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Use Social Media to Reel in Big Fish Donors

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Flickr Photo by Canolais. The relationship starts online, but the “ask” happens offline, perhaps on the phone, but most likely face-to-face. Use Social Media to Reel in Big Fish Donors Guest Post By Geri Stengel, Ventureneer. This is a question that was answered in a study from 2009 and the answer is yes.

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Guest Post by Michaela Hackner: Community Matters Even At SXSW

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I actually have a repertoire of stories, but one of them is about Michaela Hackner ( Kalabird.) I connected with her through her amazing photos of Cambodia on Flickr when I was covering the Cambodian blogosphere for Global Voices over five years ago.

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I'm Speaking at SXSW About Nonprofits and Social Fundraising

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Yet many have overcome the odds and made a splash online and offline by using the latest Web technologies - for pennies on the dollar. I'm excited to finally meet Michaela face-to-face after following her personal blog and flickr stream over three years. Michaela is now director of online strategy for World Learning.

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Reflection and Analysis: Gnomedex Real-Time Social Fundraising Experiment

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My most recent experiment involved Twitter, fundraising, and an integrated offline component at the Gnomedex Conference in Seattle. I was able to raise $2,657 to cover the costs of college tuition for Leng Sopharath, an orphan in Cambodia in just 90 minutes. Flickr photo by Beth. Click to see the larger image.

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Reflections on the Meyer Memorial Trust Workshop

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The director of the Center has been there since 1977 and is originally from Cambodia. Some strategies for offline/online engagement were discussed. Can you use the number of photos tagged as a metric for something on say, flickr. Working with the team at the Meyer Trust - Marie, Amy, Aaron, and everyone was fantastic.

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The Last Blogpotomac: A New Community Rises from the Ashes

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Flickr Photo by Ghbrett. George Brett who took some great photos of conference. I had never met George face-to-face, but through Twitter he made a donation that helped me sponsor the Cambodia Bloggers Summit and raise some money for the Sharing Foundation. This is just a sampling.