CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

They recruited some of their strongest supporters to act as “AuSM Champions” and run peer-to-peer fundraising pages, then invite all their friends to a livestream event full of cooking demonstrations, personal stories, and drawings. For people who weren’t local, any park was a great alternative. Who wouldn’t want to watch?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

The retreat curriculum is built around the a framework called “I-WE-IT” that covers mindsets and practical skills that today’s social change leaders of all generations need as we move towards more collective approaches. It can help apply improv to our work in social change by practicing what it means to have a networked mindset.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Then we had a discussion to pull highlight and discover different practices. I used this exercise right after lunch to avoid the after lunch energy drop and use the time for instruction. And to make it more fun, I awarded prizes. Last month, I participated in the day-long convening of funders at the Media Impact Forum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

It was great to watch her in action facilitating the creative, interactive, and fun program. I like this alternative to sticky dot voting! Next, I had participants review an inventory of ideas around self-care practices. Here’s a quick video. Each camper had three sticky notes where we added our names.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Mastodon: A Twitter alternative , but even with all the chaos of the Elon Musk takeover, any Twitter alternative will struggle. A viable Twitter alternative will need to attract a wide variety of individuals and brands that can co-exist online with minimal content moderation. Apply and utilize Google and Microsoft Ads Grants.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

While there are certainly some best practices in fundraisers, looking at your data can help you see what’s working best for your nonprofit, because every nonprofit is unique. Family fun days are another creative fundraising that we see. Allow Alternative Payment Methods. Social media. Final Thoughts.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 9, 2017

A colleague at UC Santa Cruz asked me to participate in a social practice symposium called Against Participation. I'd always assumed that more representation is better than less representation, more press is better than less press, more sharing and engaging is better than the alternative. At first, I thought it was a joke.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2020

Also, to all the people in that thread having some fun, that is another form of bravery. We've morphed ourselves into an alternate history. Some fun and games: Sharpen your pencils!?? Keep up the story and make it personal. That’s the kind of ordinary bravery that will help us survive. They’re probably all important.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 23, 2014

They were “preaching the museum gospel” in NYC via alternative tours at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. I heard incredible—and often salacious—stories behind hidden gems I’d walked past numerous times. The tours boil down to three key things: engagement, relevance and fun.

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Bloomerang

MAY 11, 2021

Tenacious, Intelligent, Resourceful, Passionate, Insightful, Caring, Determined, and Fun are among the hundreds of words used to describe my friend and mentor, Simone Joyaux, since her passing last week. Simone and myself found ourselves serving on an International Board focused on the research into fundraising best practices.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 30, 2005

I am trying to think of alternative ways to share the gift love that are fun for me and fun for them. Green Home Environmental Store is a place to shop for more practical green gifts. My former co-worker, Sherry Richert Belul, runs a fun company called Mad Moon Creations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! While they're scrambling to figure out "new media" alternate entities spring up around them that exist only online. This panel will go over success stories from nonprofit organizations and professionals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! While they're scrambling to figure out "new media" alternate entities spring up around them that exist only online. This panel will go over success stories from nonprofit organizations and professionals.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 8, 2011

Nikki created "The Ministry of Rules" --a shadow organization that existed for one week during half-term break, staffed by visitors who served as "Inspectors" investigating, exploring, and poking fun at the rules that make museums and galleries go. I spoke with Nikki this week to learn more about the Ministry and their fun and games.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Here are 31 fun, unique fundraising ideas that will support your programs without exhausting your members. Youth Group Fundraising Ideas Small Church Fundraising Ideas Easy Church Fundraising Event Ideas Fundraising Ideas for the Church Choir Fundraising Ideas for Your Church Building Fund Fun Church Fundraising Ideas. A cook-off.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 9, 2007

She is an expert in alternate reality gaming (ARGs), the first woman to keynote at the Game Developers Conference, and she’s thrown down the gauntlet for a game designer to win a Nobel Prize in the sciences by 2032. All it needs is a strong game story, argues McGonigal, and people are hooked.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

I want a program director who can write compelling stories about the experiences of our participants. These are fun and gradual ways to improve writing skills. Your star writer can also help fellow staff members learn how to organ­ize thoughts, write compelling stories, and write with rhythm so words glide across the page.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

For the first time, I didn't feel like a crazy person for wanting to have an alternative vision for my career. Creating a Life Worth Living: A Practical Course in Career Design for Artists, Innovators, and Others Aspiring to a Creative Life by Carol Lloyd. It's fun, it really is. A the end of the day, it's a fun job."

