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Charity Miles App Nominated for Webby: Walking for A Good Cause

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve committed to walking 10-20,000 steps per day and even earned my 1,000 miles badge. It’s been written up in most major fitness magazines, including Runner’s World. Over the past year, I have been using a fitbit to help me incorporate more activity in my life.

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Building Loyalty Through a Different Kind of Membership Program

Connection Cafe

Even free apps like FourSquare reward checking in to locations with badges and titles like “Mayor”. Even if the benefits aren’t tangible, such as those badges you earn in FourSquare, I’m still drawn to do my best to earn them because it’s fun. Do those badges mean anything? Why Not Mirror This At Your Museum? Gamification.

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Flying the Nerd Bird or How I Found Value in FourSquare

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been dutifully "checking in" and have earned 10 mayorships (in FourSquare you are made the mayor of a location if you check more frequently than others), many badges, and reached a super user level. And while it is a cool new tool, there are important limitations to consider. Also delayed was another colleague, JD Lasica.

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How to Raise Money for Your Favorite Cause with America's Giving Challenge and the Causes Giving Challenge

Have Fun - Do Good

Go to the America's Giving Challenge page in Parade Magazine. Based Charity, you'll be asked to register to build a Network for Good digital charity badge. Once you choose a project, you will build a Global Giving Badge. Click on "Get Started." Choose a cause you care about in the U.S. or Abroad. Click the button that says "U.S.

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Use New-Hire Employee Badges

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Sunday, August 29, 2010 Use New-Hire Employee Badges If you lead an organization that uses employee ID badges, considering using a different color or a special designation on the badges for newly hired employees for at least their first 30 days and ideally up to 60 days. Some people call this a "hello" culture.

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Water is the Oil of the 21st Century: Take Action on World Water Day

Have Fun - Do Good

" Fortune magazine calls water the oil of the 21st century — 'the precious commodity that determines the wealth of nations.'"-- Food & Water Watch The 1993 novel, The Fifth Sacred Thing , takes place in 2048 in a world where corporations control water, and Northern and Southern California are in a civil water war.

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A digital member badge that can be shared on social media. If your charity has to do with music appreciation, could membership to your nonprofit get a discount on purchases or a subscription to an industry magazine or music store? These exist already! Personal thank you letter from the founder, ED, chair, leadership powerhouses.

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