy data science + human judgment to democratize the nonprofit supporter experience. Her org, GoodUnited, has helped missions raise more than $500M via peer-to-peer platforms online. Today they're powering the third wave of giving as the sector moves from online giving and email to 1:1 conversational messaging and engagement on social media. If you're trying to make social engagement more human + steward creatively, this is the episode for you\\U0001f914\\U0001f3a7

\\U0001f4a1Learn:

  • How to engage with supporters in the digital spaces they already frequent
  • Cultivating recurring relationships + capturing new digital audiences
  • How nonprofits can make concentrated efforts to understand, inspire, and raise their relationships with social supporters starting with automated conversational messaging
  • Leveraging social media to better steward followers and supporters


EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

  • Maria\\u2019s story and journey to where she is today (3:00)
  • Overview of social fundraising (6:00)
  • How this can de-risk your mission and add stability to your organization (11:00)
  • Tips for how to know your followers, and then engage + empower them (17:00)
  • Fundraising, coaching, and engaging through Facebook Messenger (24:00)
  • Case studies of who is doing social fundraising well (27:00)
  • Stewardship and donor cultivation following the social fundraising events and challenges (30:00)
  • A powerful moment of philanthropy in Maria\\u2019s life (33:00)
  • Maria\\u2019s One Good Thing: Take a step back and think big. (39:00)


For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/278

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