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How Game On Cancer Cracked the Code on Engaging Physicians and Cancer Survivors

Connection Cafe

A cancer survivor and their network of loved ones want to come together and do something meaningful and they often turn to a national organization. This fall , Game On Cancer , a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign at Henry Ford Health System , finally cracked the code o n engaging patients and physicians. Pre-Game

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Nonprofits & Gaming: Playing Your Way to More Funds, More Volunteers, and Solving the World's Problems

NTEN

What if video games could change the world? Nonprofits around the globe are using online games not to only educate the public, but to get donations and supporters – and even help find cures for diseases. Why are games important? How can nonprofits use game elements to promote their cause? Casey Golden, CEO, Small Act.

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Why It’s Time to Rename our Sector from Nonprofit to For-Impact

Saleforce Nonprofit

ALSAC , the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude drive the survival rate of childhood cancer patients from 20% to 80% since the hospital was founded in 1962 — how’s that for impact? They’ve raised tens of millions of dollars by creating fundraising campaigns inside virtual gaming worlds. David Jacques, CIO, ALSAC.

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3 Quick Tips to Get the Most from Giving Tuesday

Saleforce Nonprofit

The movement is growing every year around the globe, with more organizations joining in, raising awareness for their cause, and providing an opportunity for us all to give back in the season of Goodwill. And if it goes well, why not extend it and run it as your end-of-year campaign? Feeling inspired? However, you are here now.

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18 Successful (Yet Untapped) Fall Fundraising Ideas

CauseVox

Have participants set up a personal fundraising page to raise funds ahead of the trivia night, and offer teams that raise the most advantages the night of the event. The purpose of no-shave November comes from cancer awareness. The Testicular Cancer Foundation’s Beard Patrol campaign has got No-Shave November down.

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Transmedia — Making Change Across Mediums

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I caught up with Danny Alpert at the NTC Conference in Minneapolis, MN where he briefed me on how he is using a “Transmedia” strategy to raise awareness and funding to support homeless services. Right now, we are running a crowdfunding campaign to finish the documentary at the project’s core and develop the @home game.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Why DonorsChoose.org is a Fundraising Game Changer: Charles Best started Donorschoose.org in 2000 out of his own frustrations of being a teacher in the Bronx who didn’t have the supplies he needed to teach effectively. Today, DonorsChoose.org is the go-to site for alternative sources of funding for the classroom. Disruptor: Facebook.