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The Ice Bucket Challenge Epilogue: Data

3rd Sector Labs

Did you know that the Ice Bucket Challenge has its own Wikipedia article ? Recently, the Chronicle of Philanthropy asked on its front page “ Is Raising Visibility a Waste of Time? Do they distract donors from developing longer term relationships with the sponsoring charity? So interesting. So much to debate.

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What’s Missing from Your Ecosystem?

NetWits

Wikipedia gives you a fairly verbose definition , the dictionary gives a similar, but less wordy definition that I think is simpler to grasp. “An Think Charity Water. Next I need to ensure those registrants are able to raise money on behalf of my organization. Think Charity Water. What’s an Ecosystem? Cancer ecosystem.

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Increase Your Organization’s Credibility Online

Achieve

Did you avoid the Wikipedia entry? Don’t miss out on key opportunities to be found online, raise funds and garner support for your cause or mission. Think about the last time you pulled up your search engine of choice. When you typed in your query and hit “search,” how did you decide which entry to choose?

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Data and Storytelling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

NTEN

Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. David zeroed in on two relevant data points to tell the story - the number of hours Americans spend watching TV in a year, and the total combined man hours needed to create all of wikipedia: 4. Numbers are a universal langauge.

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Data and Storytelling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

Forum One

Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. David zeroed in on two relevant data points to tell the story - the number of hours Americans spend watching TV in a year, and the total combined man hours needed to create all of wikipedia: 4. Numbers are a universal langauge.

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Data and Story Telling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

Forum One

Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. David zeroed in on two relevant data points to tell the story - the number of hours Americans spend watching TV in a year, and the total combined man hours needed to create all of wikipedia: 4. Numbers are a universal langauge.

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How to Plan a Simple Yet Powerful Giving Tuesday Campaign

Get Fully Funded

Then they see other organizations raising $10,000, $15.000, or $25,000 and feel left out. Remember that lots of other nonprofits are raising money on the same day and yes, there is competition. A matching gift: Campaigns with matching gifts ALWAYS raise more money than those with no match. It’s not hard, and anyone can do it.

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