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Why "Free Agent" Social Communities Rock

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There is a lot of buzz about "free agent fundraisers" an individual using personal fundraising to raise money for a nonprofit organization. The free agent fundraiser is described in detail in Allison Fine and Beth Kanter's book The Networked Nonprofit. The Reddit fundraising challenge that raised almost $60,000.

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5 Creative (and Free!) Ways to Attract More Volunteers

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When traditional recruiting tactics start to return lackluster results, consider implementing these five creative and free approaches to attracting volunteers: Mine Your Social Network. You can find people to fill these positions on online job boards and sites like Craigslist and Reddit. The post 5 Creative (and Free!)

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Facebook , Reddit , LinkedIn , and Twitter have great options. Take free or paid classes, courses, or webinars to learn how to fundraise. Use ProPublica or Guidestar (free) to research past grants made by foundations by reviewing 990 tax forms. Do a raffle, sweepstakes, contest, or giveaway in your community.

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Great reads from around the web on March 18th

Amy Sample Ward

About Us | Overview | UX Test Kitchen - "The UX Test Kitchen is a nonprofit interactive agency providing free website and media development to other nonprofits. IdealistNews - New partnership with Idealist.org and Reddit has created the IdealistNews site where you can see some of the hot news items in the nonprofit sector.

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Lots of research shows that donors don’t want the organization to spend money on free merchandise. Design them free on Canva. Text or attractively designed images on Twitter, Linkedin, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, Clubhouse, etc. Free access to trainings or programs that normally have a fee.

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5 New And Quirky Nonprofit Social Media Tactics

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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. Find the left over pens from last years fundraisers, or t-shirts from the company picnic and free up some space in storage.

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4 ways to supercharge your nonprofit images to connect with your supporters

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Check out these 7 fantastic free or low cost sources to get images for your content strategy from Beth Kanter''s recent blog post. Host a "Caption This" contest to engage your network, and get a lot of visibility for a photo. If you can pull this off with personality, your event attendees will want to take photos with the mascot too.

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