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How Nonprofits Can Use Behavioral Science to Engage Supporters on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Michelle Chen is an independent scholar with a PhD in mass communications with a focus on advocacy, activism and social change. When a person feels self-efficacious, they are more likely to be proactive in signing up for other volunteer activities and feel more confident in their abilities to be an advocate for the nonprofit.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

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The work of the organization was recently recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and bettering conditions for peace by preventing the use of hunger as a weapon of war . Oversees a team of nearly 160 staff in executing a diverse portfolio of fundraising programs and activities. Cleveland Clinic.

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I'll Text for Food

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Hunger is a serious issue in America, especially in these hard times. President-elect Obama pledged to end childhood hunger by 2015 during his presidential campaign. Share Our Strength is the leading national organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger in America. Tags: hunger.

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Virtual Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Ideas to Explore

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To get your fundraising wheels rolling, we’ve come up with this list of ideas, divided into the following categories: Easy Virtual Peer-to-Peer Ideas Virtual Peer-to-Peer Ideas for the Active Virtual Peer-to-Peer Ideas for the Competitive Virtual Peer-to-Peer Ideas for Families. Pledge drive. BONUS – See this idea in action!

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Social Media and Cute Dogs Go Mobile And Other Cute Animal and Nonprofit Tales

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The App also provides: adoptable dog search by zip code, simple giving to help homeless pets, and their grassroots pledge to start seeing invisible dogs. Oracle made donations for all online actions (likes, comments, RTs, photos, etc) during Hunger Action Month , reaching a maximum donation of $25,000.

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5 Steps to Setting Up a Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaign

Tech Soup

Keep in mind that almost any type of fundraiser can become a P2P fundraiser, simply by engaging your fan base, and encouraging them to actively spread the word about your fundraiser. The Boston Marathon — Supporters of an organization can pledge to raise a certain amount of money, in order to run the race in the name of a charity.

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How To Use Information You Already Have To Personalize Constituent Experiences Online

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Offline activities. If your offline database tracking activities can communicate with your online system (whether through data syncing or old-school spreadsheet downloading and uploading) you have a great wealth of information at your fingertips. How do you know what your constituents are interested in? Special constituents.

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