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40+ Unforgettable Live Auction Items that Sell Well

Bloomerang

Concert tickets Buying concert tickets has become like a competitive sport, as passionate fans flood ticket platforms to see their favorite artist live. For example, if your town is known for gorgeous cherry blossom trees, offering paintings with these trees by a local artist can inspire bidding.

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How to find free things: nonprofit students edition 

Candid

And for more practical application, Candid provides sample templates for documents you will eventually write as an industry professional. Patrons who visit Funding Information Network partners can also access Grants to Individuals (GTI) for free to find scholarships, fellowships, and awards for students, artists, researchers, and others.

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Fundraising Best Practices: How To Host A Successful Peer-To-Peer Event

Bloomerang

Are your supporters artistic? To encourage social sharing, you’ll also want to provide them with sample posts and any resources (videos, etc.) In order to attract fundraisers to participate in your campaign, you first need to come up with an exciting theme to build your fundraising event around. Do many of your donors own pets?

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Think Different: I’m Thinking Android

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Daniel Sieradski , a digital strategist and artist, pinged me on Twitter with the above spoof on Apple’s “ Think Different &# campaign pointing out the connection between these “geniuses&# and nonprofit organizations. If you think they should reconsider changing their policy, sign this online petition.

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Exciting Partnership with the Bay Area Video Coalition!

NTEN

BAVC provides training and access to emerging media technology for public media producers, independent artists, at-risk youth, and other nonprofit organizations. For more than 35 years, BAVC has supported the artists and activists who tell stories that change the world. >> Questions about eligibility?

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Decade of Nimblers: A celebration of our staff

Nimble AMS

Not only do they generally take you off-grid, but they give you the opportunity to do a little sampling of everything. I am part of AIGA, the Professional Association for Design, am a certified artist for the city of Boston, and have a BFA in Graphic Design with a specialty in user interfaces. Fun fact about Dave.

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First Reflections on Jumo

Amy Sample Ward

For comparison’s sake — Apple’s Ping had 2,000 artists two months out of the gate.)&# I’ve been playing around with the new social platform this morning and wanted to share some of my early reactions. (So “Amy Sample Ward wrote on her/her profile:&#.