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Pulitzer and the Pedestal – Or Why Crowdfunding Needs Influencer Marketing

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The publisher of the New York newspaper the World , Pulitzer used all his influence to launch an aggressive fundraising campaign that bypassed the rich and instead solicited donations from average residents. Pairing Fundraising with Influencers. Influencer marketing might be a new term for many nonprofits, but the concept isn’t.

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Social Trends for 2024

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The 2010s and even early 2020s were focused on girlbossing, “aspirational” content from influencers traveling the world and doing a lot cooler things than we’re probably doing, and being #ThatGirl —someone who hustles, focuses on their wellness, and employs daily acts of rigorous self-care. Truly, what a time.)

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RIP John Haydon

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If you do any work on digital strategy for nonprofits, you most likely knew John’s work and influenced by it. Meico Marquette Whitlock and I took a long walk with him in Boston. The nonprofit tech & marketing world has lost one of its legends, John Haydon, from cancer. He was loved by so many of us in the field.

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Networked Nonprofit in Boston: A Story of Contrasts

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to Boston for two days of book events hosted by Associated Grant Makers , Barr Foundation , Public Conversations Project , TechFoundation and Berkman Center Luncheon series. Weak Tie/Strong Tie Ice Breaker. Earlier this week, I flew across the country (thanks Virgin America !) This post shares a few observations about Networked Nonprofits.

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Embrace the Data, Change the World

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I’m in Boston with Katie Paine as part of our book tour for “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” where we jointly delivered a keynote at the e-metrics conference yesterday. Following the e-metrics, Joselin Mane hosted a Boston TweetUp and it was great to reconnect with old friends! p/QTTfRJlZjl/. p/QTToUNlZjr/.

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Author Don Tapscott on the growing influence of public participation | Media | The Guardian

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Author Don Tapscott on the growing influence of public participation | Media | The Guardian: "Watching television at his Boston home in January this year, Patrick Meier, a director of the crowdsourcing internet platform Ushahidi saw early reports that a devastating earthquake had caused massive damage to Haiti.

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Ice Bucket Challenge: Can Other Nonprofits Reproduce It?

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The ice bucket challenge has been going on for a while now among golfers and many others donating to the charity of their choice but did not really spread until Pete Frates , the former captain of Boston College’s baseball team, re-purposed the meme by challenging Steve Gleason to throw a bucket of ice over his head to raise awareness for ALS. (3)

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