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Latest Episode Highlights Danger and Potential of Reddit Fundraising - Social Media - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

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Latest Episode Highlights Danger and Potential of Reddit Fundraising - Social Media - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas Over Labor Day weekend, the same subreddit that helped disseminate a cache of nude celebrity photographs tried to organize an online fundraiser "in honor of" Jennifer Lawrence, (..)

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Are You Ready to Say No?|Crowdfunding’s Ethical Boundaries

Connection Cafe

For weeks we’ve watched the ALS #IceBucketChallenge grow exponentially and as fundraisers, we dream of a campaign like this going viral and a windfall of unexpected resources dropping into our coffers. Over the weekend, several female celebrities had their personal devices hacked, photos stolen, and illegally posted on the internet.

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Why Celebrity iCloud Hacking Should Matter to Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

If you pay attention to the news, you may have recently heard about a major Internet hacking of celebrity phones and devices , in which hundreds of photos were leaked to the wider Internet. There was no intentional sharing by the celebrities — they were hacked. And these things do it automatically and never sleep.

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Getting on The List

NetWits

As I read his list I started thinking about how priorities affect fundraising. If we apply this to fundraising it comes down to one simple thing. The latest on Reddit. Tweet from the handler of a celebrity who is pretending to be the celebrity. Personal note from a good friend. A trending topic on Twitter.

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Great reads from around the web on March 18th

Amy Sample Ward

" CHARITY SMACKDOWN:: Celebrities Compete, Charities Win www.charitysmackdown.com - Check out this interesting social fundraising campaign: "Each of the Smackdown Teams have from March 16th to March 26th to raise as much money as possible for the causes listed below." in cash for their organizations! ." Check it out!

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Rise of the Weblebrity

Connection Cafe

Last month PayPal and Zoetica Media announced a white paper about the effectiveness of celebrities in social media fundraising. In traditional fundraising, having great name recognition and devoted fans can generate increased awareness and raise funds if a celebrity cares about the cause and invests time.

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. Connections: Relationships to lawmakers, celebrities, newsrooms. A creative fundraiser can make any of these items sound attractive to the donor. For events, ongoing series, or recurring celebrations online, consider the following options for publicity: 1.

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