Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Now WatSan has helped people in Tanjung Priok get filters for creating fresh clean water, and they have started selling it to other slums, creating income, a cottage industry, and money for uniforms for their children to attend school, breaking the cycle of poverty. All from water. It was an experience that changed me forever.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

There are many examples of crowdsourcing techniques used by nonprofits and foundations and The Networked Nonprofit devoted an entire chapter to the topic. The results are greater than an individual or organization could accomplish alone. Does crowdsourcing enhance or bring value to face-to-face conferences? Where is it most useful?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

The Kony story resonates because it’s the story of an identifible individual doing bodily harm to children. Mary Joyce points out that the film comes off as racist: Invisible Children has no Africans on its board of directors and collects money for itself rather than for Ugandan organizations. ( source ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Pundits and bloggers in the nonprofit sector often lament the inability of social media to raise money for nonprofits. Build the community first, and raise funds second. It’s true that Web 2.0

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Camp Kesem empowers college students across the United States to create a free, life-changing one-week summer camp experience for children affected by a parent’s cancer. And $10,000 was raised to send more kids to camp this summer. First Up: Camp Kesem Uses Social Fundraising for #GivingTuesday Success. Novak of The Office.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Dewey’s wife and the mother of his two children was killed in a car accident when the kids were just 11 and 12. Dewey raised them the best he knew how and hoped he did a good job – as most parents do. His children visited as they could while Dewey lived at the Abbie Hunt Bryce Home. A promise kept.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2009

We've raised $1, 206 to help children in Cambodia. Even though I'm not raising huge dollar amounts, what makes feel great is that small donations go a long way in Cambodia. I contributed a chapter on this topic to the Psychology of Facebook , so I'm going to stop myself from going on about that now.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 24, 2020

Combine children being out of school and people working from home or being out of work with a fervent global curiosity, and we have a recipe for unprecedented levels of screen time and social media usage. One of the JDRF Southern Florida Chapter most watched videos from their virtual walk was bloopers! .

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Reading a chapter of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase dramatically (OK, overly dramatically) into a tape recorder. I figure the least I can do is try to raise my own "creativity scores." If I had children, I'd sign them up too. Kim found creativity scores had been steadily rising, just like IQ scores, until 1990.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

at the Providence Cancer Center for the Alaska Chapter of PRSA. I’m doing various other trainings, book parties, etc. Next I Joe Page from the Jessica Stevens Foundation told the amazing story of how the Talkeetna Bachelor Society has started a donor advised fund to raise money to support women and children in their village.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Unlike other measures such as the FPL’s one-size-fits-all model, the Standard calculates household costs not just by the size of the family and the number of children, but also by age of the children, as some costs, particularly child care and food, differ dramatically by age. is using the Self-Sufficiency Standard to define poverty.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 16, 2013

She really only needed volunteers to help her raise money, anyway. He is actively involved in church and school activities, as well as with Legatus International and the Association of Fund Raising Professionals, who has designated him a Master Teacher through their Faculty Training Academy. Where is the board oversight? Get another!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

The report captures a conundrum in measuring social change movements or networked approaches. Outcomes for “ wicked problems ” can be easily counted – policies passed, housing the homeless, educating children. As the report points out, movement organizers are grappling with big questions. What is needed to achieve it?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Team RMHC runners cook brunch at a local chapter after a quick training run. Leading up to the marathon, their event coordinator hosts a run and brunch at a local chapter house. to raise money and awareness for you. They can turn in the money raised and get credit for it online. Host a Mini-Event. Get creative!

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Lori’s gift is to help nonprofit organizations communicate powerfully so they raise exponentially more money. She is a nationally-recognized master storyteller and fundraising culture change expert helping nonprofit organizations raise nearly $300 million dollars from individual donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

It takes time, but does show results as the comments on the original Mashable post seem to indicate: Two years ago The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada established a presence on Facebook and incorporated guidelines for our Chapters to establish their local groups. I used a cli.gs link [link] so I could track traffic to the link.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Another way they’re helping is through the internal Symantec Women's Action Network ( SWAN ) — which has eleven chapters and 1,350 members — and is designed to attract talented women and support their careers at Symantec.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2006

