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5 Tips for Planning A Fundraising Campaign Around a Holiday

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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. As you create marketing content, use storytelling strategies. But what makes these fundraisers so successful?

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Video Can Help Boost Donations in End-Of-The-Year Fundraising

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Here’s an example of a video See3 produced in partnership with Charity Dynamics for the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event. American Cancer Society saw a 10:1 return on investment from this effort. Tags: Fundraising Guest Post.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: December 4th

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Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . David Neff shares the social media guidelines he helped develop for the American Cancer Society. Tags: NPTech nten members. Members are in bold. Thank you, David!

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Guest Post by Stacey Monk: Dogooders Won’t Change the World (Alone)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Just yesterday I read a tweet that called the #nonprofit twitter tag a “cavernous echo chamber.” On the power of individual storytelling & fun. Tags: guest blogging. Now don’t get me wrong, I love you people. I think you’re some of the most brilliant, passionate, tireless, amazing humans I’ve ever met. starts around 4:35).

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

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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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Book Giveaway: Twitterville by Shel Israel (140 Characters of Twitterville Fame)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Fabulous storytelling. The chapter begins with the story of how I used Twitter in July 07 to raise money for the Cambodian bloggers conference, how Connie Reece raised thousands of dollars to support breast cancer, Stacey Monk's Tweetsgiving , Twestival , and the entrance of large nonprofits into the Twittersphere. It's a great read!

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And the Twitterville Book Winners Are.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The chapter begins with the story of how I used Twitter in July 07 to raise money for the Cambodian bloggers conference ( now Cambodians are tweeting ), how Connie Reece raised thousands of dollars to support breast cancer, Stacey Monk's Tweetsgiving , Twestival , and the entrance of large nonprofits into the Twittersphere.

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