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Five Ways to Ensure Your Event Makes Headline News

Connection Cafe

Let’s look at ways to make your event stand out from the crowd and grab some headlines. The fact that you’re doing a 5K for a worthwhile cause by itself is not news. They gave Dozer a ceremonial finisher medal and set up a fundraising webpage for Dozer. Find the newsworthy stories within your event. Share these.

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11NTC Round-Up: Your Posts, Highlights, and Take-aways

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If you did not attend the conference, visit the SlideShare event to review presentations. Check out notes taken by session attendees throughout the conference using Google Docs , too!

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Most people who work in the nonprofit sector do so out of a commitment to a cause or passion bigger than themselves or their desire for material things. are now integral parts of our online communications and fundraising campaigns and like any tools of value, they requite a minimal level of financial investment. yourname@amnesty.org.

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Top States for New Donors & Online Donors | Nonprofit Trends with.

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It makes for good headlines but doesn’t really help nonprofits very much. This group is comprised of 14 very large nonprofit organizations with data from 2009. If you’re just looking at the list, then the value of the information is relatively low. Just like a report of giving by city.

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Crowdsourcing: Measuring the Impact of the Crowd in Funding and Doing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And, a symphony orchestra, made headlines when they crowdsourced musician auditions for the Youtube Symphony orchestra. Crowd voting has been used in Cause Marketing. There has been an explosion of “Vote for Me&# contests that have become contests in techniques for vote getting and inspired cause fatigue at worst.

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Actigiving—The Next Phase in the Evolution of Episodic Giving

Connection Cafe

We are seeing how actigiving is accelerating how people move from just hearing about the causes they care about to quickly supporting them with a gift. When there was a flood, hurricane, or other natural disaster, people made a conscious decision to give to causes that were there to help others in need.

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Just When You Thought Direct Mail Was Dead | Nonprofit Trends with.

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37% of respondents said that they respond using the charity’s website when they get a fundraising letter in the mail. And continues to make the case for the importance of multichannel giving options as part of a successful fundraising strategy. These things tend to get overstated for the purposes of making headlines.

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