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Turning Fundraising into a Game: Groupon, Zynga and Care2 do it, Why Don’t You?

NetWits

Here are a few ways nonprofits are rewarding their fundraisers: Virginia Beach Bike MS – Bike shop gift certificates, VIP parking, a 30-minute massage and an invitation to their awards dinner await participants who raise over $4,000. Now, we understand that not everyone has a big budget for this type of stuff. Priority check-in at the event.

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Webinar: Monthly Donors, Social Media, and Cross-Channel Integration: Critical Tactics to Boost Your Fundraising in 2013

Care2

Say good bye to "online fundraising" and "offline fundraising," there is only fundraising. He has developed award-winning strategies for more than 70 nonprofit organizations such as amfAR, African Wildlife Foundation, Covenant House, PetSmart Charities, and the Smithsonian Institution. Make 2013 the year your fundraising comes of age.

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Nonprofits & Gaming: Playing Your Way to More Funds, More Volunteers, and Solving the World's Problems

NTEN

In Find the Future, the New York Public Library pairs online and offline activity to get the audience to explore the library’s offerings by sending them on a scavenger hunt throughout the collection. New York Public Library: Find the Future. Purpose: Engaging existing audience on a deeper level, recruiting a new generation of fans.

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Thank you Teresa Crawford and NpTech Circuit Riders for Helping Us Swim Upstream!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you're curious, there's a whole chapter about it in this book " Geeks for Good." The photo above is of me, Cheryl Hanback, and Joel Remigio from 2002 when we won the "Swimming Upstream Award" for the diligent staff person who worked on the Riders Conference to make it a success. MediaJumpStart, 2002).

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Free Webinar 1/8: Leveraging Social Media to Engage and Inspire Your Alumni Network

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Based on the her book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit, winner of the 2013 Terry McAdam Award, Beth Kanter will share frameworks, strategies and practical tips for engaging with your network in ways that lead to measurable results. grist.org’s key results are: Footprint: The reach of their activities, both online and offline.

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Road Trip! Fundraising, Advocacy, Community Building, Storytelling and Recruitment on the Road.

Care2

We so often focus on learning from innovative online campaigns that we miss out on opportunities to integrate offline cause communities and grassroots advocacy. Building local chapters. The road trip footage was made into an award winning film and Darius Goes West is now a registered 501(c)3 organization. Diverse Goals.

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50 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A winner of numerous “Best App” awards, this app will likely become your favorite new social newsreading app. Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. Meetup :: meetup.com.

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