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CTK Foundation’s "Heart and Soul" Grants

Robert Weiner

The CTK Foundation just opened its 2011 Heart and Soul Grant Award Program. Applicants are being asked to submit an original four-to-eight-line poem that reflects the work or mission of their organization. The poem can be written by staff members, clients, or volunteers, but must be wholly original.

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4 Ways to Continue Engaging Attendees After a Virtual Event

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Volunteers. Retaining volunteers from event to event helps your nonprofit planning team save time, but volunteers can also make for some of your best supporters. Previous volunteers are also particularly aware of how much work goes into an event and may subsequently be more likely to consider donating.

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Setting Rules for Your Silent Auction: 5 Tips

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Start by reflecting on past auctions. Reflect on these questions as a starting point: What went wrong during previous silent auctions? Speak with past organizers if you can, and ask these questions to your volunteers or event staff. Which parts of the auction were a success? How did attendees feel about the auction as a whole?

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CTK Foundation's "Heart and Soul" Grants

Tech Soup

The CTK Foundation just opened its 2011 Heart and Soul Grant Award Program. Applicants are being asked to submit an original four-to-eight-line poem that reflects the work or mission of their organization. The poem can be written by staff members, clients, or volunteers, but must be wholly original.

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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector. In 2011 I had gotten in the very bad habit of listening to (mostly) CNN in the background while working… all day long. It will make a strong impression.

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E-Mediat: Social Media Capacity Building for NGOs in the Arab World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ll be Jordan and Morocco in March, 2011). They also recruit and train volunteers to help to carry out their mission and support hospital patients. Through the E-Mediat program, Essmaani participants also gained tools on how to recruit volunteers on line and how to promote their activities using social media.

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Research Friday: So. What About These Numbers?

ASU Lodestar Center

The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s report follows on the heels of Giving USA’s 2012 report for 2011 giving, where the total current individual giving was reported to be $217.79 Our report on Giving and Volunteering for 2008, published in 2010, reports on household giving as determined through a web-based representative panel survey.