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Thank You To the Max: Minnesota Give to Max Day Raised $13.4 Million in 24 Hours

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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24 hours, millions of dollars, thousands of nonprofits—What gives in Minnesota?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On November 16, 2011, Minnesotans will take part in the 3 rd annual Give to the Max Day. We strengthen this collective movement by providing webinars , live training at local and regional conferences, a social media planning guide , and nonprofit tools throughout the year. Jeff Achen gives us the inside view. Relationships with donors.

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Game On: How Gamification is Changing the Sector

ASU Lodestar Center

Companies are starting to use gamification to help train employees, generate surveys, and introduce a friendlier work environment just by simply creating some competition, or using badges, scorecards, and leaderboards. While growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio he learned to his passion was within the arts and photography.

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Adobe Is Creating Change

Tech Soup

The Adobe Foundation invests nearly US$7 million per year in the Adobe Youth Voices program, primarily through training, educational resources, and grants. The program empowers 12- to 18-year-olds to express their opinions and perspectives about issues important to them through photography, sound, video, and digital art.

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Social Video Questions, Answered: Join TechSoup July 20

Tech Soup

2010 as a way of using film, photography, and real-time reporting. 2010 as a way of using film, photography, and real-time reporting. Fall of 2011 documenting the impact on kids and families along the. including: a product matching program, storytelling trainings, social. He founded the. seen at [link]. A long-time.

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Crowdsourcing: Measuring the Impact of the Crowd in Funding and Doing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NTEN used a hybrid crowdsourcing approach to solicit panel proposals for its NTC 2011, similar in design and approach to the method SXSW has used. Brooklyn Museum implemented a crowdsourced photography exhibit experiment called “ Click! Crowds Can Not Be Trained Like Seals by Beth Kanter. A Crowd-Curated Exhibition.”

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Lean Impact Series: 10 Changemakers Using Lean Startup Methods For Greater Social Impact

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2011, Eric Ries published The Lean Startup , which challenges startup and business founders to build and run their companies in a new way – maximizing customer value and revenue while minimizing wasted effort. One test in particular focused on design and photography, using splash pages for a contest called “Dinner with Barack”.

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