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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For example, the American Cancer Society on GoFundMe Charity : 7) Sign up for Facebook & Instagram Charitable Giving Tools. 8) Embrace Cause Awareness and Giving Days. Nonprofits, regardless of their size, can tap into the power of cause awareness and giving days.

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7 Online Fundraising Tips I Learned By Participating in Movember

NetWits

For the past 30 days I have been participating in Movember : a worldwide team fundraising campaign to fight men’s cancer. The mustache becomes the ribbon for men’s health, the means by which awareness and funds are raised for cancers that affect men. Being a Tease Helps. People Give for Different Reasons.

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Leah Jones Is Taking A 3-Day Journey To Fight Breast Cancer and Social Actions Can Help You Find Other Related Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last December, Susan Reynolds , an artist and social media maven, was diagnosed with Breast cancer. She announced on her blog, " I use Twitter to fight Cancer " and without any formal blogger relations campaign, well-known and influential bloggers blogged about her situation and changed their avatars to include peas.

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Guest Post by Amanda Rose: Reflections on Cause Fatigue

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Twestival teams around the world are encouraged to think of other ways they can contribute to their selected cause; provide social media training, arrange for a local company to donate products and services, or leverage Twestival to strategize and create awareness. . So, can we have a Twestival every week? In my opinion, no.

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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Your supporters also want to see what your staff and working space look like – the human beings behind the avatar, if you will. However, 2012 is a different story all together: TV: Stand Up To Cancer. Since then very few nonprofits have launched their own stations, so the post may have been a bit before its time.

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Yahoo! for Good

Have Fun - Do Good

Answers, "Raise awareness for your cause." Yahoo Messenger Avatars , "Your Yahoo! Messenger Avatar has a huge wardrobe of clothes to choose from. So why not choose one that raises awareness for your favorite cause?" Examples: Climate Concern's Group and the ONE Campaign's Groups. My Yahoo!

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Book Review: The Future of Nonprofits

Tech Soup

This removes the theory from the abstract and gives sample worksheets and questions to help you quickly arrive at practical solutions to help your organization futurecast, promote broader awareness, and achieve action-based results, while remembering that there is nothing wrong with celebrating the element of fun.

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