Soapbox Engage Blog

Issue 1

Hello Soapbox Engage partners!

Whew, what a year. Or has it just been a few weeks? I can't even keep up anymore. We hope whatever 2021 has been throwing your way, you're making the most of a fast-moving start.

We're working hard to offer the nonprofit community the most engaging, affordable, and compelling fundraising and engagement solutions on the planet. That's right, fundraising for the entire globe! Of course, you might not know much about it, because we've been a bit behind on keeping you in the loop.

Let's change that today.

As you're out there helping organizations implement awesome solutions, it's up to us to make sure you've got the tools you need to help organizations raise more interest (and money) and change the world. Of course, not knowing what those tools are, you just might find yourself lost in a sea of marketing mumbo jumbo from the nonprofit tech world.

I'm here to cut through the noise, and make sure you've got the information at your fingertips to help organizations select future-looking products without breaking the bank.

Have a question about our products? Need a Soapbox Engage penguin mascot delivered to your home office? Have an organization in desperate need of a great online fundraising tool? I've got your back.

I'm Amanda, and I'm the new partner marketing associate at Soapbox Engage. I'm ready to answer your questions and educate your team on ways we can help you deliver solutions for the nonprofit community faster and more efficiently.

Also, I can deliver inflatable penguins, so there's that. But for now, let's get on with the show...new features!

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Product Updates

Zoom Integration with the Events App

Have you heard about this virtual meeting tool called Zoom? It's going to catch on, I'm sure of it. And when it gets in the hands of your clients, they're going to want to make it super easy to have folks register for events, automatically add them as participants in Zoom with unique links, and then store that data in a database like Salesforce. Well guess what? Our Events app now integrates with Zoom, dramatically enhancing an organization's ability to effectively and easily manage online registrations for virtual events. Now with even less manual data moving!

Virtual Activity Fundraising with the Donations App

Like fundraising with friends for a good cause? Enjoy being active and healthy? Want to combine the two of those together like peanut butter and jelly? Our new virtual activity fundraising with Strava provides awesome options for organizations that have needed to replan their walks, runs, and rides during the pandemic.

Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Enhancements

We took the Donations app's peer-to-peer fundraising add-on to the car wash, and it came out sparkling clean with a new design layout, more usable sharing features, and more! Administrators and Team Captains now have access to abundant customizations on the Team and individual Fundraising pages including the ability to bold, italicize, underline, and include hyperlinks in certain fields. To make it easier for donors to share these beautifully designed pages we also combined the social icons into one share button that opens a modal popup with Twitter, Facebook, and copy link options.

Donor Scroll Widget with the Donations App

Since fundraising can happen anywhere in this virtual world, we've made it easier to show off all those great donors and your donation total. You can now easily embed a widget on a website to show fundraising progress for a campaign. This comes in handy for those virtual events where you want to highlight donors in real-time in the middle of your fundraising video stream.