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Fundraising Roundup

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billion (almost 5%) according the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy at Boston College. But as Frogloop reported last month , online fundraising grew overall by 4.5% But as Frogloop reported last month , online fundraising grew overall by 4.5% What’s the ROI of Online Voting and Fundraising Contests?

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How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter and Other Things I learned in Vegas

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Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. It was great to see that Sarah Bunting to still one of their best free agent fundraisers).

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Deconstructing An Angry Crowd: What Can We Learn?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Should online contests be redesigned or just go away? That's the question that Kari Dunn Saratovsky asks in a post over at the Case Foundation blog , one of many blog posts and tweets about the controversy surrounding how the Chase Bank handled its online contest. 12/17: The Dark Side of Online Contests.

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GiveMN 2012 Giving Day by the Numbers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These local giving days focus more a community approach and help nonprofits build capacity in fundraising on all channels, while also promoting the idea of a Giving Day in the local community or geographic area. Youthprise, a youth-serving nonprofit and grantmaking organization put up $14,000 in prize grants for the contest.

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Cause Camp 2017 Speaker Lineup Announcement

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Ahern didn’t start in fundraising. ” In the last five years alone, Dan has given over 275 talks on philanthropy and innovation in 34 states and eight countries. He is a regular contributor to Philanthropy News Digest and the Huffington Post IMPACT Channel. It was hardcore. Results were all that mattered. He is a William J.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Why do people give charity?

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The New York Times Magazine on Sunday was all about philanthropy. It turns out that much of what fundraisers think they know is right, but there is a lot of subtlety. Some highlights: For a long time, philanthropy was mostly ignored by social scientists. Here’s what you need to read: What Makes People Give?

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Identity 2.0

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They are thinking beyond fundraising to service delivery, health care, and many other segments of community activity for which they are responsible. In philanthropy, for example, the people-to-people connectivity of a Kiva is not a new concept, but the internet makes it possible on a new scale.