The Future of Digital Fundraising Sarah Whitley and Simon Rydings September 2014
So what IS the Future of Digital Fundraising? So what DO we know? User Generated Content Managing a dialogue with multiple audiences Case studies What are we planning in the future? Takeaways Questions What we’ll cover
Holograms? Robot fundraisers? Tele-porting? So what IS the Future of Digital Fundraising?
So what DO we know?
Case study: Twitrelief 2011
Case Study: YouTube Boy band 2014
UGC ALS income over $100m from 29 th July to 29 th August Same period in 2013 income was $2.8m 56% of Britains who took part did NOT donate money to charity 53% could not name the cause 11% felt pressured into it
Creating a dialogue with multiple audiences Cause Corporate partners RetailersAdvocates Donors
Planning – what’s on our whiteboard
Takeaways
Keep the message simple
Tell a story
Focus on ease of payment
Know your objectives
Find your influencers
Go to fans where they are
Thank you for listening. Any questions?