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12 Ideas for a Virtual Fundraiser or Online Event

Get Fully Funded

It’s harder to create a fun event when everyone is sitting at home in front of their computer. Go into the planning stage of your virtual event with a can-do attitude, knowing you can create something fun and meaningful. It’s fun, easy, and affordable! Online Contest: Online contests are fun, easy, and interactive.

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Beth Terry, Fake Plastic Fish: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

The eighth guest blogger in my have fun, do good series is Beth Terry. Beth Terry, Fake Plastic Fish: How I Have Fun, Do Good When I tell people about my project to live without buying any new plastic, they invariably want to know if it’s hard. It all depends on my attitude. But it’s also fun. We won the costume contest.

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Shameless Ask, Looking for SXSW 2012 Nonprofit Votes!

NetWits

The interactive session be a fun, entertaining way to learn from nonprofit social media practitioners — sages with gauges who want social good to “ruler&# the universe for a good cause! With the right attitude and response, you can tweet your next epic fail into an epic win! –> Vote Now !

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Grant Writing and the Perfect Storytelling

Tech Soup

Before MADD, there were little to no legal consequences for driving while intoxicated; her organization transformed American attitudes about drunk driving and successfully fought for stricter laws across the country. Every year, GrantStation runs a contest to uncover some of the best proposals that have been written.

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4 Ways to Increase Membership and Donations with Killer Customer Service

Connection Cafe

Encourage and Celebrate Fun. Dress codes, policy changes, turnover, understaffing, long lines at the ticket desk, technology problems and the like can lead to days where having fun on the job falls pretty low on the priority list. And you have just created a fun, memorable experience. Know Your Patrons.

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How ACLU NJ Defines Social Media Success: The First Important Measurement Step

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We haven’t launched a major social media campaign since our brainstorming session but are planning to develop a measurement pilot the next time we execute our semi-annual cartoon caption contest or a Facebook campaign involving one of our legal cases. Change in attitude about your organization. What advice would you give to others?

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NpTech Tag Summary: Voting Deadline at Netsquared Extended, NTC Pipe, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

is an attitude , not a download. Serious reflections from Phil Klein and some fun. Congrats to Avaaz.org for the winning video in the NTC Video Contest. What's interesting is while there is some overlap, there is not total duplication. Here's a few blog posts about the NTC experience: Marnie Webb says Web2.0

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