Thank you is the most important thing you can say to your donor or supporter. The power of thank you is long established yet many of us in the nonprofit world have dropped the ball once or twice when it comes to telling our donors and supporters "thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Your nonprofit New Year's resolution should be to develop your online thank you strategy. You accept donations online and you have a community online. Now it's time to start thanking people in your online world.

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Now I realize it's only January and we all are still recovering from Christmas, but here at the Yonge Street Mission I'm already thinking about Easter. As I prepare the newspaper ads for the weeks ramping up to Easter this year I am faced with a new dilemma. What photo do I use? In years past it was never an issue because we had a great photo of our "meal man" Lloyd. But Lloyd's passing in November, 2011 has brought up a new discussion about the face of our "Provide a meal" newspaper campaign.…

- New app enables friends to add the charities they support to their Facebook Timeline -

Toronto, January 18, 2012 - Artez Interactive is proud to announce the launch of a new social fundraising app. The Friendship Powered Fundraising™ app enables friends to share the charities and social causes they support on their Facebook Timeline. The Artez app is designed for people who want to tell their friends on Facebook that they donated to a cause they care about.

For people who donate and support…

Today Artez Interactive is excited to launch a new Facebook app enabling donors to share the charities and social causes they support via an integration with Facebook Platform.

The Artez Interactive App for Facebook Timeline makes it possible for people to share their donation activities with their family and friends on Facebook.

The app was announced at f8, Facebook's developer conference in September 2011, with launch partners Free The Children, Canadian Diabetes Association, Kids Help…

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Tuesday January 17th, 2012

The best way to learn is by doing, according to James Appleyard, chief executive officer and chairman of Artez Interactive Inc. of Toronto. He has learned how to sell his firm's Web-based fundraising solutions to charities in the United States, U.K. and Australia by doing just that.


Appleyard sees Artez as an electronic alternative for the clipboard-toting fundraiser knocking on doors. Sitting at a computer, the fundraiser…

We're kicking off 2012 with amazing online fundraising tools we hope you'll love. We're so excited to tell you about the new web, social and mobile fundraising features inside Release 152 in the Artez System.

What's new in our latest release?

Powerful Facebook Integration: Your participants can now register for your fundraising events with their Facebook accounts. One of the great benefits of registering for an event with Facebook is the ease with which your fundraisers can log in and…

Artez clients can now use a fantastic new feature to allow visitors to sign-up for fundraising events through their Facebook accounts!

Our new Register with Facebook option allows your event participants to join your campaign quickly and easily. They can also come back to your site and log into their fundraising accounts with their Facebook login! That's one less username and password to remember.

Here's how your event participants can Register with Facebook:

New registrants will see…

As an Aussie who has spent two of the last three years fundraising in Canada, it has been an odd transition moving back home. Not because I picked up any peculiar traits such as saying 'Sorry' when someone bumps into you, or using 'Eh?' (pronounced 'A') to seek approval for something I've said, rather, the fact that I have a better understanding of fundraising in Canada than I do in Australia.

Don't get me wrong, things aren't vastly different! Charities are not madly faxing out…

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Everyone is getting ready to step up in 2012. Have you made a strategic plan for the new year yet? Many charities and nonprofits are already making plans for 2012.

How is your organization getting ready? Are you planning your budget? Creating a new marketing strategy? Or are you considering recruiting a new board member? 

Although the last one sounds the least complicated, there are some points that are worth thinking about in advance.

Check the tips from "Tr…