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Connecting with Black History Through Community and Nature

Saleforce Nonprofit

In 2009, Rue Mapp started a blog to share her experience participating in outdoor recreation activities as a Black woman in America. That blog grew into Outdoor Afro , a nationwide leadership network helping Black people engage with the outdoors, learn about the Black history of public spaces, and support conservation efforts.

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GiveMN 2012 Giving Day by the Numbers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

GiveMN 2012 by the Numbers by Jeff Achen, GiveMN Digital Strategist. A quick look at the social media data from Give to the Max Day 2012 shows a sizable jump over the previous year. Check it out: Click for our full Give to the Max Day 2012 results. Each year since the event started in 2009, we’ve seen these numbers grow.

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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place :: 2011 Edition

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Many of us will purchase hundreds of dollars in holiday gifts over the next six weeks, and with some conscious consumerism those dollars could also help some of your favorite nonprofits continue their work in 2012. 11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits :: 2009 Edition. Although Concern is based in the U.K.,

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Three Ways Social Media Has Negatively Affected the Nonprofit Sector (and What We Can Do About It)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

From famine in Africa to war in the Middle East to global economic collapse, people are increasingly becoming overwhelmed by all the tweets, status updates, photos, and videos of gloom, doom, and despair. If it continues as it has, then I fear that many people will begin to check-out and become numb to our calls to action.

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How Can Nonprofits Make the Most of Overhead Funds?

ASU Lodestar Center

Many funders, including individual donors, are averse to funding these indirect costs, preferring to support direct program expenses: food for hungry people, medical care for the sick, and childcare for working parents. GEO Action Guide – General Operating Support, 11, 14, 21. Nonprofit Research Collaborative (2012).

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How Will Your Nonprofit Raise Money in 2012?

NTEN

Peter Deitz, Social Actions. Current best practices will serve nonprofits just fine in 2009. But a shifting communications environment and changing donor demographics could render those best practices ineffective at best, and obsolete at worst, as early as 2012. Raising money in 2012 will require creativity and foresight.

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On appealing year end appeals & being pitch-erific

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One way to make the most of the last few weeks of 2012 is to consume a steady stream of eggnog and candy canes. Pitchfalls are the common mistakes people stumble into when making a pitch. Creepy, awkward conversations encourage people to beeline for the bar, not to learn more about your mission. Another is to avoid pitchfalls.

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