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Behind the Scenes: America Supporting Americas

Connection Cafe

This time, we're behind the scenes at America Supporting Americans (ASA), an organization working to improve the lives of men and women in the military through their three signature programs: Adopt-A-Unit, Foster-A-Unit, and the Youth Civic Action and Awareness Program.

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America's Giving Challenge for Facebook Causes

Wild Apricot

The Case Foundation, Facebook Causes and PARADE Publications just launched the 2009 America’s Giving Challenge, a competition designed to raise both awareness and funds for charitable causes. From now through November 6, they’ll be giving away a total of $170,00 in prize money to participating U.S.-based

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Meet with your finance committee now: Lessons from the Great Recession’s impact on charitable giving amidst current market shocks

ASU Lodestar Center

percent in 2009. I am aware of several environmental nonprofits that experienced drops exceeding 20 percent. percent from 2007 to 2008, and by nearly 32 percent from 2008 to 2009. And, despite slight upticks in 2010 and 2011 in giving, they were still well below pre-GFC levels. We have to apply lessons learned from the GFC.

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Record-breaking donations on Give to the Max Day in Minnesota

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I have been tracking this giving day since its first Giving Day back in 2009 and every year do a debrief post or interview. This year, we asked school principals to don super hero costumes and ride the new indoor zip line at the Mall of America. PadillaCRT has led our earned media strategies since we launched GiveMN in 2009.

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3 Things Every Board Member Should Know About Social Media

BoardAssist

If that’s the case for your organization, here are some realities you should be aware of before you ask them to take on that new social media channel. In 2009, he co-founded the award-winning ITWorks program which helps vulnerable young adults get started in careers in technology. Each social media channel (i.e.

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Blog for Choice Day 2009

Connection Cafe

Today is Blog for Choice Day 2009 , an event organized by NARAL Pro-Choice America. While I'm not aware of any studies in this specific area, it seems like a logical hypothesis that people who participate in this type of effort would be more likely to take action on action alerts and to donate to the organization.

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GiveMN 2012 Giving Day by the Numbers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note From Beth: I’m a huge fan of Giving Days because they raise the awareness, engagement, and donations to nonprofits and being generous. Last week, we watched as a national day of giving and awareness campaign for “Giving Tuesday” unfold and spur spikes in donations.

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