--- title: "Daily Buzz: #GivingTuesdayNow Pulls Impressive Totals" id: "50266" type: "post" slug: "daily-buzz-givingtuesdaynow-pulls-impressive-totals" published_at: "2020-06-01T21:05:42+00:00" modified_at: "2026-03-17T03:32:26+00:00" url: "https://associationsnow.com/2020/06/01/daily-buzz-givingtuesdaynow-pulls-impressive-totals/" markdown_url: "https://associationsnow.com/2020/06/01/daily-buzz-givingtuesdaynow-pulls-impressive-totals.md" excerpt: "Organizers of the special COVID-19 edition of #GivingTuesday say that donations totaled more than half a billion. Also: Why you should turn off your self-view when you use Zoom." taxonomy_category: - "Fundraising" taxonomy_post_tag: - "AssociationsNow" - "Business" - "donation" - "Fundraising" - "nonprofit" taxonomy_content_format: - "Article" taxonomy_role: - "Association CEO / Executive Director" - "C-Level" - "Executive Team" taxonomy_persona: - "Association Professionals" --- [Home](https://associationsnow.com/) » [Articles](https://associationsnow.com/format/article/) » Daily Buzz: #GivingTuesdayNow Pulls Impressive Totals Last month’s #GivingTuesdayNow, a global fundraising event targeted at nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic, drew a lot of attention, a lot of donations, [and a lot of response](https://associationsnow.com/2020/05/daily-buzz-inspired-by-covid-19-givingtuesdaynow-draws-global-response/) from corners of the internet large and small. But until a few days ago, we didn’t know exactly how big that impact was. Last week, the GivingTuesday nonprofit announced preliminary results from the event—more than $503 million raised in the U.S. alone that day, which the organizers say is roughly as much as the normal Giving Tuesday event raised in December 2019. [In a news release (opens in a new tab)](https://www.givingtuesday.org/blog/2020/05/givingtuesdaynow-prompts-surge-503m-online-giving-us-during-crisis) , Woodrow Rosenbaum, GivingTuesday’s chief data officer, noted that the researchers plan to continue researching broader giving trends around the COVID-19 crisis, to get an idea of the nonprofit sector’s overall resilience. “Our strategy for #GivingTuesdayNow is to measure trends in giving during a global crisis response,” Rosenbaum said. “In addition to this preliminary total, we’re working to evaluate generosity over a longer period of time, not just a single day, and to provide critical context for a unique moment in time.” The results of that research will be made available in a report later this month. ## Battle Zoom, and Win https://twitter.com/EssentientAMC/status/1267480076628754439 **Finding taking part in Zoom calls to be utterly exhausting?** Perhaps the big problem is that you’re looking at yourself when you’re on the call. That’s just one suggestion Alex Sixt offers in [a post on Entrepreneur about beating Zoom fatigue (opens in a new tab)](https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/351091) . “Regardless of how you feel about your quarantine look, self-view induces a feeling of anxiety associated with Zoom fatigue; worried about how we look, sound, or what’s going on with the lighting,” he explains. “To prevent any Zoom fatigue from self-view, simply turn off the camera feature whenever you’re able to.” Other suggestions include taking a break, looking into other communication options, creating a meeting itinerary, and finding a new spot to take your call. ### **Other Links of Note** **Careful with the latest version of Windows.** [As The Verge reports (opens in a new tab)](https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/1/21276653/microsoft-windows-10-may-2020-update-block-known-issues-list) , Microsoft is blocking the update on many devices due to a series of known issues. **Looking to drive growth?** Be willing to take on more strategic risk, LogicGate CEO Matt Kunkel [writes on CMSWire (opens in a new tab)](https://www.cmswire.com/information-management/why-taking-on-more-strategic-risk-can-be-fuel-for-growth/) . **Trying to make a case for people to sign up for your online course?** Gather Voices highlights [how digital video can help with that (opens in a new tab)](https://gathervoices.co/using-video-to-promote-professional-development-continuing-education/) , without a ton of extra work. (VectorStory/iStock/Getty Images Plus) [Ernie Smith](https://associationsnow.com/author/ernie-smith/) Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now. 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