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3 Proven Ways to Wow Your Fundraisers and Keep Them Coming Back for More

NetWits

Experience shows us that only 40% of your 2011 fundraisers will return for next year’s event. It means that keeping your participant numbers steady year-over-year requires 60% of them be new. Susan G Komen Chicago made a great effort to renew the Survivor Parade associated with its Race for the Cure in 2010.

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Research Friday: Why Give to International Charities?

ASU Lodestar Center

is a rich country and, as of 2011, ranks as the most generous nation in the world, 1 only five percent of its charitable giving goes to international causes. in 2010 alone. Sources: ^ [1] Charities Aid Foundation's (CAF) World Giving Index 2011. ^ [2] "Giving USA 2011" Reports. ^ [3] Singer, Peter. Like this article?

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Data Are Not Information

NTEN

In a similar finding, the Pew Research Center reported in January 2011 that among the general public the Internet has now surpassed newspapers as a primary source of news and is steadily closing the gap with television. This is well-addressed in a 2010 Economist cover story "Data, data everywhere."

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Mobile websites vs. apps - what's right for you?

Connection Cafe

The Central Park Conservancy offers a guide to Central Park in New York City. Right now the 2010 version is available, and the 2011 version is coming soon. Greenpeace has a Recycled Tissue and Toilet Paper Guide - to help you reduce and recycle (but perhaps not reuse, in this case).

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Virtual Platforms for Good: Empowering Individuals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

This morning, I had the huge honor of presenting the keynote at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, ON. A year later, in 2010, it was even bigger. I live now in New York, but before moving there in the autumn, I was based in London for a few years. The full keynote and presentation are below.

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What is Jumo? | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a.

sgEngage

Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 30th, 2010 Jumo means “together in concert” in Yoruba, a West African language. About $500,000 came from unnamed individuals in the early days and in September 2010, Omidyar Network announced a grant of up to $750,000. Where Jumo setup their offices in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood.

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