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GiveMN 2012 Giving Day by the Numbers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These local giving days focus more a community approach and help nonprofits build capacity in fundraising on all channels, while also promoting the idea of a Giving Day in the local community or geographic area. GiveMN 2012 by the Numbers by Jeff Achen, GiveMN Digital Strategist. It was an amazing day of giving for our state—$16.3

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How To Start Your 2012 As A Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

It's from William Arthur Ward , one of America's most quoted writers of inspirational maxims: Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. All great advice for leaders and managers as we start 2012. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget.

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Encouraging nonprofits to embrace this mode of fundraising was the point of the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge , one of the first giving contests launched back in 2007 where I was a first place winner raising funds for Cambodian children.

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The 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference: Coming to Living Rooms & Desktops Near You

NTEN

Highlights include Dan Michel, Digital Marketing Manager at Feeding America , along with Melissa Roberts & Drew Bearn from Free Range Studios talking with David J Neff of Lights. We've lined up some fantastic in between the sessions content for the Online NTC. about nonprofits & innovation.

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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place :: 2011 Edition

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Many of us will purchase hundreds of dollars in holiday gifts over the next six weeks, and with some conscious consumerism those dollars could also help some of your favorite nonprofits continue their work in 2012. Your purchases help improve the lives of tens of thousands of artisans worldwide. [ Shop 10,000 Villages ].

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Feeding a Need: New App Helps Youth Find Free Summer Meals

Tech Soup

And there's a new free mobile app called Range that helps libraries, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and others working with youth locate those free meal sites this summer. The statistics on hunger in America are startling: 14.5% The Range mobile app helps address that awareness problem. That's 3.9 MILLION U.S.

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Connecting with Black History Through Community and Nature

Saleforce Nonprofit

In 2009, Rue Mapp started a blog to share her experience participating in outdoor recreation activities as a Black woman in America. That blog grew into Outdoor Afro , a nationwide leadership network helping Black people engage with the outdoors, learn about the Black history of public spaces, and support conservation efforts.

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