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Lights. Camera. Help. Opens Submissions for Nonprofit Film Festival with Pre-screening in Austin, Texas

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opening night pre-screening here in Austin and was blown away by the powerful videos shared by the four nonprofit organizations screening their video entries. David Neff shared with me info about the organization's event and I thought this was something all Connection Cafe readers should hear about.

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5 Tips for the Perfect Online Donation Form

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Lucille was vibrant and kind and generous until, one day, lung cancer struck. She doesn’t know much about lung cancer charities. For example: A person decides to donate to a lung cancer charity to honor their grandmother, who passed away from the disease. And as I discuss below, you can still get this info at a better time.

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Lights.Camera.Help. - Films for a cause find their festival

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This festival is the first of its kind and is a pillar of the City of Austin, a prominent city in the non-profit, grass roots and activism communities. So far, the organizations that have promised submissions are United Way , Capital Area Food Bank , Best Friends Animal Sanctuary and the American Cancer Society.

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6 Tactics for Increasing Donor Retention

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their parent was diagnosed with cancer so they want to donate to cancer charities instead. Even if you have your donors’ contact info updated, other data hiccups could lower your donor retention. But if you keep them focused on impact even while filling out their contact info, credit card number, etc., Lost donations.

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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

asked our chapters if it was valuable to them in telling their story and getting info out, made adjustments based on their feedback. . Collected hundreds of “thanks” from people affected via Twitter and regular channels saying the info we provided on newsroom helped them navigate their situation better. We made adjustments.

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