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Honoring vs Celebrating Mother’s & Father’s Day

Whole Whale

How would you choose to remember your childhood Mother? Instead of : “Send a picture or story of how your Mom helps you every day”. Nonprofits have found success with ideas that are positive and give people who have lost Mothers / Fathers insight into how they can honor their mother when they wish she was still here.– “How

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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

Candid

2002-2012 – Childhood During the first 10 years, Candid staff primarily focused on collecting grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a sample of the largest U.S. It’s contributed to a broader picture of philanthropic giving by including more—and more recent and in-depth—data. private and community foundations.

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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.) Did you notice something toony about Facebook last weekend? This is for a campaign against violence on children.&#

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Strategic Storytelling For Brand Building: How To Identify And Share Your Nonprofit’s Brand Origin Story

Kindful

As early as childhood, we’re taught to seek out stories to learn from through books, movies, music, shows, etc. You don’t need to go overboard on details, but help your audience picture when or where the brand got started. Additionally, Forbes names storytelling “the #1 most important career skill for the future.”

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Funders: Considering Collaboration? Start With a Light Touch and See Where It Leads

sgEngage

In some place-based funder collaborations, members combine grantmaking information to create a collective picture of private funding in the community and compare it to a community needs assessment conducted by the local government, a nonprofit, or community foundation.

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New Ideas at TED2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Improving childhood nutrition. We kicked around ideas for sensing the air pollution: could you take a picture of a white piece of paper indoors and outdoors? Old-fashioned cooking methods kill millions each year. Cooking a meal shouldn’t be fatal: clean-burning stoves, as well as clean fuels and energy all help combat this problem.

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How to Use Storytelling for Nonprofits to Tug Heartstrings and Raise Funds

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Please give so that we can end childhood hunger in India and help these children realize their full potential. Pictures and Videos Can be Worth a Thousand Dollars They can also be worth a thousand words. Who would have thought a simple meal could change a family’s life? Your donation of $7.32 Don’t forget to ASK!