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8 Social Media Ideas to Inspire Donors on GivingTuesday

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Launch a Storytelling Campaign Studies have proven that storytelling is much more effective than fact-sharing alone. When humans hear a story, the chemicals cortisol, dopamine, and oxytocin are released in our brains—the chemicals that form memories, keep us engaged, and deepen our relationships. It doesn’t have to be fancy!

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100 Fundraising Email Subject Lines That Will Get Donors to Open Your Email

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You might want to write three urgent subject lines, three intrigue subject lines, two that combine intrigue and urgency, and two that don’t fall into either category but still pop into your brain. Urgent: Teens need your help to start college on time . Also remember: the subject line is not supposed to tell the whole story.

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What color is the social web?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When I'm asked questions that I don't know the answer to, I admit it and use it as opportunity to demonstrate the value of the social brain or having a good network on Twitter. I referenced Liza Sabater's Brown Bloggers meetups, but could not point to any studies or stats. Pew Study on Social Media and Teens: (See page 33).

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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This case study, " Using Network to Stop Genocide ," by Ian Boothe was published on Idealware a few days ago. The reality is that our brains only have the capacity to manage a limited number of relationships ??? the ability to follow the flow of stories and information. Go read it. each of various qualities.

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How Your Nonprofit Can Reach Babyboomers with Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I told the story about posting a video interview with my dad (who was 86 at the time) on YouTube about his first blog post and how I discovered a community of "older" people using YouTube. Some recent studies on social media and social networking use and baby boomers show that more and more are adopting social media. I answered no.

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Fundraising 101: Understand the Basics of Fundraising so You Can Fund Your Dream

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It might take a minute to get your brain around that idea, that the donor is more important to you and your organization than their donation. After studying that list for a minute, a lightbulb came on! For a self-esteem program for teen girls : Showing every teen girl how awesome she is. Lots of stories.

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[VIDEO] How To Lead And Manage In Our New Nonprofit Work Reality

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So I can tell y’all that stuff, y’all, but I’ll tell you my most important job and how I really, really learned to hone my leadership skills was as solo mama to this teen who, my friends, she has the mack daddy of all summer jobs. Studies have shown that when places have unlimited PTO, people don’t take PTO.