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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

with his colleagues in 2020 who now also collectively oversee Camp Reach for the Sky, a free camp program for kids affected by cancer that is one of only three Gold-Ribbon children’s oncology camps in California . Previously served as CEO of The Seany Foundation, a pediatric cancer foundation. Helped co-found Oncology and Kids, Inc.

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Goal Setting for Your Nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

Without a clear plan, your nonprofit will likely serve less people than you intend. Review the mission statement - cure cancer, end homelessness, provide affordable housing for working families - whatever it is, ask yourself if the programs from last year helped the organization reach its goals. Where do you begin? Start with WHY.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I could tell they were passionate, fired-up people who had great ideas for strategies and projects to help kids learn better,” said Best in a 2014 interview in Fast Company. Co-Disruptor: Ink to the People. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2009. “I’d listened to my colleagues in the teachers’ lunchroom. Disruptor: Booster.

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's a few ideas to help make charitable giving get on your calendar each month for 2009. Ask people to donate to a cause instead of gifts. Last year, when I turned 51, I posted a challenge on my blog - could I get 51 people to donate $10 to the Sharing Foundation? But it doesn' t always have to be you asking people to donate.

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Secret Agent L: Covering the Globe with Random Acts of Kindess

Have Fun - Do Good

We're not actually acknowledging the people around us. I think that people really, actually want that. I started this project back in July of 2009 at the prompting of a friend who was out of state and was having a birthday. People started emailing me and saying, "Oh my gosh! I named these people my "Affiliated Agents."

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Book Review: “Charity Case”

Connection Cafe

Back then, Dan was the chair of the Harvard Hunger Action Committee that led a 4,200 mile cross-country bike ride to fight hunger. Dan Pallotta would go on to invent the multi-day charitable event industry with the AIDS Rides and Breast Cancer 3-Days. But we don’t want people making money in charity.

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Three Different Approaches to Twitter Fundraising: Bees, Turkeys, and Blame

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

TweetsGiving 2009. 2) Spreading Person to Person Asks : This approach uses twitter and encourages people to ask their friends through Twitter to donate to a charity and spread the ask to their friends. An alternative approach is to experiment and find ways to improve results. . For each click, 10 grains of rice is donated.

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