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Reflections from #MFOM14: Email Marketing, Fundraising, and Visual Communications

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The last time I was in Baltimore was in 2007, with Amnesty International at their regional conference, attending as a bright-eyed student organizer trying to learn how to more effectively spread the good word of social justice and human rights (the story of how I got involved in nonprofit marketing!).

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Ocean Conservancy: The Art of Social Media Experimentation, Learning, and Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by PCSO900. In 2007, Vikki Spruill attended a seminar hosted by the Packard Foundation with Clay Shirky and came away both scared and excited about his ideas. She initiated a discussion about how to test some of Shirky's ideas. The organization is a Packard Foundation grantee.

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you know of campaigns and lessons learned that haven't been included, please leave a comment: August 2007 I launched a campaign to raise money and get t-shirts donated for the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. October 2007 This campaign was for $1,000 to send a young Cambodian woman, Leng Sopharath, to college.

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Giving When You're Unemployed: It Could Make You Happier and Wealthier

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A September 2007 Ode magazine article, Giving Makes Us Happy , describes a 60-year study by Paul Wink of Wellesley College that followed the lives of about 200 people. Arthur Brooks' September 2007 article in the Journal of Economics and Finance , Does Giving Makes Us Prosperous ?, Photo of Sunflower by me.

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America's Giving Challenge: Bloggers Campaign Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I took that photo back in 2004 when I had the opportunity to visit Cambodia and observe all programs for a week. Heres a recent photo of Jack and Mom taken in December 2007. Try these and test them. He mentioned that I could use Google Analytics to test the click through in my email signature. Everyday Giving Blog.

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I Contribute To Creative Commons! Won't you?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo from CC site - It didn't have a CC license, but I am assuming I can use it? And so, faced with the prospect of facing a real world test, I cower. And, of course, I just had to give enough so I could get the cool new 2007 campaign t-shirt. from Creative Commons in my bills. Creative Commons?

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A Twitter follower is worth $0.24

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Sugarpond. Note from Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of presenting on a panel at Association of California Orchestras with Marc van Bree , an arts and social media blogger I met in 2007. He wanted to raise some money to help the local orchestra and test some ideas. Here is what he learned.