Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

This charity also has offices in India , Nepal , and Tanzania operates its own projects and supports partners in Tanzania, India, and Nepal and works on behalf of children in places like the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Peru, Cambodia, China, and Bangladesh. The organization has nine full-time staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2015

I’ll be talking about the next generation of donors and how they use social media, mobile, and other technology to raise money for causes they care about. This guest post is part of many recent posts you have read from my about Generation Z. Having met his goal, he’s doing it again for his twelfth birthday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

Last month, the Twitter community came together online and offline in over 180 cities around the world to raise money for charity:water with the highly successful " Twestival " fundraising event which brought in over $250,000. The event attracted a lot of attention because it was an example of integrating a live charity event with Twitter.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Whether you're hosting a walk-a-thon, charity auction, or soliciting online donations for an annual fund drive, the success of your fundraising campaign lies in the success of each of the individual participants. How much are you hoping to raise? Each was required to raise a minimum of $1,000. Upload a personal photo.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

In 2005, Shannon Keith visited India and was confronted by the harsh realities of brothels and prostitution. Selling environmentally-friendly clothing to raise money for your cause, like Lonesome George & Co. Other ideas include: Selling branded merchandise, like Amnesty International or the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Certainly, giving from individuals won't be enough to fix the economy and provide the resources that charities need to deliver important services in hard economic times. But donating money to a charity, even a small amount (or in-kind items ) can certainly help with part of the need and raise awareness in others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Charities outside the US can set up a profile. To generate a robust profile, your organization should be able to plug in existing social media presences (Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, Blog RSS Feed, Etc) so it seems to favor organizations that have already established a social media content strategy. Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&#

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex. Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

The most populous Muslim country is Indonesia , followed by India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Egypt. Philanthropists involved in Muslim world charities not the only risk averse social investors. TechSoup Resources for Faith Based Charities. The Challenge of Philanthropy to the Muslim World. Additional Resources.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 14, 2016

But in the very busy world we live in, many times donations take the place of personal commitment of time.The charity is no longer at the center of philanthropy, it is YOU — the donor — who takes the stage. It’s not the charities who are campaigning, it’s our friends, it’s our families. 24/7 philanthropy.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

You need to subscribe to see the whole thing, but here’s an except: When the American Jewish World Service used to talk about using video to illustrate its overseas aid projects, it usually meant gathering enough footage for a seven-minute spot to be shown to the people who would attend its annual fund-raising dinners. Rosenberg says.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

You need to subscribe to see the whole thing, but here’s an except: When the American Jewish World Service used to talk about using video to illustrate its overseas aid projects, it usually meant gathering enough footage for a seven-minute spot to be shown to the people who would attend its annual fund-raising dinners. Rosenberg says.

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2011

But unlike other top apps, Causes is dedicated to a singular purpose: making it easier for nonprofits to raise money by connecting with their communities. Another example, Give India , shows off the community features provided by a Causes page. Setting a goal of raising $500,000 is intimidating and hard to visualize.

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Care2

APRIL 17, 2012

Used as part of a multi-channel approach online petitions and pledges can help raise awareness and motivate people to get more involved with campaigns that offer deeper engagement opportunities. For example, when Avaaz was lobbying to clean up corruption in India, over 500K people signed it in less than 24 hours.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

• women donate twice as many to charities as men do? Set up an online fundraiser, tell your community to start raising funds, push play, and watch the cash roll. How do you inspire and empower your community to effectively raise funds for your cause? • women make 80% of all household purchasing decisions?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Chris Hughes Jumo has been raising $2 million in funding from individuals and foundations. By November 2010, Jumo noted in a New York Times article that they’ve raised $3.5 Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&# Who Chris Hughes brought in Kirsten Titus as Managing director of Jumo.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

In addition to raising money, education is a really key component of what we do because we really feel like that it is through education that people become motivated to be agents of change and really make a difference. And we do a lot of research on Guidestar and Charity Navigator. BB: What are the greatest challenges of your work?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Can you give an example of, "This month the charity was this and those circles combined raised x amount?" They're raising about $500 a month just from their email newsletters to their friends. In 2007, we went to India, and we visited a program called Matrichaya , which we'll be supporting again in January of 2011.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

so far of the number of social good contests over the past three years that have used crowdsourcing and social media to encourage innovative social change ideas or to raise money for nonprofits or shine attention on their do good work. The Pepsi Refresh Contest is the boldest experiment.

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