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Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Her reflection questions: How might young people use social networks (existing or yet-to-be-built) to learn about philanthropy and support causes that matter to them? Some advice from the report: Find your Wired Fundraisers: Find the people that are passionate about your cause and reaching your target audience. How does your charity???s

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America's Giving Challenge Official Results: We Came In First! Thank You Everyone!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The final, official results have arrived for America's Giving Challenge and I'm happy say that we came in first place for global causes ! My America's Giving Challenge Dairy. Day 1: We're Entering the America's Giving Challenge. Cambodian Bloggers Want To Support Our Cause. Special thanks to Michele Martin!

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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

America's Giving Challenge: We Came In First! Is Facebook Causes A One Night Stand? Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation. How To Share the Social Media Workload in Your Organization. Twitter on Paper Icebreaker. Nonprofit Blogging Policies. The Kids in Cambodia Say Thank You. Graphing Social Patterns: My Slides.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

Putnam and other researchers have collected lots of data demonstrating that in the past 50 years in America, bonding has increased and bridging has decreased. As Jane Jacobs noted , "self-destruction of diversity is caused by success, not failure." We bond with people who are like us. We bridge with people who are different from us.

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[VIDEO] How to Tap Into Gen Y & Z Donors

Bloomerang

And so with these two cohorts, they are committed to the cause. And because they’re committed to the cause, they’re not necessarily going to be committed to your particular organization or a particular person at your organization. They’re going to be committed to the work that is being done for the cause.

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[VIDEO] Young Professionals and Junior Boards: Beyond the Kid’s Table to Meaningful Engagement

Bloomerang

And then Corinne, who I’ve been getting to know since we started planning this webinar, she is a development manager over at Pedal the Cause, great nonprofit in the St. I am the development manager at Pedal the Cause, and I am also a millennial myself. They’re motivated by a cause more than your institution.