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The Photo that Was Worth 25,000 Shares

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Photo that Was Worth 25,000 Shares by Taryn Degnan. As an organization that believes in the tremendous power of technology to effect change, our approach to preventing bullying throughout the month was centered on teaching empathy and kindness at a young age using apps and games.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Growing up, my kids have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events.

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How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Minarae. How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish? When thinking about fundraising, many nonprofits and funders believe in the old adage, “Give a person a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a person to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” What you think? Guest post by Paul Connolly.

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How To: Write Fundraising Auction Item Descriptions

Greater Giving

Not to worry—we’ll help you with your event planning by teaching you our top strategies for writing an effective fundraising auction item description. Since the focus of the description should be on the items, you should include photos. Aside from giving guests an idea of what your item looks like, photos also attract bids.

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How to Recruit Remote Volunteers During COVID-19 Using RemoteHub

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Today, we’ll teach you how you can use RemoteHub to recruit volunteers absolutely free of charge and even earn donations to your nonprofit organization! . Next, add a cover picture, company photo, headline, and description. It has more than 10,000 active companies and professionals offering services in 100+ categories.

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Uncorking the Success to Fundraising with Wine

Greater Giving

Learn their craft and teach them about your mission. Wine cannot be in the weather above 80 degrees, so make sure to have great visuals/photos to showcase in case you cannot have the physical bottle on-site. They may not be an item donor today, but if they get to know your mission, they’ll be more open to supporting you.

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Fun Friday Staycation in Oakland and Berkeley (Photos)

Have Fun - Do Good

One of the homework assignments this week for the Juicy Blogging e-course I'm teaching is to write an image-rich post. I figure I should practice what I preach, so here are some photos from my fun Friday in Berkeley and Oakland with a Move, Play, Reflect, Connect twist. A super fun Friday!

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