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Peer-to-Peer Crowdfunding Myths & How To Ensure Success

The Modern Nonprofit

The idea of using the Internet to aggregate a crowd to fund a project is a modern complement to, if not a full-on replacement for, traditional fundraising methods that are aging badly in the non-profit space. Help pay for Sally’s cancer treatment. Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutes WHY CROWDFUNDING IS VITAL. Even email is falling off.

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The Real Housewives of Social Media: Cooking up Recipes for Nonprofit Success

NTEN

While I was with the American Cancer Society, we were inspired by an amazing monitoring system developed by the Humane Society. You can make one, too: type in Cancer (or your own keyword) at search.twitter.com and see what results are returned. In 2008, I helped start the Frozen Pea Fund against breast cancer.

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Observations and Reflections on #TakeBackThePink

Amy Sample Ward

Many Komen supporters expressed anger that an organization positioned to make such positive impact would allow for political influence and would make a decision that appeared to be going against the mission of serving women (especially low income women served by PP affiliates). What do you think?

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[VIDEO] How To Lead And Manage In Our New Nonprofit Work Reality

Bloomerang

Y’all don’t know this about Steve, but he has backed every harebrained scheme I’ve ever had since day one and continues to encourage me as a professional and thereby encouraging all of the communities that I influence as professionals in our sector to just show up and be ourselves and do the darn thing and do the best work we can.

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SXSW: Social Media Nonprofit ROI Poetry Slam - Slides, Links, and Poems (long)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It was our executive VP who had unfounded belief in me, Thrilled me filled me with fantastic insight I’d never known before; So that now, to still the ADD of my moving mind, she stood repeating. Keep this is mind for what you measure - for this is all I will implore. Let my mind be still a moment and this mystery explore; -.

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