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MAY 3, 2012

Jocelyn is also a recognized blogger and speaker on online marketing and fundraising. You can read her writing in Fundraising Success magazine and her personal blog, Marketing for Nonprofits.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2006

Almost two years ago at the first Blogher Conference I was lucky enough to interview and get to know Lisa Canter (we aren't related but I learned a few things about the kanter/canter name from her husband, Marc ). Donors: Richardo Carreon. As of today, contributors have helped me raise $381 towards the $750 goal. Lisa's post is here.

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MARCH 1, 2006

Bloghers Alexandra Samuel and Marnie Webb are quoted in an Inside Bay Area article titled Blog a better world. The article is about the benefits to nonprofits of using blogs. Interplast is featured prominently.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2008

Rewards: Dr. Mani offering donors to Roger's campaign a copy of his Social Media Marketing Plan Guide. And relationship building can scale into a networked approach - take a look at the most recent BlogHer's Act fundraising campaign to improve maternal health. People (I don't know even know or have a relationship with.) What no coffee?

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

New donors, volunteers, or members who found you through your blog. Next week, Beth Kanter will be continuing this BlogHer series about getting started using social media for your nonprofit, or do-good project with posts about social networking, connecting offline and online action, and raising money on social networks.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

Did get one party hosted by Carwoo and organized by Renee Blodgett who I met a BlogHer in 2005. Mark Horvath of Invisible People shared an example of how a nonprofit get additional value from participating in a contest. I ran into KK (Kris Krug) who is a free agent extraordinaire and did an interview I’ll publish later.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

As of this writing, $168,941 dollars has been raised by 2,058 donors. Check out the projects some BlogHers are raising money for. Bloggers compete against each other to raise the most money for specific projects in low-income public schools. Chez Pim has run four Menu for Hope campaigns for two weeks in December.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Did you know that according to the 2005 Kintera/Luth Nonprofit Trend Report : "On average, online givers donate in total (both online and offline) more than 50 percent more than those donors who do not give online." My fellow BlogHer co-editor, Beth Kanter , has launched a fundraising campaign using ChipIn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. I have two favorites: The Sharing Foundation which supports children in Cambodia and Creative Commons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2006

He coordinates web development, donor traffic and analytics, and technical marketing for the team. I just posted an interview with Sombit over at blogher where Sombit mentions his plans for GlobalGiving's presence on Second Life. I felt compelled to mention these two facts only because I feel it is part of my board duties.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Donors: Richardo Carreon. s These uniforms are made by girls in our vocational program where we teach these young women sewing skills and pay them to work for our sewing shop or train them for higher paying jobs in the garment industry. Britt Bravo on her personal blog. smArts & Culture FiSpace Micropersuasion E-politics. Ricardo Carreon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

The term "extra organizational activist" comes from Alison Fine's book Momentum and I first heard it back in September 2006 when I read the book and reviewed it over at Blogher. New Donors. Peter identified the pros/cons as: Pros. Year round. Builds Community. Human Voice. Low success rate (not everyone!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2008

Last month I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference, facilitated by the fabulous Zandria. I cant speak from first hand experience on this one, but I do know from conversations with other schools and parents that keeping social media efforts donor/community centered is key. What doesn't?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2006

Shortly before the Blogher July 2005 conference, I got a new digital camera that came with a video feature. There has been online conversation during the past couple of weeks on vlog list , Netsquared , TechSoup and Blogher. Don't Tell the Donor - piece on doogooder.tv Here's a synthesis. Ken Goldsten's post on Doogooder.tv

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Consider the groups you will want to track or by which you will want to arrange members: donors, activists, organizers, stakeholders, partners, volunteers, supporters, and so on. Reach a broader audience: More than 500M Google Earth users today; Drive people to your site; Gain members, volunteers, donors, media coverage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

The Nonprofit Tech Blog is asking a question via LinkedIn - "As a donor, if you had one wish for the nonprofit sector, what would it be?" Here's a roundup of all the live blog posts from the recent BlogHer conference neatly organized by session. " and reflecting on a recent article in Wired. Need some comic relief?

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Donors can get involved by giving to the Fund and becoming a part of this growing movement in philanthropy to support transformative work. Cross posted from BlogHer. In the world of organizing, it is extremely difficult to break free of the "us verses them" dynamic. How can people get involved in the Fund's work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference. My research also found some excellent how-to blog posts about reaching out to Gen-Ys as potential donors and more general articles. Young vs Older Donors: Who is More Generous? Young vs Older Donors: Who is More Generous? Why did I go?

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MARCH 27, 2009

As evidenced by so many viral videos, really successful ideas are often those with little foresight, like BlogHer, which Erin Kotecki Vest (Building Strong Online Communities) explained was started over lunch by 3 motivated women bloggers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The work is difficult, but Brian’s advice and practical tools on how to approach donors in this book will make you successful. 7) Melandri Fundraising: Creating Stronger Donor Relationships To Sustain Your Nonprofit for the Really Long Haul by Valerio Melandri. Valerio Melandri is a well-known fundraising guru in Italy.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

Panelists: Ken Fisher, Editor-in-Chief , Ars Technica, Alexis Ohanian, Product Manager of Awesome , reddit.com, Drew Curtis, The Member , Fark.com, and Erin Kotecki Vest, BlogHer 10. Lessons learned and plans for the future will be discussed along with some best practices for those who seek to develop true communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2008

This week, as BlogHer , launched a special campaign with GlobalGiving to raise money for lifesaving programs for women around the world, here is an interview with Donna Callejon who is the Chief Operating Officer of Global Giving. So school or library-specific projects were and continue to be attractive to donors.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

Now we have thousands of donors from across the United States, across Europe, and all over the world who are able to select projects and refugee social entrepreneurs that they are the most passionate about and give directly to them through our website. Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2007

In addition, I'd like to thank Britt Bravo who gave her covered AOL laptop bag to schlep home the t-shirts from BlogHer and to Gina Trapani for donating her extra t-shirts. And, since I raised an additional $15 over goal, I used that money to purchase a t-shirt from the donor who put the campaign over the top! Here's an example.

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2014

If your nonprofit is looking for more reasons to cultivate women donors and advocates, you should know that women also volunteer more than men do. Furthermore, women are expected to soon control 70 percent of all planned giving assets. 32% of women compared to 25% of men.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2006

Donors Choose (which came my way via Blogher Lisa Stone's sister!) These are requests for items such as diapers, baby formula, medical supplies , or other necessities from individuals in the developing world. The site connects with individuals who want to help out.

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