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Crowdfunding Controversies and How They Impact Nonprofits and Charities

Tech Soup

In other words, nonprofits and charities that are raising money for good purposes shouldn't be punished for the more nefarious crowdfunding campaigns. These platforms have templates so you can easily provide images and videos demonstrating your campaign in action. Indiegogo is a favorite among nonprofits and charities.

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Guest post by Brian Reich: GamesThatGive - You Play. We Donate. Charities Win.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

GamesThatGive is a new company that creates casual video games (Solitaire, Sudoku, etc.) where you earn donations for your favorite charity, for free, just by playing. I joined the team a year ago as an adviser, charged with recruiting charities to be a part of the site. I am super excited to tell you about GamesThatGive.

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How To Turn Your Smartphone Into A Movie Production Studio In 6 Easy Steps

Global Giving

Still wondering if you have what it takes to tell a story through video? As charities, we tell stories all the time—it’s how we show our donors their money is making a difference! This may sound hard, but a clear, concise, key message is vital to creating a successful video. Of course you do! Start planning.

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How Text Messaging Has Revolutionized Giving

BoardAssist

All attendees, participants and donors are thanked via text with a link to a personalized video; texting is a quick and easy way to thank donors for their contribution. The most popular charitable group with Baby Boomers is religious charities, while Gen X and Millennials prefer children and youth development.

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Which Crowdfunding Platform Is Best for Your Organization?

Tech Soup

It is open to creators from all backgrounds – from charities to video game developers to artists. Kickstarter makes it clear that it isn't for direct charity or cause funding, but about project creation. Aid Afghanistan for Education and Peace has the lofty $10,000 goal to fund a school of 300 students for a month.

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Which Crowdfunding Platform Is Best for Your Organization?

Tech Soup

It is open to creators from all backgrounds – from charities to video game developers to artists. Kickstarter makes it clear that it isn't for direct charity or cause funding, but about project creation. Aid Afghanistan for Education and Peace has the lofty $10,000 goal to fund a school of 300 students for a month.

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[VIDEO] Raise More Money And Improve Donors Relationships Through Personal Branding

Bloomerang

There’s lots of videos, lots of things you can look at to get a sense of what we offer. So more than 80% of all this money that’s donated to charities comes from people, comes from people. You can send a custom thank-you video. oh, boy they’re going so fast, baking cookies, BombBomb videos.

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