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7 Ways to Avoid Fundraising Burnout

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Flickr Photo by Sam Livingston. From courting potential donors to hours of grant writing, there are very few times a fundraiser’s job feels done. One man I supervise planned on taking his laptop on his honeymoon. 7) Celebrate your successes. Don’t forget to recognize and celebrate your successes and accomplishments.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

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You had to say something on the blog, or post a photo on Flickr, or organize a Meetup. One Laptop Per Child (just launched that year). If the Wikipedia community can build Wikipedia with the smallest handful of grant dollars and paid staff, what could the AIDs community do if it embraced these tools? Citizen journalism.

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10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause

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Darren Rowse celebrated ProBlogger's two year anniversary by using his blog to raise $830 US ($100 AU) for Oxfam Australia with his Blogging for Chickens campaign. Ask them to blog during conference sessions and post photos. You can also use reader comments, or posts by volunteers or constituents in grant applications.

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Lessons Learned About Social Networks and Fundraising from Cambodia Campaign on ChipIn

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Shel Israel. It's important to have a challenge grant or contest or something that gives both urgency and some confidence that others believe in your cause. She told me that she bought because she saw the photo on my blog with my kids wearing my t-shirt. It always helps to have celebrity endorsements of your cause!

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Nonprofit Technology News Celebrity Forecasts for 2014

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Privacy is also on Marnie’s top five list, so she agrees with several of our NPTech celebrities that it is a top issue and that it will shape our work in the coming year. Full disclosure, she also manages Simplify , a new partnership between TAG and GuideStar, which is a new approach to applying for grants. Peter Campbell.