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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. But this year, the buzz leading up to the November 15 event on Twitter and Facebook, as well as on sites like YouTube and Linkedin, was even stronger. A quick look at the social media data from Give to the Max Day 2012 shows a sizable jump over the previous year.

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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

One of their newest experiments is a Twitter campaign, #150jobs. I interviewed Arlene to learn more about they’re measuring their Twitter campaign and what they’re learning. Goodwill Industries(@GoodwillIntl) September 3, 2012. What is the objective of the Twitter campaign? ” # 150jobs – ow.ly/dm4V4.

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Great reads from around the web on January 24th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You may recall that the NTEN community recently helped us raise over $15,000 to host more local events throughout 2012.

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How Will Your Nonprofit Raise Money in 2012?

NTEN

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. Four years ago, web 2.0

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Research Friday Board Engagement: Thinking Beyond the Wallet

ASU Lodestar Center

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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Good Food Revolution: Will Allen of Growing Power

Have Fun - Do Good

He was named the 2012 NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award recipient. In May 2010, TIME magazine named Will to the TIME 100 World's Most Influential People. In 2011, Allen was named one of the 7 World's Most Influential Foodies by Michael Pollan and Forbes Magazi ne. I also saw a more recent profile of him this spring on Food Forward.

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I'll Comment for Food Donations, Ten Cents for Woman's Shelter, and Other Interesting Social Media Charity Trends

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This reminds of something that Peter Deitz wrote about over at the Social Actions blog called "How Wil Your Nonprofit Raise Money in 2012?" In 2012, individuals will come to your organization with the expectation of being full partners in your work, not just dollar wells to be tapped when cash is needed.

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