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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. c: Do you have any online fundraising tips you’d like to share?

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Frozen Pea Fund Friday

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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

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Book Review: The Future of Nonprofits

Tech Soup

Remember, I have not simply had beers with these guys, I've flown around Second Life with their avatars and had virtual beers with them. And those kind of rewards are what make us continue to look for new models and reinvent our work.

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This campaign was a community-generated effort - spearheaded by Connie Reece and came from people who knew of Susan Reynolds fight with breast cancer and rallied behind her. site where folks are contributing ideas and tips to help write the book. This was the first time I observed the use of "retweeting" a fundraising message.

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The Real Housewives of Social Media: Cooking up Recipes for Nonprofit Success

NTEN

While I was with the American Cancer Society, we were inspired by an amazing monitoring system developed by the Humane Society. You can make one, too: type in Cancer (or your own keyword) at search.twitter.com and see what results are returned. In 2008, I helped start the Frozen Pea Fund against breast cancer. Amazonfail ?

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[VIDEO] The Board’s Role in Fundraising & Resource Development

Bloomerang

And in 2018, as you saw, as I hurriedly got on to this to this presentation, I was diagnosed with cancer and I felt I needed to retire. And then another tip that I would say is for board members, in general, we set up ACHs, which was automatic drafts. That’s a tip. ” Because I have worn your hat.

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