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Case Study: Community-Based Fundraising

NTEN

Community-based fundraisers bring together members of your organization, local businesses, media, and residents in your community to support a worthy cause or in some cases, to support numerous causes. Case Study: The Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community. Through 2010, these events have raised more than $3.5

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Case Study: Tools for Community Engagement

NTEN

Every campaign, every organization, and really, even every individual engaging with others online has a set of tools and techniques they've learned from and rely on every day. Two or three years ago, you could have a conversation out in the open and have people organically join in. By Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN.

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Case Study: The Neverending Data Story

NTEN

In other cases, organizations produce statistics and indicators at the exclusion of "soft" data to convey a sense of business responsibility, pressured by the demand for nonprofit accountability to mirror for-profit financial statements. We awarded a total of $17 million in education grants in 2010. Where did those grants go?

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20+ Free Webinars for Nonprofits: September 2010

Wild Apricot

Have a look – you’re sure to find an online learning opportunity that’s of interest to folks in your organization. September is a busy month for just about everyone – a new school year for many, harvest time for both fundraisers and farmers - and a whole new crop of free nonprofit webinars is here. read more ). read more ).

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Case Study: M+R Walks Us Through Testing an Email Fundraising Campaign from Oxfam America

NTEN

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of a case study in the March 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. M+R Strategic Services has been working with Oxfam America, an international relief organization, since 2002. In 2010, we started preparing months in advance for end-of-year fundraising. We all know we should do it.

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Case Study: Providing Event Attendees with Wireless Internet via Mobile Broadband

NTEN

Our organization has felt the pinch, spending thousands of dollars in past years on internet access for just our cyber café and registration desk. We began with a Verizon MiFi 2200 at our registration desk in 2009, and expanded to a trial Free WiFi Zone powered by Clear Spots in 2010. The situation.

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New on SSIR: How does celebrity impact your fundraising?

Amy Sample Ward

—– I’ve recently shared a couple interviews exploring two case studies of really successful online fundraising campaigns: SXSW4Japan Raises Over $120,000 and $100,000 in Three Days with #TeamAutism. Online fundraising revenue grew overall by 14% between 2009 and 2010. Both of them involved celebrities.

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