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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits!

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Father’s Day Fundraising: 9 Ideas That Will Get People Donating

Whole Whale

Use hashtags, post photos, and hold contests to get people engaged with your campaign. If you are fundraising on Facebook or Instagram, try to use the native donation tools of that platform. Canva can be a great tool for creating templates like these that can be added to the donation confirmation page.

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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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March 2011 Community Builder Chat Archive (#CommBuild)

Amy Sample Ward

This month’s chat focused mainly on sharing lessons and examples from the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , which took place in Washington, DC, last week. Contests to encourage content sharing. Some of the topics from the chat include: Engaging specific ethnic groups/communities. Using content to fuel community engagement.

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Great reads from around the web on August 24th

Amy Sample Ward

." Interactive: How America Gives – How America Gives – The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas – The Chronicle of Philanthropy has launched a great new tool: an interactive map of giving data in the US. to respond to a quick survey about their own behaviors.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Big Cat Rescue

Nonprofit Tech for Good

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Have you been able to use these tools to raise money online? Twitter: twitter.com/BigCatRescue. YouTube: youtube.com/BigCatRescue. Posterous: BigCatRescue.posterous.com. com Aug 14, 2000: my.care2.com/savethecats.

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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.