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Slacktivism: Can Cartoons Raise Awareness or Just Make Us Feel Good?

NetWits

In an effort to raise awareness for child abuse, thousands of Facebook users changed their profile photos to one of their favorite childhood cartoon characters (full disclosure: mine was Underdog.) If it’s not fun, rewarding, or cool, viral campaigns rarely take off. Did you notice something toony about Facebook last weekend?

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Top Nonprofit Blogs to Bookmark Today

The Modern Nonprofit

In this blog, you’ll learn about: Social Media Marketing & Measurement, Network Building, Tech Tools for Nonprofits, Company Culture, Donor Engagement, and Data Science. A nonprofit fundraiser since childhood, Beth has over 30 years as a professional fundraiser and consultant. And just for fun…. BETH’S BLOG.

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Going Virtual is Not Enough: Reimagining Traditional P2P Walks for Fall 2020 and Beyond

Connection Cafe

Though it may have worked as a reactionary measure in the Spring, a zoom meeting or Facebook Live will not be enough to deliver that collectively memorable experience, especially for those who feel ready to participate in a socially distant way. In reimagining their fun run/walk, staff recently announced changes to their annual campaign.

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Fundraising Metrics: Don’t Just Count the Dollars

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Terry McManus Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, TGen Foundation We all know the old adage “what gets measured gets done,” but knowing what to measure is easier said than done. There are many other fun incentives we could offer. Fundraising outcomes (i.e. Donors give to organizations they feel connected to.

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I'm speaking at SXSW or rather reciting a poem!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've gathered up some of best of the best folks in the nonprofit tech field to share their social media measurement lessons learned. The judges represent the best of the best in the social media strategy, measurement, and nonprofit technology fields and include KD Paine , Geoff Livingston , and Holly Ross. .

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Relationships and Engagement Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Their hope was to develop a fun way to bring families together - old and young - to have some fun while ultimately raising money and funds for those battling childhood cancers. Hard to measure, may not reap immediate returns. In fact, Taylor was named VP of Game Development throughout that time. be authentic.

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Use This 2024 Nonprofit Calendar to Plan Your Content Strategy

Neon CRM

Metrics How will you measure the impact and effectiveness of your content? No nonprofit content strategy is complete until the team has an agreed-upon method of measuring impact. Metrics should not only be used to measure impact; they should also be used to set goals.