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How the American Childhood Cancer Organization Used Crowdfunding to Raise Over $43,000!

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Last year we shared how the American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO) used Teespring to exceed their fundraising goals with a few clicks of a button. Since then ACCO has continued to be wildly successful through a total of 7 Teespring campaigns, raising over $27,000!

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How Canadian Cancer Society Increased Donations by 78% During #GivingTuesday

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million raised, a 63% increase in total donations over 2013 according to the Case Foundation. I recently spoke with Mike Kirkpatrick, Director of Marketing at Canadian Cancer Society in Ontario who shared their story with me, and here are four factors I believe led to their success that you can use in 2015. Rally the Troops.

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Selfies for Good?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Movember, a fundraiser and awareness raising campaign for prostrate and testicular cancer where men grow mustaches on their faces and raise money for cancer charities, also encourages the use of selfies as part its community engagement.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, we haven’t been raising money with the Internet for very long,” I said. ” From its humble beginnings, DonorsChoose.org has cumulatively raised $335 million and funded nearly 600,000 classroom projects. Look no further than the Ice Bucket Challenge , which raised over $200 million worldwide last summer.

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Nonprofit Technology News for February 2014

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The online protest was to raise awareness on NSA mass surveillance practices and also to promote ‘Aaron’s law’, a response to the 2013 suicide death of activist Aaron Swartz who was convicted of hacking data on an academic website and getting a sentence of 35 years in prison. Image 2: Cancer Research UK.

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Hidden TechSoup Product Donation Gems for Faith-Based Organizations

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Since the fall of 2013 when Microsoft made its product donations available to 501(c)(3) faith-based organizations including churches, synagogues, and mosques lots of faith-based organizations have been discovering TechSoup. You can see how this works at the case study: How the ACCO Used Crowdfunding to Help Kids with Cancer.

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Social Media Lessons from 4 Generations of Canadian Donors

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He has helped raised over a billion dollars for his clients. But, can you really raise money through social networks? LinkedIn use rose 24% from our 2010 study to 48% in 2013. 16% of donors are interested in using Pinterest to pin images from the charities they support in the future. Social Media Generation Profiles.