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GETTING YOUR BOARD ON BOARD: THE VALUE OF BEING ONLINE
November 18, 2010
Today’s Presenter
Zenia Wadhwani
Director, Program Development
CanadaHelps.org
What is CanadaHelps?
A public charitable foundation that provides accessible and affordable online technology to both donors and charities.
For Charities
A cost-effective means of raising funds online.
For Donors
A one-stop-shop for giving.
CanadaHelps is a charity helping charities.
EXPLAINING SOCIAL MEDIA
What is Social Media?
TECHNOLOGY
SOCIAL
• Online
• Interactive
• Conversational
• Real Time
• User driven
• Transparent
• Engaging
• Inclusive
• Genuine
So-cial Me-d-ia [soh-shuhl mee-dee-uh]
Social media is media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, created using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques.
Social media uses Internet and web-based technologies to transform broadcast media monologues (one to many) into social media dialogues (many to many).
It supports the democratization of knowledge and information, transforming people from content consumers into content producers.
Stolen from Wikipedia
So, why is that complicated?
WHAT YOUR BOARD MIGHT SAY
#1
“Our organization is based on people-to-people interactions.”
Connecting and communicating online is still people to people and is very much about building community.
Changes the “how you do”, not “what you do”.
Broader reach
Visible connections
Community building opportunities
More opportunities for peer-to-peer communications
More supporters More volunteers More donors =
GivingPages Examples
#2
“Online fundraising isn’t raising enough money.”
4% Proportion of overall online funds to charities in 2004
9% Proportion of overall online funds to charities in 2008
Online Giving is Growing
Online Giving Outpacing Offline Giving
Charitable giving in 2008 - 5%
Online giving in 2008 + 30%
Online Giving Median (U.S.)
$57
$81
$104
2006
2007
2008
An online presence isn’t only about $$$.
It is a source of information for your donors.
Provides a different way to get information to your supporters in a timely way
Are you doing it right?
Successful results are cumulative and they take time and effort.
49% more likely to give than
one who was dissatisfied with the overall experience
A visitor who is satisfied with their experience
with a nonprofit website is
Do you have a Donate Now button?
#3
“It’s a fad.”
Internet Usage by Canadians
Canadian Population About 34.1 Million
Internet Users About 29 Million
85%
Government
Mayor Miller (Toronto) on Twitter
Prime Minister Harper on YouTube
Businesses
Media
CBC Globe and Mail
Prominent Canadians
Nonprofits and Charities
It’s Here to Stay
#4
“Our donors aren’t interested in donating online or using social media.”
Who’s Giving Online?
The most significant
characteristic associated with online giving is
higher education.
Silent Generation
15%
Baby Boomers 52%
Gen X 30%
Millennials 3%
16+ million users in Canada
29.4%
29.2%
18.4%
16.3%
5.2%
Percentage of Users by Age Group
Aged 18-24
Aged 25-34
Aged 35-44
Aged 45-59
Aged 60+
43%
57%
5,500,000 6,000,000 6,500,000 7,000,000 7,500,000
Male
Female
By Gender
11th most visited site in Canada Most active users age range 25-34 With 35-44 year-olds trailing right behind 45+ and <24 are under-represented
Do these people look like your donors?
#5
“Why change what works?”
Because the way we communicate is changing.
Look to the future …
Future donors will be expecting these tools and interactions.
Importance of Adaptability
• Use for different initiatives
• For experiments
• Flexible
Mobilization
• Calls to action reach supporters faster
• React to current events (e.g. Haiti earthquake)
#6
“Online donors are not really engaged.”
People are sharing and chatting more online than offline.
• More than 5 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each week on Facebook.
• There are over 40 million items shared on Twitter.
Engagement isn’t just what happens online, those conversations continue offline.
41% of online donors describe themselves as ‘loyal’ to the causes they support, compared to 26% of offline donors.
59% of online donors would urge others to support the same cause ... compared to 34% of offline donors.
Happy Bystanders
Listen
Spreaders
Share
Donors
Money
Evangelists
Solicit
Instigators
Create
Ladder of Engagement*
Involvement Supporter
*Adapted from Beth Kanter
#7
“It’s too risky. What if people say something negative?”
They’ll talk about you anyway, so start a dialogue with your critics.
Keep your message strong.
#8
“How will we know if we’re successful?”
Define success in the beginning.
Hard Stats
• # of followers or fans
• Amount of comments
• Click-throughs
• Amount donated
Balance quantity with quality.
Soft Facts
• Types of conversations
• Feedback from supporters
• Quality of comments
#9
“It takes too much time and costs too much!”
Online Communication is Fast
• Online tools let you reach supporters more quickly
• More convenient and simple than other ways of communicating
Many Tools Are Free
Time and personnel investment still required.
Not a cure-all; planning and integration is still important.
Can you afford to not be online?
DID YOU KNOW?
Credits Ladder of engagement: adapted from Beth Kanter
Internet Statistics: Internet World Stats
Facebook Statistics: Facebook Ads
Blackbaud Index of National Fundraising Performance, April 2009
ForeSee Results - Nonprofit Website Survey, Spring 2009
Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 2009
DonorTrends, 2005
2006 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarking Analysis
Jakob Lodwick by Zach Klein (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachklein/4263395/)
Pedrosimoes7 - Exchanging life experience (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedrosimoes7/3717536433/)
Solitaire Miles - Torch and Jazz (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cunisdiabolis/476325171/)
dave_mcmt - CCDHS Classroom, Miles City (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_mcmt/187432802/)
AnyaLogic - coffee talk (http://www.flickr.com/photos/anyalogic/2315310261/)
The first few steps by Wildxplorer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/krayker/3089031277/)
Your Turn