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7 Practical Tips for Engagement with a Higher Purpose On Social

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, use Twitter lists to track alums and subscribe to their Facebook updates. You might also consider setting up a Facebook Group just for alumni and encourage them to share this information. You’ll also notice that the comments have many likes and many of those come directly from the Facebook admin for the page.

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GiveMN 2012 Giving Day by the Numbers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But this year, the buzz leading up to the November 15 event on Twitter and Facebook, as well as on sites like YouTube and Linkedin, was even stronger. Based on our post-event survey of more than 9,000 individual donors, 67 percent heard about the event via email, 23 percent via Facebook, and 4 percent via Twitter.

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Bragging on my Farmer's Market - Williamsburg wins American Farmland Trust contest

Connection Cafe

Williamsburg, Virginia is America's #1 Farmers Market! And this past weekend was particularly bountiful at my local market: Williamsburg was crowned this year as America's Favorite Farmers Market ! About the Contest. According to Hoffman, the contest has been a great success and succeeded beyond their original expectations.

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Why "Free Agent" Social Communities Rock

Care2

The community could be a blog community, a YouTube channel community, a Facebook or Ning group, or a reddit group. The Atheist, Christian, and Islam subgroups of Reddit , the social news site, decided to raise funds and challenge each other at the same time, in a good-natured way.

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7 Spring Fundraising Ideas to Enhance Your Relationship With Current Donors

CauseVox

Amigos de las Americas uses peer-to-peer fundraising, a type of community-driven fundraising, to engage their supporters. So, this spring, go ahead and ask your donors to share the news that they gave through social media (don’t forget to enable that social sharing feature on your online fundraising website!), or comment on your posts.

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Cause Camp 2017 Speaker Lineup Announcement

NonProfit Hub

This ongoing study has been cited in hundreds of publications, including Forbes, TIME, Fast Company, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. He is a regular contributor to Philanthropy News Digest and the Huffington Post IMPACT Channel. Kivi Leroux Miller. He loves clubs. And community.

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How Will Your Nonprofit Raise Money in 2012?

NTEN

Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them. Online contests like the Knight News Challenge , The Case Foundation's America's Giving Challenge , and the AmEx Cardmember Project can be resource draining to participate in, especially for a time- and cash-strapped nonprofit.

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