This document provides an overview of crowdfunding and tips for launching a successful social fundraising campaign. It outlines 10 steps to launch a campaign, including defining what you are fundraising for, setting donation levels, sharing your story, promoting through email, Facebook, Twitter, recruiting supporters, and celebrating once goals are met. The top tips are to start with current supporters, directly ask for donations, tell donors how funds will be used, and align all communication channels.

1. Crowdfunding 101
How to Jumpstart
Your Social Fundraising Campaign
@fundly @davidjboyce1

2. Today
1. Crowdfunding Overview
1. How to Launch a
Campaign
2. Top 5 tips

3. #1 Crowdfunding site for Social Good
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“Are Facebook, Twitter, more than $221M.” - 08/08/12
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Fundraisers of the Future?”
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Online Philanthropic, Facebook =
Political, and Individual Giving” Millions in Micro-donations”

4. Two Ways to Understand
Crowdfunding
1. Support a Campaign
1. Launch a Campaign

5. Crowdfunding works for…
1. Individuals
1. Political Groups
2. Large Non-Profits
3. Your organization?

12. How it Works

13. The most important thing:
Launch
- Don’t aim for perfection… You have to launch
a campaign and learn from it!
- You get a 2nd, 3rd, and even 30th chance to
make a 1st impression

14. Step 1:
What can you crowdfund?
People “give through,” not “to”
examples…
A playground
A new classroom
Meals
Shelter
A mission trip

15. Step 2:
Sanity-check your target
– Is your date less than 3 months out?
– Is your $ target achievable?
formula… example…
# of supporters 10,000 supporters
2% response rate (historical actuals)
$94 average donation
1.5 social multiplier $28,200

16. Step 3:
Set giving levels
Make them fun or meaningful
$50 buys 10 used textbooks
$500 sponsors one child through graduation
$5,000 sponsors a classroom of 30 students
Remember…
People give “through,” not “to”

17. Step 4:
Share your
story

18. Step 5:
email Launch
– Use your existing list
– Use the strategy you already built
• Target: ―We are raising $22,500 by October 15…‖
• Objective: ―This will allow us to open one new classroom…‖
– Make the email personal—address it from you
– Send personal update emails once per week

19. Step 6:
Facebook
– Share with your personal
network once per week
• Make it personal
– “Join me in building a
school! We are 50% of
the way to adding a
classroom for 30 kids in
Sudan”
– Post to your Facebook Fan
page daily
• Ask questions
• Provide updates

20. Step 7:
Twitter
– Tweet 2-10x per day
• Lunchtime and quitting
time
– Use hashtags
– Retweet

22. Step 8:
Recruit help
Get your top supporters to
set up their own pages
Think board members,
volunteers, celebrity
endorsers, partners, etc.
Rinse and repeat
The bigger the team, the
better the network

23. Step 9:
Embed on your site
Embed the donation form
on your own website
• As easy as embedding a
YouTube video
Make sure all channels of
communication are aligned
for the duration of your
campaign
• Email
• Direct mail
• Website
• Social networking

24. Step 10:
Celebrate!
– Announce your milestones
– Post updates to Facebook
and Twitter, encouraging continued donations
– When your goal is reached, shout it from the rooftops!
• People like to be part of a winning team
• Thank them for their support and they will support you again
• Where possible, provide evidence of the difference the money
is making (on-the-ground photos and video)

25. Top 5 Tips
1. Start with your current
supporters
2. Do not be shy
3. Make a direct ask
4. Tell donors what their money
will do
5. Align all channels

26. Good Luck!