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Non-Traditional Giving Days for Your Next Fundraiser

The Modern Nonprofit

to plan a monthlong peer-to-peer fundraising campaign: February = Black History Month, American Heart Month, Oral Hygiene Awareness Month, Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, Eating Disorder Awareness Month. Individual holidays don’t have to be the only source of inspiration for your next fundraiser.

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5 Instagram Story Stickers Every Nonprofit Should Be Using

Achieve

This sticker allows you to choose the date of an event or campaign launch and add the countdown to your story. Pancreatic Cancer Action Network) uses the Countdown sticker AND the Poll sticker in the above screenshot to get followers engaged in their upcoming event. . #4: 2: Countdown Sticker. 4: The Questions Sticker. wwf_australia.

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Twibbon: A Twitter Tool That Puts a Ribbon on Your Profile

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Exactly two years ago , the idea of changing the visual of your Twitter avatar to support a cause spontaneously happened as part of the Pea Fund Fridays , a Twitter fundraising campaign created by Connie Reece to support breast cancer research to honor Susan Reynolds. See the range of creative expression in the flickr group.

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Donate $5 (the cost of Frozen Peas) To Support Breast Cancer Research and Susan Reynolds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Watch and listen to Connie Reece explain what this campaign is all about and why it is important to her. View the list of people who contributed their smarts, hearts, and souls to this campaign. I am watching my Twitter stream and seeing a sea of green and that is pretty amazing. Read Susan Reynold 's statement.

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Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

are already using social media, many have not yet taken all of the steps below to ensure that their social media campaigns are built on a solid foundation meant to produce ROI (Return on Investment). Some of the decisions you make early on will affect your social media campaigns for years. Make sure they are the right ones.

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Corporate Altruism: The Blurring of the Lines Between CSR and Cause Marketing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Our focus is on campaigns that had a significant social media component, because we believe that this communication medium is an accelerator since the failures are often much more spectacular and widely reported. Take for example, “Buckets for the Cure” fund-raising campaign where Susan G. Source: Fit Sugar Blog.

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What color is your nonprofit's blog?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Examples:  C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition Un Dispatch Easter Seals Autism Blog Indiana Art Museum. Green: Aggregate Content Blog. Lime Green:  Community Blog. Bright Yellow: Specialize Content - Campaign, Event, or Program. Bright Yellow: Specialize Content - Campaign, Event, or Program. Netsquared.

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