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New on SSIR: Can Giving Days Strengthen Your Community?

Amy Sample Ward

—– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. The benefits of something like Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington are really three-fold, according to the report.

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34 Clever Summer Fundraising Ideas

Whole Whale

Canva is a great tool for designing images. Host a Community Clean-Up. Take advantage of National Donut Day (6/7) or National Hot Dog Month (July) and host a summer treat-eating competition or bake sale for your cause. Host a Prom for a Purpose. Website or event page so people can find it. Click To Tweet. Eat for Good.

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How Two Nonprofits Use Social Media To Help Save Fish – #keepemwet #SaveMarinsCoho

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This weekend, I got to spend some time at a beautiful conference center on Falling Leaf Lake with 140 grassroots environmental organizations, all grantees of Patagonia, at the Tools for Grassroots Activists Conference. Instagram Contests and Hashtags. Thanks @kanter @patagonia for the #keepemwet love at #patagoniatoolsconference.

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How To Put Social Fundraising On Steroids: Community Giving Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was an early adopter of this approach back in 2006 and over the years I have had the opportunity to raise over $250,000 for a charity that supports Cambodian children using these techniques as part of online giving contests like the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge. Enter online fundraising contests.

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NTEN Member Update: Get back in the loop!

NTEN

The contest runs from August 29 until noon EDT on September 10, and hopes to uncover new ways of using mobile as a social engagement tool. While you're out shaping the future, submit a new app idea to Mozilla Ignite, an open innovation challenge hosted by Mozilla, the National Science Foundation, and NTEN member ZeroDivide.

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Member Round Up: Working Together!

NTEN

If you’re an organization that’s looking to analyze and visualize data about your work, or needs assistance in using data to further your mission, then you should apply to be part of the Washington D.C. Change.org was featured in the Washington Post for being an influential advocate on issues from bullying to bank fees.

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Spring Is Here! Get Outside and Meet Your NPTech Community

Tech Soup

We also have a contest in which we're giving away $7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera. The **NetSquared Victoria** team has been investigating [tools for online collaboration]([link] Check out the storify! * Seattle, Washington: Preparing for FLSA Overtime Rule Change. Tips and Tools for Powerful Storytelling.