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How I Raised $100,000 for A Good Cause Using Widgets

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A lot of people have asked me about those widget fundraising campaigns I did last December. Using the ChipIn Fundraising Badge for a Personal Fundraising Campaign How I raised over $800 for a Cambodian Ophran's College Education in A Couple Weeks The lessons learned from my action learning experiment.

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Slam Dunk or Snake Oil? Everyone wants to Raise Money with Social Media. But is it Possible?

Care2

These social-media widgets have fast become wallpaper on almost all charitable sites. To answer this question, get a sense of how much money nonprofits are actually raising via social media and garner some advice on best practices in using these tools, I went straight to the expert. Are nonprofits raising money via social media?

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7 Techniques for Event Fundraising Success

NetWits

The seven event fundraising techniques or “best practices&# described here emerged from analyzing data and interviewing nonprofit event and development staff. Starting too late tends to result in participants raising an average of 27 percent less online than if they were given six months or more to fundraise. Register Now !

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Nonprofits Using Ning: An Interview with Community Media Workshop and Best Practices

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She interviewed Manny Hernandez from Tu Diabetes and Es Tu Diabetes , and Ayumi Stubbs from the ASPCA Online Community. s about more than raising money. Recently, Thom Clark, Gordon Mayer, and Demetrio Maguigad did an email interview with me. Nonprofits, support groups, and nonprofit professionals have found their homes on Ning.

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Comprehensive Guide To Year-End Giving

CauseVox

In 2020, they set a goal of raising $40,000 for their combined #GivingTuesday/year-end fundraiser to raise funds for their virtual summer camp. For Fiver, this means pulling client testimonials from thank you letters written by program participants or through phone interviews with families.

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Corporate Altruism: The Blurring of the Lines Between CSR and Cause Marketing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In our quest we have interviewed, and continue to interview, top brands engaged in social media for social good. Aligning with a cause is a great way for a for-profit company to both raise its profile while doing something good for society at large. Take for example, “Buckets for the Cure” fund-raising campaign where Susan G.

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Social Media Roadblock: An Interview with Wendy Harman, Red Cross - Social Media Strategy Case Study

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To top it off, I did an interview with Wendy Harman from the Red Cross about her recent experience using Twitter and other tools to spread buzz for campaign - Social Media Roadblock. The Red Cross is trying to raise $100 million before the end of the year and lots of focus is now on social media initiatives to help get that done.