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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 Reddit fundraising challenge that raised almost $60,000. The Reddit fundraising challenge that raised almost $60,000. Three recent independent social community fundraisers underscore these points.

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Be aware of key accomplishments, metrics, testimonials, and milestones. Facebook , Reddit , LinkedIn , and Twitter have great options. Do a raffle, sweepstakes, contest, or giveaway in your community. Join online fundraising communities and ask lots of questions and monitor for great ideas. Canvas door-to-door.

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5 New And Quirky Nonprofit Social Media Tactics

TechImpact

It could be Earth Day, Women’s Heart Awareness Month, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Host a Twitter chat or Reddit AMA. Run a contest on your social media feeds and give people the chance to win something by interacting, Retweeting, or liking a post on your social media feeds. Promote events that might not be events.

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37 Social Media Ideas for Nonprofits

Whole Whale

Click around on Reddit It’s one of the top platforms for user-generated content and there are constant discussions (ranging from serious to, er, very light) on a huge variety of topics. Giveaways and contests Contests and giveaways will drive action. Search for “animated.gif” + your topic, or take a shot at creating your own.

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Alistair Croll, Guest Post: Using Twitter for Fundraising - Lessons Learned from Beers for Canada

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Set up Reddit, Digg, and other social news aggregators. Megabloggers like Tim O’Reilly , Om Malik , Austin Hill , Michael Geist , Tara Hunt , Mathew Ingram and others generated a ton of traffic and awareness. We could have build a dashboard for statistics (donations, reddit ranking, retweet count, page views, etc.)

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