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JUNE 11, 2012

Maximize Unique Strengths of Virtual, F2F or Hybrid for Event Success : Have you considered your face to face event objectives in light of the growing popularity of remote attendance and virtual events? More and more it seems that events that have done this are achieving success and getting rave reviews.

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MARCH 28, 2014

Hacktivation event seeks ways for tech to help S.F. homeless - SFGate : Technology whizzes, nonprofit workers and others will converge this weekend in San Francisco to try to cook up new tech-savvy ways to help the homeless in a series of get-togethers organizers are calling Hacktivation for the Homeless.'

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Coming soon to association learning: gamified learning and microcredentials | Event Garde Blog with Aaron Wolowiec : "Tagoras recently released its much-anticipated 2016 Association Learning + Technology Report, which contains a wealth of information about associations’ efforts to incorporate technology into their educational programs and platforms. (..)

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

5 Things Virtual Event Platforms Can Learn from Pinterest  It’s All Virtual : 5 Things Virtual Event Platforms Can Learn from Pinterest.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Just one example of how Charities are promoting themselves in Pepsi Refresh.Free pizza event today backs charity seeking Pepsi grant: "Volunteers will be at Tour de Pizza, 212 37th Ave N., St Petersburg, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Hannah's Hope.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Pecha Kucha: The F2F Twitter Stream for Events | Engage365: "Adrian Segar, author of Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love, said Pecha Kucha, which originated in Japan, consists of several speakers presenting 20 slides for 20 seconds apiece. It is a great way to present cool information.

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MARCH 16, 2011

Online Peer-to-Peer Event Fundraising is NOT About Technology : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success: "Spring fundraising event season is upon us once again. Many of you have been setting up event registrations and getting peer-to-peer fundraising pages set up for your supporters. With all this, it’s important to remember.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Giving Hearts Day is Thursday: Nonprofits hope to benefit from 24-hour online fundraising event | The Jamestown Sun | Jamestown, North Dakota : Giving Hearts Day is a 24-hour online fundraising event hosted by The Dakota Medical Foundation and the Impact Foundation.

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

5 Items to Include in Online Content Posted BEFORE Your Event - Jenise Fryatt Bio | Cvent : ''via Blog this'''

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APRIL 25, 2007

Nonprofit Technology Events: "Nonprofit Technology EventsFind and share technology events for nonprofits in your areaWelcome to the NPTech Events Calendar, where you can keep up-to-date on nonprofit technology conferences, meetings, and workshops around the globe.

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MAY 11, 2010

Charlene Li’s key tips for social media during an event – Engage365: "Charlene’s main themes and tips:Make attendees aware of the backchannel. Define your Twitter hashtag or hashtags before an event starts, and mention these in all your materials. Especially at large events with overlapping.

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MARCH 6, 2008

Charity events get eBay boost | News | TechRadar.com: "People who sell tickets to charity events on eBay will have to donate 20 per cent of the proceeds to charity."

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MARCH 15, 2010

Midcourse Corrections » Blog Archive » Connecting: A Radical New Vision For Conferences And Events: "I’ve been having some fuzzy thinking in the corners of my mind lately about conferences, community and connections. am struck by what I remember the most from my.

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MAY 6, 2009

Influential Marketing Blog: How To Live Blog (Or Twitter) An Event Effectively: "There are two types of content creators at any event. The ones who are creating content because they want to, and those who are creating content because they have to (often because they have been sent to 'cover' the event for a team or organization).

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MARCH 9, 2010

Eight Ways To Make Your Meeting Or Event Blog And Twitter Friendly – Engage365: "“Imagine the scene then – as you walk into a classic theatre type setting – only with two balconies either side marked explicitly for pre-registered bloggers and twitterers…looking not a million miles away from a press box at a sports game.”Here

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JUNE 30, 2009

What's the Right Offline Event for Your Organization's Online Community? NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org: "This month's Net2 Think Tank question is: How do real-world (offline) events fit into social media conversations and campaigns?"

