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60+ Spring Fundraising Ideas for Every Nonprofit

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Students can raise money by selling products from a selected catalog that they can hand out to potential buyers. Influential women’s panel for International Women’s Day Celebrate International Women’s Day by organizing a panel discussion featuring influential women from your community that other women can purchase tickets to attend.

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#mygivingstory: Resources and Best Practices for @GivingTuesday Nonprofit Storytelling

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the most amazing nonprofit storytellers I ever heard in my life is Alberto Cairo (International Committee of the Red Cross) who delivered a truly inspirational speech during the International Fundraising Congress closing plenary. I am honored to be a judge for the contest! Students on Ice. Puppies on Tinder.

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Month at the Museum, Part 1: A Video Contest that Delivers

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Why the Video Contest Worked Video contests are one of the most challenging kinds of participatory projects to pull off. MSI did three things that most organizations don't or can't do when they set up a video contest: They got a TON of local, national, and international press. That will come later. Music videos.

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Peace Games & International Efforts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Speakers: Douglas Thomas, USC Center on Public Diplomacy Hardy Merriman, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict Stephen Friedman, MTV U Douglas Thomas: We're closet gamers. College students have led the fight on issues. We announced a contest to create a game to address issue in Sudan. Will clean up later.

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37 Spring Fundraising Ideas for Small Nonprofits

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For March 8, International Women’s Day, ask your supporters about the women in their lives that inspire them. Have an intern who’s a lit major? Host a rib, pie, or hot dog eating contest and have “tip jars” for people to show their support for their favorite competitors in the form of donations. snapcracklepop Click To Tweet.

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And the Winner is. Jaffe's Join the Conversation Book Giveaway and How To Do A Giveaway Contest on Your Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Robin Yap left a comment that he was leaving for Manila to teach social media to educational technology students, so I decided to part with my cherished copy of Dave Warlock 's Classroom Blogging. He attended the Cambodian Blogging Summit and received the digital audio recorder to create language lessons for his students (offline podcasts!)

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Win a Trip to Report for the NYT with Nicholas Kristof

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It's this belief that prompted Kristof to create his Win-a-Trip contest for graduate and undergraduate students at American universities. The winner will go on an international reporting trip with him to focus attention on the problems of global poverty, and its solutions. The student reporter will blog and vlog for nytimes.com.