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Haiti Earthquake: Orphans, Crisis Mapping, and Tech Volunteers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've had some posts in pipeline following up on social media metrics and the Chase Community Giving Contest second phase, but wanted to share these two stories from Haiti from on the ground and a bird's eye view. An Orphanage Destroyed, Children Still Alive. Tags: maps. Please spread this emergency link: EarthquakeOrphans.com

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Grab This Fundraising Plan Template for New Nonprofits

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Start by mapping out what programs and services you plan to offer during the year. It’s not enough to say you want to make sure children don’t go hungry. You want to provide X number of meals to X number of children for X amount of time. So start mapping it out and you won’t let these things fall through the cracks!

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How to Write a Successful Annual Fundraising Plan in 6 Steps

Get Fully Funded

The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. The solution is to have a recipe or rather, a plan, that maps out all your fundraising for the year. The solution is to have a recipe or rather, a plan, that maps out all your fundraising for the year. Can you do it?

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4 Things We Learned from #GivingTuesday 2017

NonProfit Hub

Individuals reflected on why they gave to a certain nonprofit organization and then shared these personal stories in a contest form on the #GivingTuesday website. Project organizers analyzed the results from the 2015 and 2016 contests to find what helped them succeed and get more votes in 2017. A story length of only 500-600 words.

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Microsoft OneNote Gives Dyslexic Kids a New Learning Experience

Tech Soup

More than 2,000 donated and refurbished tablet PCs with Microsoft OneNote have helped Ordyslexie to create a cost-effective way to provide dyslexic children an easier way to learn. This is the reality for thousands of 10-year-old dyslexic children in the French school system. The children are empowered to learn.

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AFP ICON 2023 Recap

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Map out the story you need to tell. There are many options for peer-to-peer fundraising you can use: Contests Challenges Crowdfunding DIY fundraising A-thons (walk, bowl, etc.) There are so many avenues you can go down when you dig in, and it can be easy to get lost down a rabbit hole you didn’t intend to go down.

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How Faith-Based Hope Endeavors Effectively Fights the AIDS Epidemic and Changes Lives in the U.S. and Africa

Tech Soup

As a part of the "Tech 4 Faith Story of the Month Contest" we invited Faith-Based Organizations to tell us about the great work they are doing. One of these projects is Hope Village, which provides care for orphan children with HIV in Malawi. based individuals with meaningful volunteer opportunities.

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