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  1. Our Top Takeaways from the 2020 Facebook Fundraising Benchmarks Report

    Facebook’s Giving Tools let you raise money and awareness for your cause. Why should you use them? Facebook notes that supporting causes is a top reason people use their platform. Consequently, Facebook’s Giving Tools help you connect with these potential supporters. They enable quick, easy donation opportunities, allowing you to build effective campaigns. Getting started, […]
  2. How to maximise Facebook donate button posts

    Facebook users can reach your donation pages through Facebook ads. But did you know that your organisation can receive donations without users having to leave Facebook?  Your organic posts can now include a Facebook donate button. And what’s more, these organic posts can be boosted. This means these posts can be leveraged like ads. So […]
  3. How it pays to LOVE on your Facebook Fundraisers

    Facebook fundraising has been a game changer for both large and small charities. But how do you learn more about your fundraisers? And what can you do with these insights? Athar Abidi is head of social and digital activation at the British Heart Foundation (BHF). In this  talk at GivePanel’s Social Fundraising Summit, they give […]
  4. Custom Facebook Fundraisers: New GivePanel Feature

    As you may know, one problem with Facebook fundraising right now is that when people create a fundraiser for you on Facebook the default settings are generic. We’re excited to share with you that this problem is no more with our newest tool. Custom Facebook Fundraisers (previously known as 1-Click Fundraisers) Currently, when your fab […]
  5. How to run Virtual Events on Facebook with Facebook Groups

    Today we’re going to be looking at how you can run virtual events on Facebook using Facebook Groups. This is an incredibly popular topic we’re getting asked a lot about, but the first thing to say is virtual events aren’t new – they were growing before the COVID pandemic. JustGiving released some data that found […]
  6. How to Double Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Fundraising

    Whether it’s birthday fundraising, the donate button, DIY and events, crowd-funding or Instagram – Facebook Giving Tools are not just the next generation fundraising platform. For many new and small charities, they are now the main source of income. giving. In this fast-paced, practical session Nick Burne, CEO and founder of GivePanel will take you […]
  7. Facebook Challenges: Virtual Event Registrations for Facebook Fundraisers

    How Facebook Challenges and virtual events offer a new way to get supporters fundraising for your charity in droves using a unique combination of Facebook tools. What are Facebook Challenges? Even B.C. (Before Coronavirus), we were seeing a handful of GivePanel clients drive huge volumes of Facebook fundraisers. Turns out these clients were doing virtual […]
  8. Facebook fundraising case study: How one charity got the contact details of Facebook Fundraisers

    Find out how the Mental Health Foundation utilised Facebook Giving Tools to find a whole new community of supporters on Facebook. The Charity Since 1949, the Mental Health Foundation has been the UK’s leading charity for everyone’s mental health. With prevention at the heart of what they do, they aim to find and address the […]
  9. How to Link People Directly to Create a Facebook Fundraiser (works for Facebook Ads)

    Wouldn’t it be awesome if you could send people directly to set up a Facebook fundraiser for your nonprofit? Guess what…. You can! And here’s how… There’s a feature on Facebook in your Donations setting where you’ll find a special URL or a “deep link” specifically for your nonprofit. You can then use this deep […]
  10. The 9 types of Facebook supporters and how to steward them

    Facebook supporters are amazingly valuable for charities of all sizes. Here are the 9 types of Facebook supporters that you need to engage with. Anyone who supports your cause with a donation or fundraises for you through Facebook is a star! But some stars shine more brightly than others. In other words, not every supporter […]