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! While they're scrambling to figure out "new media" alternate entities spring up around them that exist only online. This panel will go over success stories from nonprofit organizations and professionals.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

We got a really fun panel discussion for you all around what you should do if you happen to find yourself out of the job in the fundraising and nonprofit sector. We’re going to have some fun over the next hour or so. We got a fun panel and a moderator for you. So thanks so much for being here. I’m Steven.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

If you’re looking for a creative, fun fundraising idea to engage supporters and boost your funding, you’ve come to the right place! While virtual fundraising events were simply a quick alternative, they actually proved to be a convenient and effective way to engage with donors. Fashion show – Everyone loves a good fashion show!

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 9, 2019

No matter the platform, there are a number of best practices you should follow when crafting promotion material online. It’s robust, easy-to-use and relatively cheap, compared to alternatives. Promoted advertisements show on users’ timelines, “Discover” pages and “Stories.” General rules. A picture is worth 1,000 words.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 12, 2022

It’s a wonderful slice of the American story which up until recently has been largely overlooked. With an emphasis on the cycle of life, if you’re looking for an alternative to add into the run up to the holidays, Día de los Muertos is a great celebration to build rapport around. Nicholas Day. The Orthodox traditions.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

They counteract this by telling the stories of people both past and present who have connections with the American Red Cross. Don’t be afraid to share people’s stories because it will make your organization feel a lot more friendly and open. Like the American Red Cross, they know how to use personal stories to promote their brand.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

But we’re going to start with something just a little fun. Actually, the whole thing is going to be fun. We need to have a little bit of fun. But let’s just start with something fun. They’re always looked so, so fun. Because it’s 2022, things are crazy.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

But we’re going to start with something just a little fun. Actually, the whole thing is going to be fun. We need to have a little bit of fun. But let’s just start with something fun. They’re always looked so, so fun. Switching back and forth takes time, and it’s literally disappearing into this not very fun pit.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

BB: Can you share a story of how a family's life has been changed for the better by Fair Trade? PR: I got interested in issues of hunger and poverty when I was in college, and was particularly interested in rural poverty in the developing world, and started studying ways to approach that, alternative ways to approach that.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 10, 2006

I was at that time working at a wonderful organization called Streetside Stories , which is a literacy arts organization with programming in various Title 1 middle schools in San Francisco. Their practice. After the school year ended, I ended up taking the job with SOUL and I’ve been here almost three years now. Their culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2009

is my interpretation of the practices and principles they were employing for journalism. So what are those practices and principles? In the second case NPR would let you donate to a specific story. It can be fun. Don’t make a direct ask: Just tell the story of your progress. The story/project. The best Spot.Us

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

And it’s, I think, fun and worthwhile to just go to the beginning and provide a little bit of context for how did this thing happen. And the first time that happened was in 2010, which is kind of a fun story. I do apologize if I got too wonky, but it is fun to talk about and would love to take questions.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 10, 2015

How fun is that? Organizations that advocate, support or practice (or, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, are believed to advocate, support or practice) discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status are NOT eligible.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2011

But overall, I found his approach effective and strongly preferable to the common alternative--an anthology of case studies devoid of connections or overriding conclusions. By far the most educational stories in the book concern the Phoenix Group, a housing/economic development non-profit that imploded over the course of Light's research.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

And it’s, I think, fun and worthwhile to just go to the beginning and provide a little bit of context for how did this thing happen. And the first time that happened was in 2010, which is kind of a fun story. I do apologize if I got too wonky, but it is fun to talk about and would love to take questions. And that’s it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Ideal for “Link in Bio/Profile” campaigns, it’s a better practice to create a “Link in Bio/Profile” landing page on your own website, if possible. Story Swag :: iTunes. Story Swag is a mobile app that specializes in easy-to-create story videos for social media. Loomly :: loomly.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

In terms of metrics, I like to look at measures of activity that involve more engagement than simply viewing a page or joining a group; the ones that get me all hot and bothered are when people participate in a discussion or upload a video or comment on a story. pros) actually click through and vote on the stories. I think that you???re

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Tell us how the weather is, what your organization does, anything fun you want to tell us. Steven: because of the pandemic, true story. Robin: True story. Use fields provided for alternate names if you can for those nicknames. Know what the best practices are. This is a true story. So don’t be shy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2021

List compiled by Heather Mansfield , Editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good and creator of the 101 Digital Marketing and Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits blog and webinar series. Storrito enables users to create Instagram and Facebook Stories on desktop/laptop computers. Ideal for staff and volunteer appreciation.

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