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JUNE 13, 2007

Spotlight on DML | Invitation to Virtual World Event on Philanthropy: "nvitation to Virtual World Event on PhilanthropySave the date (22 June, 9am PST) for an historic conversation on the role of philanthropy in virtual worlds featuring MacArthur Foundation President Jonathan Fanton and Second Life CEO Philip Rosedale.I

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

MTV And CGI's 'Giving' Event: A Call To Action - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News: "Young people have more power to make a change than any other time in history,' he said, citing technological advances such as the Web. The theme was echoed throughout the night.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2016

28 that the Amazing Raise—a 36-hour online giving event—will not continue this year, ending its five-year run that has seen more than $7 million unrestricted funds generated since 2011. We were just kind of looking at where the event had gone and where it could go,” she said." 'via via Blog this'

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

What Apple’s iPhone 6 and Watch mean for Nonprofits | Nonprofit Nate Unless you hid under a rock yesterday, you heard about the big Apple event. I’m not going to get into the tech details, but watching the event last night did spark a few things to consider…'

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Their 2015 Walk Registration Benchmark Study evaluated seven organizations, 6,000 local walk events, and 700,000 potential participants over the summer of 2015. Using funnels set up in Google Analytics, they followed users through the six-step registration process that many of the top event fundraising organizations are currently using." 'via

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APRIL 8, 2014

They started with a minimum viable product, just a private Tumblr blog where program leaders would write recaps of events and use tags to track the kids who were at them. This made it easy to see a quick history of what one kid had done over the course of a year. Now, they are working on a more robust mobile app, backed up in the cloud.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Low sign-ups force postponement of London Twestival : The London Twestival, a Twitter-based fundraising event due to be held this Monday, was called off this week citing low ticket sales and a lack of support from the tech community.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

It’s a suitcase stuffed with everything an economically marginalized community needs to host their very own TEDx event — a projector, an iPod preloaded with subtitled TED Talks, a sound system, camcorders to capture fresh talks, and a how-to guide.

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OCTOBER 17, 2014

5 Ways to Harness the Awesome Fundraising Potential of #GivingTuesday | Kivi''s Nonprofit Communications Blog : "What was this seismic philanthropic event? Giving Tuesday. Founded in 2012, Giving Tuesday is a global day dedicated to giving back, a compassionate response to the consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

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APRIL 4, 2013

It’s with this in mind that Twestival is relaunching today with a new approach to fundraising for over 300 events. Thus far over 50 cities around the world have already signed up to organize an event. As of today, people around the world are invited to submit bids to run a Twestival in their area.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The craze for video gaming for charity has seen some events rake in more than $1m in the US. Mario’s millions: could US charity gaming marathons sweep the UK? Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional Mario’s millions: could US charity gaming marathons sweep the UK? Could UK fundraisers tap in?'

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MAY 5, 2016

Glitch Torpedoes Give Local AmericaThe NonProfit Times : "Technical difficulties brought Give Local America to a screeching halt yesterday, forcing some communities to extend the 24-hour crowdfunding event for at least another day." 'via via Blog this'

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NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Blake (pictured) who is chief executive of Brook, announced the charity chief executives who had made this year’s list at an event last night, and said the overall quality of the nominees had “developed so much since last year”.

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

It’s Time to Break the Bandwidth Monopoly | Tech News/Trends content from Meetings Net : Technology has invaded face-to-face events. Today’s attendee brings a smartphone plus an iPad or laptop to every event. If you stand in the back of a breakout session and observe attendee behavior, you’ll see what I mean.

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APRIL 19, 2016

Colleges are going online to crowdsource donations, and they’re raising millions - The Washington Post : "The small liberal arts school in Massachusetts did it without bombarding alumni with phone calls, sending out a batch of mailers or soliciting donations for seats at a gala event. via Blog this'

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Storymakers 2014 This webinar is part of a series of events supporting our Storymakers 2014 Contest , which is happening now through September 26, 2014. Material on Storytelling and a contest from Tech Soup. We encourage you to submit your video or a series of five photos here and follow #Storymakers2014 on Twitter.

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APRIL 17, 2014

5 New And Quirky Nonprofit Social Media Tactics | Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology : Everyone knows promoting your nonprofit’s events, services, and fundraisers on social media is a good idea, but many do not know why, or more importantly, how, to do it.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

. : Razoo, a platform providing online giving methods and solutions to nonprofit organizations, has been the driving behind 15 “Give to the Max” events across the country.

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MAY 19, 2015

But for your conference or event, it can be an extre. The Membership Engagement Blog: 10 Tips for Creating a Rock Star Social Media Plan. Social media can be a daunting process, especially if you do not know where to start.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

million, the largest total in the event's history, organizers said on Friday. North Texas Giving Day raises record $33.1M for nonprofits - Dallas Business Journal : "The seventh annual North Texas Giving Day on Thursday ended with 2,022 nonprofits receiving 118,667 donations totaling $33.1 via Blog this'.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Glasspockets | Transparency Talk : "ocial media allows us to inexpensively promote not just our own events, activities, and programs, but also those of our grantees and community partners." ''via Blog this'''

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