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Christine Egger, In Conversation: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

You can learn more about Christine at cdegger.com , or find her on Twitter at @cdegger. I create conversations. In my experience the most fun, most good-doing conversations are the kind in which the participants not only learn about themselves and each other, but actually become themselves in the process. Given room.

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Using Technology for Mission: Ontario 211 and NTEN Hear From the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada

NTEN

Organization: Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada. We aim to reach the the 55,000 Canadians affected by a brain tumour with a variety of tools and technology such as our website and social media communities play a large part in this reach. We’ll share what they told us in this series of blog posts. Website: [link].

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5 Ways Neuroscience Helps Your Nonprofit Understand Donor Behavior

Classy

The mesolimbic part of the brain assigns values to the sensory stimuli, helping us classify what we feel. The rational part of a donor’s brain still mediates the action evoked or prompted by the emotional part through values and learnings. When a donor responds to emotions, the brain releases volatile power chemicals. .

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Twitter Tip for Networked Nonprofits: Follow the Few To Get To the Many

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It isn’t about following thousands and thousands of friends on Twitter. We don’t have the time or brain cells for that. It’s about finding people who are connected to different social circles and following them. Of course you have to be interested in what information or conversations they are sharing on Twitter.

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5 Small Changes to Make That Can Create Outsized Results in Your Fundraising Efforts

Bloomerang

Few people will actually respond to this email, but those that do are offering you a direct line to start a conversation and build a relationship without any further effort (or uncomfortable cold outreach) on your part. — and invite them to respond back to you directly. So, there you have it.

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A Conversation With Joe Green at Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My colleague, Brian Reich, offered a Brain Dump " post where he lays out how Facebook Causes can be a game changer in the future and what needs to change. They also have a @causes on Twitter and I hope they will use that to engage directly with the nonprofits who want to get better results rather than just tweeting about themselves. .

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Comeback Lines to Social Media Objectors

Amy Sample Ward

She even crowdsourced some of the responses via Twitter - a fun way to get a bit more brain power out of the process of blogging! The only form of control you have over your message and your organization is to join the conversation that’s already happening. She deals with these five questions: It’s not safe!