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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The concept of empowering individuals to fundraise for a charity by asking their friends to donate has been around for years offline. Think about all those marathons or walking events for social causes that have been around before Facebook. Giving Tuesday takes a lot of these ideas and blends them together.

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The Problem With Millennials & Fundraising

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Fundraising & Philanthropy Australasia Magazine. Since we know Millennials view their assets as equal, sharing your cause on their social media channels will help spread your message and build commitment with the individual who is doing the sharing. This piece originally appeared in. I reject this label.

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The Future of Fundraising: Live Interactive Chat Recap

Tech Soup

The event blended virtual video speaker conferencing; online presentation and video; and live audience chatting and social networking, including conversation on Twitter using the #NPLive hashtag. TechSoup kicked off its Nonprofit Live series with a discussion on the Future of Fundraising.

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Reflections from Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute: New Skills for a Complex World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

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Nonprofits Live: Social Video Recap

Tech Soup

Following the first successful Nonprofits Live (NPLive) event on the Future of Fundraising , the second edition of TechSoup’s NPLive covered the topic of social video.

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Social Media and Technology: What Nonprofits Need To Know

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How You Will Change the World with Social Networking. While most of it was not particularly new for those of us who have been following, studying, working in social media for nonprofits, it all bears repeating. Social media is not a spectator sport—it’s a contact sport.” There were lots of good gems shared and discussed.

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Should CEOs and Executive Directors Use Social Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This is a good example of a "Blended profile.". charity:water has a huge Twitter following of over 1 million fans and supporters and has a great deal of expertise using social media to leverage fundraising and raise awareness of their work. The Twestival and Charity Water's house social network are stellar examples.