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DECEMBER 16, 2011

On November 16, 2011, more than $13.4 Here is the breakdown of where our unique visits came from: We earned 202 new likes on our Facebook page on November 16, 2011 and increased our fans by 1,263 since Give to the Max Day 2010. And every year, the good folks in Minnesota share their results and lessons learned.

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JULY 4, 2012

.” According to Mari’s email, this coalition had worked for 10 years to get a comprehensive Bill passed by National Assembly legislators which criminalizes sexual and physical violence against women and girls, and that it had been rejected/failed to pass twice, both in 2010, and again in 2011.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

The conference highlights include honoring General Colin and Alma Powell with the 2010 John W. 2. To capture summaries of the 2010 conference to show the richness of the content as a means to promote the event for 2011. On October 21, from 3:30-6:00, I’ll be leading a Networked Nonprofit workshop at the conference.

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JUNE 13, 2011

2011 Putting Principles in Action: Valid Metrics Matrix. The workshop shared a landscape analysis of what’s already out there from the various industries in order to build a clear understanding of what’s in place and what isn’t in terms of social media measurement valid metrics. Click for Larger Image.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

In 2010 much of their focus was on responding to the earthquake in Haiti. This personalization technique can be used to insert the donor’s name, asking them by name to step up an increase their gift in 2010. Make a video that answers these questions: What did we do in 2010? Why is 2011 even more important?

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

On November 16, 2011, Minnesotans will take part in the 3 rd annual Give to the Max Day. So far, the Give to the Max Day events in 2009 and 2010 have raised $14 million and $10 million respectively, more than in any other community. Launched in 2009, the third match day will happen on Wednesday, November 16th.

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APRIL 1, 2012

In 2010 they added a mobile friendly site which A) provided parents a tool for accessing the information when it was needed most – in the stores B) expanded the quantity and quality of coverage traditional and online and C) helped position the organization internally and externally as innovating with technology.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 11-15, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. So, let’s get out the nonprofit vote for the nonprofit panels at SXSW 2011 ! Illustration by Jonny Goldstein of my SXSW panel proposal.

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AUGUST 12, 2015

Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2010. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2011. A key driver of donations was Facebook, where users uploaded 2.4 million challenge videos. Co-Disruptor: Twitter. Disruptor: GoFundMe. Disruptive Model: Donation Crowdfunding. Co-Disruptor: Indiegogo. Disruptor: Causecast. Disruptive Model: Workplace Giving.

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JUNE 23, 2007

although the time frame is closer to 5 or 6 years from now (and I think it was Gartner who said that by 2010 or 2011 pretty much everyone is going to have a "Second Life" in a 3D Virtual World -I wrote about it in More people leading 3D virtual lives online ) due to hardware and platform restrictions that prevent a wider adoption now.

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JANUARY 7, 2011

Building on this concept, Beth asked nonprofit leaders to enter the contest by explaining what their organization’s singular, most important activity would be in 2011 that would at-once drive social impact, engage supporters and increase revenues. I wish you all luck in your 2011 brand journey. Mobilizing 1 million people!

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JULY 17, 2012

In that role, I had the exciting opportunity to staff the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in 2011 and 2012, which was a hugely eye-opening experience. I will never forget meeting Leymah Gbowee , the winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize who led the women’s movement resulting in peace in Liberia.

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MAY 10, 2016

We sat down our first year, 2010, and created what I thought was a pretty good list of all the potential issues that could happen on our day. In 2011, we added more to our plans including conversations around how would we communicate any issues and adding more scenarios to what could go wrong. And it did.

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JUNE 28, 2011

In late 2010, we started soliciting stories and associated multimedia from wish kids, wish parents, volunteers, medical professionals, donors, celebrities, and general Make-A-Wish fans and began presenting those stories – in their own words – on wish.org. The first Make-A-Wish mobile optimized website launched in early April 2011.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

The 2011 September Campaign. Since then, over 10,000 individual fundraisers have raised more than $11 million – including over $1 million for Central African Republic as part of the 2010 September Campaign to bring clean water to all of the Bayaka people. Our 5-year-anniversary video from charity: water on Vimeo.

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MAY 24, 2012

Wanjiru has received widespread recognition for her work with Akili Dada, including being honored as a 2012 White House ‘Champion of Change’ , a winner of the 2010 United Nations Marketplace of Ideas competition , and recipient of the 2011 Yamashita Prize , the 2011 African Achievers International Award , and the 2012 HOW Fund Fellowship.

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