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Are Crowd Funding Platforms the New Patrons of Independent Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Wisconsin Rising trailer and Kickstarter Campaign from samayfield on Vimeo. In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. My background is in community media. I invited her to share her experience in crowd funding.

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From boring to brilliant: Using data for maximum impact

ASU Lodestar Center

As local as possible, relating to the community, city or state where your program is located. For example, I recently wrote a grant that addressed childhood obesity. In my example, it has been well established that childhood obesity is a problem; there isn’t a need to belabor that point or include a bunch of data to support that.

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Good Food Revolution: Will Allen of Growing Power

Have Fun - Do Good

He is now the CEO of Growing Power , an organization that develops community food systems. He lives with his wife in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and is the author, with Charles Wilson, of The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities. In 2008, Will was named a John D. and Katherine T.

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