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Non-Traditional Giving Days for Your Next Fundraiser

The Modern Nonprofit

Apart from raising emergency funds, many nonprofits rely on #GivingTuesday and end-of-year giving to generate the bulk of their individual donations. So why not jumpstart your fundraising from individual donors this year by adding a non-traditional giving day to your fundraising calendar? Consider Cause Days to Kickoff Your Fundraiser.

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Getting Personal Tech Right(er) in the New Year

Tech Soup

Outlook calendar chaos. Outlook calendar chaos: Two (very) easy ideas for your Outlook calendar. Idea 1: Turn that email you need to follow up on into an appointment in your calendar. Idea 2: Quickly turn your Outlook calendar into a rainbow of color-coded appointments to know what’s what on your own calendar.

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How to Buy Greener Mobile Phones

Tech Soup

This post is Part 3 in a GreenTech series on buying green office equipment. What's New in Green Mobile Phones. They contain no PVC plastic (polyvinyl chloride) or brominated flame retardants, both of which are commonly used in electronics and generate cancer-causing substances. Motorola uses eco-conscious packaging.

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Getting Insight from Facebook Insight Requires Sense Making Skills

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I check my insights monthly against my editorial calendar. The green represents people talking about. My result metric is the number of good ideas and saved time getting those ideas that I get for blog posts, curriculum development, and presentations. Here’s how I do it: 1. Look for the Patterns.

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SOCAP: The Market at the Intersection of Money and Meaning

Tech Soup

events of the calendar, Silicon Valley style. I hope you'll pardon me if I start with a green tech thing. A woman named Gail Work stopped by to chat about her new non-toxic green battery company in Silicon Valley called SeaWave Battery. It’s one of the premier social enterprise.

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60+ Spring Fundraising Ideas for Every Nonprofit

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Spring Fling dance A fun spring fundraising idea that can help you get younger generations involved is to host a Spring Fling dance. Local gardening experts can have the chance to demonstrate their green thumb and teach others in workshops that cover topics such as organic gardening, composting, or urban gardening.

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Need Hands-on Help? NetSquared's Free Workshops Are in Your Community

Tech Soup

If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar. Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways June PDH Lunch — Incorporating Green Infrastructure. Or, apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Monday, June 5, 2017.