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You Know You Want Our Tchotchkes

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Before we jump into the laundry list, Convio's Facebook page is your one-stop shop for upcoming Convio events - bookmark it for future reference! This conference has over 4,000 professional fundraisers registered in 2011 and is in Chicago this year. some of us from Convio in the coming months (including yours truly!). Convio Summit.

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Spread the Love and #BAD11

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For the past two years, Philabundance has promoted the Spread the Love campaign as a two week virtual food drive that matches every new fan on Facebook with a jar of peanut butter or jelly donation from the org’s food industry partner, Wakefern/ShopRite. In 2011, the results keep getting better! About the Campaign.

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Five Ways to Ensure Your Event Makes Headline News

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Dozer got his own Facebook page. Create a “surround sound” effect with Facebook and Twitter. Facebook: If a journalist checks Facebook for additional information, will they find facts, stories and other valuable information about your event? Make sure the posts about your event stand out on the organization Facebook page.

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I don’t get G+. Yet.

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I was a freshman at BU and my boyfriend at the time was a freshman at Harvard , birthplace of Facebook. Tangent: Did you know: the “original” Facebook was a physical Harvard directory of incoming students. If only Facebook as we know it today had existed then!). Fast forward to 2011. They didn't get it.

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Right now in digital charity

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According to the 2011 Millennial Donors survey, 65% of people surveyed want to find guides on charity websites on how their support could make a difference and 52% want to learn about volunteer opportunities. As Twestival founder Amanda Rose told us, $264,000 wasn't raised in one day by them on Twitter.

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Innovator Spotlight: All Hands Volunteers

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million in 2011. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn). Common Ground has played an important part in growing the organization’s operating budget from $500,000 in 2009 to $2.7 Common Ground Social allows All Hands Volunteers constituents to create and share personalized fundraising pages through different social networks (i.e.

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In With the QR In Crowd

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There was a QR code printed on the ticket which, when scanned by my QR code reader on my smartphone, took me to a fabulous little site which included the seating plan for luncheon, the luncheon program, the video that was shown at the beginning of the lunch, and links to the NPWF twitter feed and Facebook profile. Just saying…

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