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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. For “giving days”—which are becoming increasingly popular all over the country—social networking and digital communication such as email and blogging are key to driving big results. Check it out: Click for our full Give to the Max Day 2012 results.

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Tell the Packard Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program How You Think They Should Do Their Work!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Faithful readers of this blog may know that Beth Kanter is Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness program, but we’ll bet that far fewer of you know what the Packard Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness program actually is, or what we fund. Guest Post by the Packard Foundation OE Team.

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Research Friday Board Engagement: Thinking Beyond the Wallet

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Earlier this year, Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) received 4,600 responses to our annual 2012 State of the Sector Survey. Since 2009, our survey has asked nonprofit leaders to indicate what management actions they are taking to cope with the recession. So what happened in 2011, and what are respondents planning for 2012?

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A Fundraising Cliff? What does the data say?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While giving related to Hurricane Sandy may boost total fundraising in 2012 it is unlikely to change fundraising results for most nonprofits. The National Bureau of Economic Research said that the recession ended in June 2009, and fundraising historically takes three years recover from a recession. billion in revenue.

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Research Friday: Generosity Expanded: The Impact!

ASU Lodestar Center

However, the 5 percent given to international causes reflected a 15.3 billion in 2009,” 1 largely due to the improved economy. Both papers serve as resources for this blog post, which touches on only a few aspects of this global generosity. Data from last available year: 2009; Variation due to rounding. billion from $226.2

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How @GoodwillIntl is Celebrating Labor Day with Twitter Campaign #150jobs AND Measures Success

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They just marked their 150th first-person story on their blog , so in the 150 hours leading up to Labor Day, @GoodwillIntl is tweeting out one of these success story per hour under the hashtag #150job to spotlight someone who has found work, education or volunteer opportunities with support from Goodwill. ” # 150jobs – ow.ly/dm4V4.

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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. Katya Andresen recently summarized an article in the SSIR talks about the shift from a linear marketing pyramid to a non-linear funnel in the nonprofit sector. Another is to avoid pitchfalls. If they can do it, so can you!

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