Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

It can be hard trying to get people in your network and community to donate or get involved in fundraising activities. There are three obvious and often forgotten tricks to having a successful fundraising event. Make your fundraising event unusual or fun. Here are a few fundraising ideas that I have seen work in the past.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

My conclusion was that we're still in the early stages of Facebook Apps for good and that we'll see better results through effective collaborations between nonprofit fundraisers and application developers. The key here is that collaboration between nonprofit needs and application developers that's for all applications not just Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

Fundraising Campaigns and Presentations Camera Rwanda Photo Stream Post with an interview Street Kids Fundraising Campaign raised $8,000 from photo group Sharing Foundation Presentation annotated in a flickr photo set. Full Stop Campaign - google maps and flickr mashup. Creative Commons Swag Contest and I won!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

A nonprofit organization that provides support for homeless in Northern, CA found references to homeless people on restaurant blogs and used what they learn for a fundraising campaign. Fundraising presentations. Fundraising Campaign - Street Kids. Examples include Creative Commons Swag Contest and Fight Hunger Video Contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Crowdsourcing for knowledge creation can include “mashups of data.&# Crowd voting has been used in Cause Marketing. There has been an explosion of “Vote for Me&# contests that have become contests in techniques for vote getting and inspired cause fatigue at worst. 2) Crowd Creation. Crowdsourcing Resources.

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