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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.) With that, profile pics were changed and a general sense of awareness for child abuse spread though Facebook – but for what?

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Nonprofits: Have we had enough of "vote for me" fundraising yet?

Judi Sohn

What's wrong with this picture? Allegations of fake profiles being created to drum up votes. How do you decide that an organization's mission to provide help for Jewish families dealing with Autism has more or less value than an organization that fights a rare childhood disease or takes care of animals?

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Nonprofits: Have we had enough of "vote for me" fundraising yet?

Judi Sohn

What's wrong with this picture? Allegations of fake profiles being created to drum up votes. How do you decide that an organization's mission to provide help for Jewish families dealing with Autism has more or less value than an organization that fights a rare childhood disease or takes care of animals?

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#GivingTuesday 2021 Ideas & Best Practices

CauseVox

By including the amount of peanut butter funded through monetary donations, donors can see just how their dollars are being used. Personal fundraisers: How many individuals are you looking for to raise funds for your cause? Impact: How much impact do you want to see from the funds raised?

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Solutionary Women: Jessica Jackley Flannery of Kiva

Have Fun - Do Good

She has worked in rural Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda with the Village Enterprise Fund, and Project Baobab on impact evaluation and program development. The entrepreneurs are posted up on our site with their profiles and a word about their lives, their families, and their plans for the business and the money they are requesting.

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[Guide for Nonprofits]: How to Engage Social Media Influencers to Extend Your Reach and Drive Action

Connection Cafe

Find Media Influencers : Generally, this segment should have 500-5,000 followers, a Klout score of 40-69 and “media or blogger” in their social profile. The packs contained a branded notepad, coaster, sunglasses and a thank you card that included a call to action to snap a picture with the swag with hashtag #uwflamingos.