Turn Supporters’ Time into Money through Polling and Surveys with Research for Good

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Turn Supporters’ Time into Money through Polling and Surveys with Research for Good August 10, 2011

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Recording: http://www.vimeo.com/27547694Research for Good partners with nonprofit organizations to offer your donors, volunteers, contacts, employees and friends the opportunity to donate their time by answering market research surveys in exchange for a monetary donation to your organization. By offering their opinions and participating in online surveys, respondents turn their time into money for a cause that is close to their heart.In this webinar you will learn to:- Activate your supporters to trade their time for donations- Utilize a simple polling tool to gain insights about your supporters- Engage supporters for your cause on an ongoing basisThe Research for Good program is free to join and easy to use and you can get started in 15 minutes or less.Presentation by: Sean Case, researchforgood.com

Transcript of Turn Supporters’ Time into Money through Polling and Surveys with Research for Good

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Turn Supporters’ Time into Money through Polling and Surveys with Research for Good

August 10, 2011

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reminders You can hear us, but we can’t hear you

Presentation slides will be available on www.mycharityconnects.org/pastwebinars

For the best webinar experience, close all other applications

Turn up your computer’s volume

Have questions? Type questions in the Questions Log

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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.

CanadaHelps is giving made simple.

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Today’s Presenter

Sean Case

Research for Good

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Turn Volunteer Time into Money via

SURVEYS!

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1. The Research for Good story

1. Market research 101

1. How to get started

1. Tips & tricks for success

On the Agenda

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$20 Billion spent on Market Research annually $10 Billion in ONLINE research spend

$1 Billion budgeted for respondent incentives

The Money: Where does it come from?

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When the economy is BOOMING…

how do we sell more product?

When the economy is TANKING…

how do we sell more product?

The Industry: Recession Proof

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The Money: How much can we make?

Nonprofit A Nonprofit B Nonprofit C

Taps into their network of 1,000 Twitter followers

Emails their database of 10,000 supporters

Encourages donors, volunteers, supporters and friends to join their

Research for Good Survey Team across all promotions channels

100 people from their network join their Research for Good Survey Team

500 people join the Research for Good Survey Team in support of Nonprofit B

2,000 people join Nonprofit C’s Research for Good Survey Team

Average 4 completed surveys/month/person

Average 2 completed surveys/month/person

Average 2 completed surveys/month/person

Research for Good makes $2,400 quarterly donation

Research for Good makes $6,000 quarterly donation

Research for Good makes $24,000 quarterly donation

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Formula for Success:

10 in 30 + 24 in 12

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Tips & Tricks

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• Make it personal & tangible • Each survey earns a vaccination for a child!

• Highlight as an opportunity to give time - instead of asking for money, again

• Include alongside current communications strategy when you need another reason to stay top of mind • Thanks to your opinions, RFG donated $1000 to our cause,

helping us buy 100 Malaria nets!

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ABOUT MYCHARITYCONNECTS

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free online resources Information about technology

Video demonstrations

More webinars

Past webinar recordings & slides

Learning opportunities

Events across the country

www.mycharityconnects.org

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Upcoming Webinars

• August 17th – Orientation for Newly Registered Charities with CanadaHelps

• September 14th – Stay Connected: LinkedIn for Nonprofits

• September 28th – Content Is Good ... Putting it into Context – that’s how you win (guest: Josh Muirhead, Socialmark Media)

• October 12th – #FAIL: Biggest Online Mistakes and How to Avoid Them (guest: Lee Rose, HR Council for the Nonprofit Sector)

• October 26th – Social Media Strategy for Beginners

• November 9th – Making Twitter Your Best Friend: Twitter Strategies Exposed (guest: Heather Morrison, Sequentia Environics)

www.mycharityconnects.org/webinars

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