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Widgets, snippets and badges, oh my!

Connection Cafe

I’ve created widgets and had the chance to use them from a participant’s perspective. Not to get too cheesy here, but it really does mean that the money being raised (and illustrated in the widget) is helping a cause that I’m passionate about. Let me tell you, they are fun! Do you have fundraising milestones?

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How I Raised $100,000 for A Good Cause Using Widgets

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A lot of people have asked me about those widget fundraising campaigns I did last December. Using the ChipIn Fundraising Badge for a Personal Fundraising Campaign How I raised over $800 for a Cambodian Ophran's College Education in A Couple Weeks The lessons learned from my action learning experiment.

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Ask Your Lawmaker Widget

NTEN

I love widgets. A lot of you have probably heard about the recent success of a Toronto blogger who combined a fundraising widget from Chip-In with the networking power of Twitter to raise over $14k in about 2 days. There's so much potential for fundraising, advocacy, and general outreach. .

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Network for Good Launches Charity Badges!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

via Katya's Non-Profit Marketing Blog Network for Good today launches their charity badges with some great support from Yahoo! Now about the badge. So, be sure to review the Network for Good Charity Badges blog for updates and other information. You can upload personal photos, text, and video. Great publicity!

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A few more examples of Widget Fundraising Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Heifer International has rolled out a fundraising widget campaign. Then they will provide the widget code, campaign, and strategy tips. It also isn't clear whether they are using a widget service like Chip In or built their own. re calling on online community leaders like yourself to help give the ultimate gift ???

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7 Techniques for Event Fundraising Success

NetWits

Starting too late tends to result in participants raising an average of 27 percent less online than if they were given six months or more to fundraise. Participants using online tools tend to raise six times more than those who do not and tend to be more engaged with the event. Extend the online duration of the event.

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Advocacy Widgets: 18seconds CFL Summit in San Jos??, CA

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Now, this is a cool use of a widget! It is part of an awareness raising campaign about switching to CFL light blubs. I can customize the widget to give me the information by state, city, or zip code. The 18seconds.org CFL Summit is taking place on February 22, 2007 and will be held at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jos??,

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