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Free Live Interactive Event: Future of Fundraising

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Nearly 100 years later, in 2009, they became the “official sponsor of birthdays,” launching a movement for more birthdays. Only having launched in March 2011, they just broke $25,000 in funds raised in ventures on their site, with donations ranging from $3 to $2,000. She loves interacting with communities online.

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Meetup Recap: Jen Burton from Causes on Fundraising and Online Communities

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Causes' goals for 2011 include a redesign and a deeper focus on key features. Last month, unbeknownst to Causes, they set up a fundraising project in response to the 2011 quakes. We do a lot of brand-sponsored campaigns, like with Campbell's Soup and General Mills. I was most recently at Digg. Distributed nature.

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