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60+ Spring Fundraising Ideas for Every Nonprofit

Qgiv

Your participants get the chance to showcase their unique skills–whether it’s singing, dancing, or any other talent they’d like to show off. Your supporters can pay an entrance fee for the chance to show off their decorating skills and even win a prize for their hard work. Tax tips event Taxes are stressful!

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Bo Eason Teaches You How To Achieve Your A-Game In Life

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Bo Eason Today, Eason shares the following great advice: Question: How can a person stay focused and not let distractions take her/him off course? Navy Seals, Green Berets, and firefighters have to use this same principle. The number one skill you need to overcome challenges in life is commitment.

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An Offline Social Media Exercise That Improves Online Content

Tech Soup

For the Professional Social Media class I teach at Sonoma State University , I created an exercise designed to help folks practice both content creation and looking at metrics. Using the dots, they will indicate if they would "Like" (blue), "Share" (yellow), or "Comment" (green) on the post.

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Advice for the College Senior Who Wants to Make a Difference

Have Fun - Do Good

A couple months before graduation I went to my religion professor's office hours to ask for advice. If you are a college student, or someone in career transition, who wants to find work that fulfills your big vision for a better world, I have a few words of advice, and some books to recommend. My advice: 1. Take small steps.

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14 Nonprofit Books Recommended by Top Industry Experts

Classy

Even seasoned fundraisers and nonprofit professionals need to learn new skills and hear new perspectives, and that’s where our reading list comes in. While people typically seek advice on how to earn, save, and invest their money, this book will help you discover how to spend money to boost your happiness. . By Adrienne Maree Brown.

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Meet Connie Reece: Using Social Media to Strike Back At Ike

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last December, I watched Twitter turn into a sea of frozen green peas to support Susan Reynolds in her fight against breast cancer and to raise money for research in her honor. I acquired my love of my words from my mom, who started teaching me to read when I was three, and who still, at age 84, delights in beating me at word games.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Harry: A Green Geek. Information Coping Skills: Turn off the damn computer and go for a walk. Teaching Your Kids About Philanthropy. Information Coping Skills: How Information Overloaded Are You? Advice on How To Not Pitch Bloggers. Transparency and Social Media: Dealing with Criticism. Twitter on Paper Icebreaker.

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