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How To Put Social Fundraising On Steroids: Community Giving Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was an early adopter of this approach back in 2006 and over the years I have had the opportunity to raise over $250,000 for a charity that supports Cambodian children using these techniques as part of online giving contests like the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge. Enter online fundraising contests.

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Biker Philanthropy: TechSoup Revs Up Donated Computer Programs for Kids

Tech Soup

BIKERSCAP is an all-volunteer project that started in March 2009 in the depths of the great recession. We found out about BIKERSCAP when the organization's CEO, Greg Reaster , posted on our Facebook page "TechSoup has made all we do here at BIKERSCAP possible. Actually, he still does. Greg Reaster (right) and supporters.

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

January 2008 As the first place winner in the America's Giving Challenge for Global Causes, I use several twitter strategies. One metric for me in measuring success, was I able to inspire other people to take action? (at How will Twitter be using for fundraising for good causes and by nonprofits in 2009?

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An Amazing NpTech Social Media Link Buffet: Take Your Pick!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

ServiceNation , a national campaign to increase service opportunities and elevate the importance of service in America, has received a $500,000 grant from Facebook as part of its expanded partnership. Watch for news about the Case Foundation's second America's Giving Challenge. . Metrics, Stats, Research, and Other Misc.

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Cause Marketing or Cause Me To Puke Marketing? Interview with Scott Henderson

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Goals The main goals were to raise awareness of childhood hunger in America, give people the tools to take meaningful action to help end this solvable problem, and create a case study from which non-profits and corporations could learn how to better use social media in their cause marketing. Secondary: $ raised for Share Our Strength.

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[VIDEO] Building a Better Grants Strategy Post-COVID

Bloomerang

Rachel: I was working in management consulting during the ARRA funding of 2009. From 2018 - 2020, she served as the Director of Communications for the Public Relations Society of America's local Hoosier chapter. And so do you have that sort of squared away on the roles and responsibilities and the processes? .

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

Have Fun - Do Good

With finances a little tight this year, I've had to reduce the number of organizations I'm donating to in 2009. Whatever all the metrics of success that people use to measure themselves; the day we lose our love, and our authenticity and sincerity towards the mission of the organization, we will lose much more than that.