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7 Online Fundraising Tips I Learned By Participating in Movember

NetWits

For the past 30 days I have been participating in Movember : a worldwide team fundraising campaign to fight men’s cancer. The mustache becomes the ribbon for men’s health, the means by which awareness and funds are raised for cancers that affect men. Sample Communications Really Help. Being a Tease Helps.

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Case Study in Free Agent Fundraising @AbolishCancer

Amy Sample Ward

Because social media may be about networks, communities, and collaboration; but it is only possible because of the dynamic and powerful tools individuals are using. Social networks are built from all the content individuals share. Since, we have let the sponsor choose whoever they would like as a cancer charity.

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44 Ways to Turn Your Supporters into Fundraising Superstars

NetWits

Teach Them to Fundraise and Provide Samples. Encourage them to use their social network. As Anthony Sicola’s recently mentioned, fundraisers who use who use social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube increase fundraising results by up to 40%. Provide samples of everything.

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How can nonprofits leverage digital technology to increase giving?

ASU Lodestar Center

With 75 percent of the population on social media every day , nonprofits have an ever growing audience of vast ages to solicit their missions. The benefits of using digital tools such as social media are plentiful. Growth : Social media use continues to climb, with one person joining a social network every 6.4

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Great reads from around the web on January 24th

Amy Sample Ward

Users ages 18 to 54 have reportedly turned away from email, as well — many are instead communicating through social-networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. An increase in email use, however, was visible in the 55+ age group, who used web-email 15% more in 2010 than in 2009. How are you managing your data?

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We'll share big ideas for using social media for nonprofit program delivery and some good tips for crowdsourcing for social change. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon.

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We'll share big ideas for using social media for nonprofit program delivery and some good tips for crowdsourcing for social change. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon.