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5 Tips for Planning A Fundraising Campaign Around a Holiday

sgEngage

From Mother’s Day campaigns raising money for breast cancer research to Christmas fundraisers collecting gifts for children in need, great holiday fundraisers stick in your mind for years afterwards. Thank donors and volunteers often. Volunteers share their campaign pages with friends, family, and the rest of their personal networks.

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Google now denies program to nonprofits they used to serve

Judi Sohn

At Fight Colorectal Cancer, we switched from web host email to Google Apps in 2007 and we haven’t looked back. Among the restrictions: No selling products, no prosthelytizing, no trying to influence elections, etc. Many, like my synagogue, are staffed entirely by dedicated volunteers. Guess which won?

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: Week of August 14

NTEN

And, finally, in case you haven't heard already, NTEN's Executive Director, Holly Ross , was named one of the Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50 ! MacArthur Foundation , the Lance Armstrong Foundation , Lutheran Services in America , The Salvation Army , United Way of America , Volunteers of America , and the W.K.

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The Real Housewives of Social Media: Cooking up Recipes for Nonprofit Success

NTEN

While I was with the American Cancer Society, we were inspired by an amazing monitoring system developed by the Humane Society. You can make one, too: type in Cancer (or your own keyword) at search.twitter.com and see what results are returned. In 2008, I helped start the Frozen Pea Fund against breast cancer.

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SXSW: Social Media Nonprofit ROI Poetry Slam - Slides, Links, and Poems (long)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

With NWF as the hash tag; Wildlife sightings perhaps would not lag; (for all to brag?). Has tagging and category capability so media can subscribe to only what they’re interested in receiving. Flickr bc have established presence there and can cross post for bigger influence. We’d be nowhere without the volunteers.

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[VIDEO] The Early Bird Guide to Epic End of Year Fundraising

Bloomerang

.” I’m going to give you some tips to warm up your donors before you do the ask, and if you don’t think that really works, I’m going to show you the proof in the pudding and the actual statistics of how much that really does influence your donors giving again and giving larger amounts. That really matters to them.

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What is the distinction between social media for charity and social good/systemic change?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We've seen campaigns launched by everyday people as well as by social media influencers. . They are either fans of a particular charity or volunteers serving on the board. Neff from the America Cancer Society quipped during our panel at SXSW, "Twitter meetups just to meet are so 2008. As my colleague David J.