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5 Steps to Setting Up a Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaign

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Personal Challenges — Personal challenges allow a donor's friends and family to rally around their cause by supporting a challenge that the donor has pledged to complete. The Boston Marathon — Supporters of an organization can pledge to raise a certain amount of money, in order to run the race in the name of a charity.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Why Facebook is a Fundraising Game Changer: John Haydon, blogger and author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies , believes that without Facebook pushing the limits of how people use social media, fundraising wouldn’t be as social. More than 1.5 To date, the fundraiser has sold nearly 5,000 t-shirts and raised $75,000.

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Target Facebook Challenge: Ten Large Charities Compete for Votes To Divide the $3 Million Pot

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's called Bullseye Gives, a special Facebook page inviting folks to decide how they should allocate $3 million among ten large institutional charities, including: Parent Teacher Association Feeding America The Salvation Army American Red Cross National Parks Foundation Breast Cancer Research Foundation St.

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Convio 2008 Innovator Awards - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" They promoted the campaign through social media sites and raised $300k online within two months.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Check out Train for Humanity that weaves together getting fit, social media, and raising funds for charity. There was so much support for the idea, that he started an entire fundraising organization fueled by social media to support Jane Doe. October is also breast cancer awareness month, so why not make a donation ?

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Convio 2008 Innovator Awards

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Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. Honorable Mention: Sierra Club and American Cancer Society. They promoted the campaign through social media sites and raised $300k online within two months. Created a wall of 5,000 signers' photos.

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How to Attract Donors From Around the World With Your Virtual Event

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Give social media sharing options on individual participant fundraiser pages . HEADstrong Foundation encourages DIY fundraising through creative campaigns like Riding aHead of Cancer. Riding aHead of Cancer gives fundraisers a way to come together online as part of Team HEADstrong. Reach the World Through Livestream.

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