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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever – Guest Post by Joe Waters. A college grad researching a career in fundraising recently asked me what’s changed since I started in the field. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2000. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2004. Everything,” I replied.

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Future of Social: Gen Z

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ll be talking about Gen Z donors and why nonprofits need to engage them in their fundraising and programs. And there is Jack Andraka , a high school student who got obsessed with finding a cure for cancer and created a test that can detect pancreatic cancer. How is your nonprofit future proofing its fundraising strategy?

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Augmented Reality and Social Good: The Art of Creating Meaningful AR

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From interactive learning experiences to fundraising to innovations in science, this new medium has more applications than we can even fully grasp yet. Imagine asking a question and being able to experience the answer in 3D or, using augmented reality to let an archaeology student participate in a dig in the classroom.

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The Future of Social: Gen Z

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Beth has over 30 years working in the nonprofit sector in technology, training, capacity building, evaluation, fundraising and marketing. And there is Jack Andraka , a high school student who got obsessed with finding a cure for cancer and created a test that can detect pancreatic cancer. Nonprofits and Gen Z.

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last August, I saw the impact of Twitter's velocity first-hand with a fundraising experiment. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. Let's take a look at the brief history of fundraising on Twitter and lessons learned.

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Given the economy and its impact on nonprofits and fundraising , it got me thinking that making charitable giving a habit beyond the holidays is a good thing. Gradon Tripp, Boston Blogger, created a fundraiser to support Jane Doe Inc. October is also breast cancer awareness month, so why not make a donation ? It's your choice.

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11 Donation Drive Ideas to Support Your Community

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In-kind donation drives are also a great fundraiser for acquiring goods you need in a very short amount of time. Students and teachers excel in classrooms that have all the resources they need to keep learning and teaching. Peer-to-peer fundraiser website. Donation Drive Ideas. School supply drive. Blood drive.