Project Linus coordinates volunteers to sew, knit and quilt handmade blankets for seriously ill and traumatized children. You can find a chapter near you here. Project Sweet Dreams is a community based Roots and Shoots campaign organized by a friend of mine, Debra Rosenman, to raise awareness about biomedical lab chimps.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Their year-end campaign needed to raise at least $50,000 to take full advantage of the available gift match. As a result, donors delivered and raised an additional $3,000 over goal. Visitors to their end-of-year campaign page were asked to either donate or raise funds for Family Care Network. The best part? Who they are.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2012

We brought our first product to market in July 2000 working with a local children’s museum as our first client. In 1999, less than $100 million was raised online. In 2011, an estimated $17 billion was raised online. I travelled the country speaking at every nonprofit conference that would have me.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

They usually have local chapters. The Foundation Center has several specialized publication like: Grants for Information Technology; Grants for Arts, Culture, & the Humanities ; Grants for Children & Youth , etc. Build an online store and raise funds for your organization with Shopify. Clubs and Organizations.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

The landscape has changed dramatically for the nonprofit, charity, and voluntary sector in the UK and I heard people across the country raise the question many times and with many different intentions, asking if there were simply “too many” organizations. The more is raised, the more impact they can make. There’s no limit to either.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2014

Children will sleep tonight, because you cared ” makes a much better opener for a thoughtful thank you. Don’t make these folks the ‘step-children’ of your donor acknowledgment program. Or, check out the Attitude of Gratitude Donor Guide to help you raise more money every year from here on out. Thoughtfulness. Online presence.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

So this is the first one, how can you raise more money more sustainably? When your child is diagnosed with leprosy, other moms think that you and your children are cursed. . ” and this is their CEO speaking, “Your great kindness through The Leprosy Mission has always begun protecting children from the impact of leprosy.”

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Qgiv

JANUARY 11, 2022

Special Olympics is the world’s largest program for sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, inspiring greatness in more than 5 million athletes in 172 nations worldwide.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 18, 2022

Product sale customer list: When you raise money through a product sale (like a t-shirt or calendar sale), you may be excited to see all the new names and emails populating your database. For example, if you have a therapeutic horseback riding program for children, their parents might be happy to give.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Another example is Raising Hope Dogs who centers the donor as the hero by stating “Give A Gift, Change A Life” exemplifying the necessary role the donor plays in their work. You can see how they shared his story of going to rescue more children in the small text beneath the heading which makes him the hero of the narrative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2011

Last week, I helped launch a peer exchange for Packard Foundation for Children’s Health Insurance grantees with Spitfire Communications (creators of the SMART chart ). If you take a look at Bruce Lesley’s Twitter stream , you will see that he is curating information on public policies impacting children.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

This foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. Areas served: US. Kellogg Foundation. Areas served: Baltimore, Chicago, Hawai?i, Areas served: US.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

This foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. Areas served: US. Kellogg Foundation. Areas served: Baltimore, Chicago, Hawai?i, Areas served: US.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Elizabeth has worked on tons of campaigns for her clients, billion dollars raised. And she also serves on her home chapter of AFP which we always we appreciate. And then again, inviting people to attend events that are in your network, your professional, personal, religious, children’s networks, invite friends, invite prospects.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

First of all, these children have taught themselves. And for all of us who are parents who had privilege of teaching these children, just be glad you’re still like those little people. And then there are other children. And Rose, you had to go remote overnight. And Andrea, adding childcare provider to my job.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

But she’s been in your shoes, like I said, being a leader of an organization and also raising a ton of money and does a lot of these trainings. They have children, they’re doing all of this. I worked with a organization that they worked with abused children. They have families, they have children, they have this.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

For example, Ginna, the Executive Director of the nonprofit Pura Vida Partners , encourages Pura Vida supporters to create a giving circle where everyone comes together to drink Pura Vida coffee and donate $35 each towards scholarships for children living in coffee growing communities. BB: What are your future goals for Dining for Women?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2010

I was actively part of every discussion raised by participants about the content, but I was the ultimate arbiter, and I think everyone felt comfortable with that. I would solicited a few respected colleagues directly to review either the entire manuscript or a specific chapter, based on their expertise and availability.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

That alone, I don’t know how you do that and then all your other awesome, you know, fundraising and client work, but it definitely has helped out a lot of organizations raise over $1 billion, and is just a delight to listen to. We want the best for our community. You know, this is what we’re doing to share. .

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 13, 2009

Every week I get to go in and read with the same two children for a half an hour each in the school library. Today, 826 has chapters in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Michigan, and Boston. You can find more information about the various chapters and how to volunteer with them at www.826national.org. Be flexible.

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