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Crowdfunding: Can Partnering With An Internet Celebrity Make Your Campaign An Overnight Success?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A few months ago, PewDiePie and the Bro Army raised more than $630,000 for Save the Children through a crowdfundraiser on Indiegogo , a gaming bundle on The Humble Bundle, live-streams on Twitch and an anonymous matching donation of $150,000. It is every nonprofit’s dream to have Oprah or other celebrity do a fundraiser for them.

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Are nonprofit volunteer retention strategies vital to a thriving team?

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A volunteer’s significance goes far beyond just saving nonprofits money in wages; they bring experience, knowledge, and lots of passion. Celebrate the wins. Building this culture requires leadership with the knowledge, experience, and ability to look into the future of the organization. Each team member is unique.

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6 Ways to Create Buzz Around Your Charity Golf Tournament

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With the right tools in place, anyone can organize a golf tournament, regardless of their golf knowledge or experience. Partner with local influencers and celebrities. Start by thinking about celebrities, influencers, or personalities your nonprofit already has a relationship with.

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Interview with Bryan Stevenson: On Juneteenth and Justice

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Devi Thomas (DT): With the recent honoring of Junteenth, so much of what we do around the day is a celebration of freedom. The mistake will be if we just look for easy things to celebrate. Juneteenth is both an occasion for celebration and a moment for reflection. Hinton spent almost 30 years on death row in Alabama.

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50 Nonprofits Every U.S. Politican Should Follow on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

They are active in our communities, in our schools, and have valuable knowledge and experience that our nation’s elected officials could learn from and be inspired by, and yet very few U.S. Children’s Defense Fund :: @ ChildDefender. Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) :: @NationalCASA.

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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. Whether you’re a seasoned nonprofit professional or you’re new to the sector, you’ve seen an effective holiday fundraiser.

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Nonprofits and transparency: Who’s walking the walk?

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This Markets for Good article about the Children’s Museum of Manhattan describes how CMOM has collaborated with National Institutes of Health, providing real-time data to develop a health curriculum for young children through an unusually speedy process. The nonprofit Splash has developed an entire site called Proving.It