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9 Social Media for Social Good Sites You Should know About

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Social media for social good is grassroots organizing, fundraising and impact in the digital world. Here’s 9 “social media for social good&# websites you should check out today. Jumo is another social media for social good platform that entered the mix in 2010. 1) Crowdrise – [link].

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Social Media Fundraising, Obama and the 2012 Presidential Election

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President Barack Obama raised nearly $410 million dollars through individual contributions in 2008.

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Seth Godin on Innovation, Failure and Why Non-profits Should Stop Operating like Businesses

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Back in January of 2008 he told us (the non-profit sector) that we should be looking to use the internet in new and innovative ways to build community and engage our supporters because direct mail, although still a huge revenue source, was beginning to show signs of fatigue. My Question to You.

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Top 3 Trends to Fool Proof your Future Fundraisng

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billion in 2008, the council’s fourth annual “Run Walk Ride Thirty” study reports. 2) The Rise of the Socially-Conscious Partnership. In the early 2000’s, we saw the rise of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in for-profit companies. Walk A Thon, Bike A Thon, Swim A Thon) fundraising programs … were down from $1.76

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5 Ways to Increase Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

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All of these incentives helped increase event revenue from $100,000 in 2008 to $180,000 in 2009. Add top fundraiser and team “spotlights” to your website, emails and social media to describe what motivated your top fundraisers and teams, and how they raised so much money. Highlight Participant Stories.

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Living Between the Tides

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And the 2008 U.S. Tags: Social Networking fundraising trends. This is in part because the easier you can communicate, the faster change happens. But it has also been driven by major events like 9/11 , the Asian Tsunami , and Hurricane Katrina. This isn't the world of tomorrow. We live our lives between the tides.

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