Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

This time I’ll review the Nominet Trust 100 nominations for the very best technologies for social good, the big TechSoup/ Guardian Technology for Good Report, The soft launch of Hacker Helper, a new free service that sends money over email, the world’s most popular websites, and two new Netflix style subscription services for eBooks.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2014

If you asked the same group if they’d heard of cancer, I’m willing to bet they’d all say yes. I’m also willing to bet that those same people either know a cancer survivor or someone who lost the fight. My point here isn’t to devalue cancer awareness, but to show that more awareness is needed for diseases like ALS.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

” Nonprofits once limited to raising money through cookie sales, charity balls, and foundation grants now have access to almost limitless fundraising streams with new technology platforms, micro-funding models, and evolving culture of giving. American Cancer Society has been fighting cancer since 1913.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change? Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! Will new "online" groups drive their predecessors to extinction?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2019

As we crawl into a new year, hyper-personalization is a buzzword slowly creeping into the charity lexicon and bound to increase its prominence as the year unfolds. And how can charities, like hospital foundations, use it to increase donor loyalty and generate higher return on investment (ROI)? Not very pleasant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change? Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! (There's even a panel proposal for Slacktivism ). Definitely.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change? The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! Definitely.

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Classy

JULY 13, 2021

Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending. Can money buy happiness? While people typically seek advice on how to earn, save, and invest their money, this book will help you discover how to spend money to boost your happiness. . Read Next: How Hiring for Culture Fit Reduces Nonprofit Turnover. Dive in today. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

If you know of campaigns and lessons learned that haven't been included, please leave a comment: August 2007 I launched a campaign to raise money and get t-shirts donated for the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. In fact, the campaign went over goal and we able to raise enough money to send another young person to college.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2014

So, now we are seeing an emerging practice that for lack of a better phrase, I’m calling “Charity Jacking.” Charity Jacking is imitating a successful fundraising campaign theme or idea that has become popular and instead of encouraging donations to the original charity, redirecting donations to another cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

I hate these poster child looks of these kids that look so hungry…like ‘please give us money.’ …I I wanted to turn this experience into something positive…so, basically, we released BlameDrewsCancer.com which allows you with a twitter hashtag, #blamedrewscancer , to blame anything you want on my cancer.” Generic license ).

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Museum 2.0

JULY 4, 2007

In Ireland, a children’s museum dealt with what to do about colonialism in a multi-cultural place using a theater-based exhibit format. And he’s quite revolutionary—what he’s figured out is that charity from multi-nationals goes to social service more than anything. So if he’s serious about it, he can attract money.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

This social aspect makes it a powerful way to boost visibility in your community and raise money for your programs! For instance, you might want to raise money in remembrance of a loved one who passed away or to support a whole group like veterans. Donors are more likely to give when they know the person who’s doing the asking.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

Y’all, no company can build a coherent culture without people who either share its core values or possess the willingness and ability to embrace those values. That year we had to raise a ridiculous amount of money and also we had to do a rebrand of the organization. ” Everybody is not motivated by money, my friends.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Asking for money can be sweat inducing, but it’s a lot less painful if you’re prepared. Think about how much of that money is wasted on awkward gifts- the junk. This piece from Ahern Donor Communications, Fundraising is about money. What if even a portion of that of that $602 billion was spent with purpose?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

This is yet another indication of the growing interest in the charity sector at SXSWi. Some people in the room were frustrated because the discussion focused on social media for charity and did not include social media for social change. Or should we simply just call fundraising and charity?

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