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5 Tips to Host a Successful Fundraising Event

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And the more likely it is that the press will be there, and that it will ultimately be a high-class event that raises a lot of money for your cause. Helen Cartwright is a passionate blogger who excels in the digital marketing, fundraising, and finance niche. Image 1 : Africa Studio / Shutterstock. Tip #4: Have a Budget.

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The Save Darfur Coalition’s "Be A Voice For Darfur" - A Stellar Example of A Multi-Channel Campaign

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Blog Components There is also a bloggers kit and blogger outreach effort underway. The bloggers kit gives you links and content that make it easier to write a post - so much easier than someone sending you a two page press release in a word document attached to an email which gets lots in your way too full email box.

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NpTech Summary: Advocacy 2.0, Sketchcastes, and NpTech in Different Languages

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Official press release here. is coming " Bloggers go to the SF Symphony! Ambassadors in Africa - An Interview with Kim Lowery, Kabissa. Some New (to me) NpTech Bloggers - Welcome! Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Blackbaud, Inc.

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Virtual Platforms for Good: Empowering Individuals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Just as blogging is now becoming mainstream, but was ahead of the curve three or four years ago (and several Bloggers , are now seen as influencials (and members of the Press (sorta) - if they have a wide enough audience). I sent an IM to Jonathan Fanton about an African intitiated Virtual Africa portal to Second Life (see next post!).

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The AFP blog points to a press release from Firstgiving about the launch of a social networking site. " to pursue your grassroots agenda in Africa. The Cambodia Bloggers Summit and the Boliva Blogosphere will have their first ever bloggers conferences on Blog Day ! young people??? " I agree.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Penguin Day in New Orleans, Fondling the Tools, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's here write up on word press. " Gates Foundation also announced grants to programs aimed at helping small-scale farmers in Africa and Asia. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Her selection criteria. Meanwhile, across the pond, Susie muses about GIMP.

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Why Social Movements Need Stories

Tech Soup

For example, World Press Photo put together this powerful series on life in North Africa, giving an inside perspective not found in headlines, soundbites, or protest clips. The Arab Spring also demonstrated that storytelling doesn’t need a big budget or tons of editing time to be effective. mainstream media.

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