ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 9, 2013

but they also encourage volunteers to change the world from their classroom, work, and more. This site has two functions; the first is traditional volunteering, like making Thanksgiving food baskets for a food bank, or wrapping gifts to raise money. Help us raise money to bring Shakespeare to the inner city. Get involved.

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MARCH 31, 2014

Its strategic partnership with Electronic Arts has enabled GlassLab to develop SimCityEDU, a game-based classroom tool that uses the beloved SimCity franchise to engage students in real-world challenges. In Philanthropy. Zynga.org ( [link] ) was created with the mission to use games to help those in need. Around Gender.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

Isadora Faber, 14-year-old Brazilian student who launched an online Classroom Diary on Facebook to discuss problems in her school, such as broken desks and bathrooms without toilet seats. According to a recent research survey of UK/US teenagers , 26% have raised money for a cause and 32% have donated their own money (or allowances.).

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Care2

JUNE 23, 2009

Plastic Jungle , a company that sells, buys, exchanges, and donates gift cards agrees and recently started to raise money for nonprofits by encouraging people to donate their unused gift cards to DonorsChoose.org and other nonprofits. What a huge waste of money. Here’s how it works. Sound interesting? Contact them for more info.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex. Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle.

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

” Presented by filmmaker Chelo Alvarez-Stehle, SOS_Slaves aims to raise trafficking awareness in teens while empowering them with the tools to take responsibility and speak out against this issue. Frontiers aims to raise awareness of migration policies through unique gameplay that would be enjoyed by a tight knit gamer community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2007

Last year, Sarah Bunting, who writes the blog Tomato Nation , a culture and humor blog, offered to shave her head if her blog readers donated to DonorsChoose.org , a site that allows donors to purchase school supplies for needy classrooms. Her readers responded, raising approximately $30,000 in a few days. Bunting has raised $75,000!

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

The Semester of Service Act would allow high school juniors and seniors to spend more than a third of a semester outside of the classroom serving their community. He is joined by Senators Thad Cochran (R-MS) and Edward Kennedy (D-MA).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

They offer a chance to dress up, get together with others, and have a good time — while also raising money for a good cause. Anything people might want to learn, from hands-on activities such as painting to more classroom-type settings such as Spanish lessons. The current state of public gatherings has only accelerated this trend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Mena got angry at the comments because they were not so civil - particularly those from Ben MetCalfe who Mena called out publically. While this advice is more appropriate for the classroom, Vicky Davis shares how she manages the back channel. Warning she says the F-word on the clip.)

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NTEN

JANUARY 11, 2011

Before you take your next step, it's important to remember that these new and repeat donors present an opportunity to start building more meaningful connections with an engaged group of people who have just raised their hand. They've raised their hand to voice their support for your mission through their donation.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Isadora Faber, a 14-year-old Brazilian student, launched an online Classroom Diary on Facebook to discuss problems in her school, such as broken desks and bathrooms without toilet seats. And, they have generosity in their genes. You can read more about how Cooper has combined his passion for social good with basketball here.

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Care2

JUNE 26, 2009

Plastic Jungle , a company that sells, buys, exchanges, and donates gift cards agrees and recently started to raise money for nonprofits by encouraging people to donate their unused gift cards to DonorsChoose.org and other nonprofits. What a huge waste of money. Here’s how it works. Sound interesting? Contact them for more info.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

First, you have to have the right story for the right publication. Get Your Nonprofit’s Story in the News Here are the steps for getting coverage of your organization’s work in newspapers, TV news, and digital publications: . Study your local publications and news programs for four weeks. Include digital publications.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2017

It's 8am in the classroom; 5am in my body. Write something like "It took awhile to raise the money, but once we did, we had even more than we needed." These included ideas like "musical chairs job shadowing," "foot massage conference-call room," and "more meetings in public settings." Imagine you already figured it out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Photo from public photos tagged with macarthur in NMC flickr stream. While the speakers were talking, the avatars in Second Life were carrying on a lively debate in chat about the points raised, suggesting questions to be asked in the room in New York City, and passing along urls/resources related to the discussion at hand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

Mentioned recent studies about taking laptops out of the classroom and there is a problem with using old metrics and it is important to look for new metrics and rethink learning environments in general. Raising up of kids s is essential to this conversation. Making kids s public so we as adults can understand what is going on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

I did this for my recent birthday campaign , using the Facebook Causes matching challenge that if our cause raised $5,200, I'd donate ten times my age or $520. It can be something outrageous bordering on public humiliation. While a modest amount raised, Erin surpassed his fundraising goal by 50%. Bunting raised $75,000! .

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Peer-to-Peer Events Arts & Culture Events Community Events Educational Events Events for Grown-Ups Events for Kids & Families Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Events Peer-to-peer events raise funds and generate buzz by having your supporters and participants get their networks involved in your event. Foot Race These are a classic of the genre.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Much commentary and critiques about the semi-public ballotting process. And speaking of celebrities and fundraising , Frogloop, tells us how to leverage them to raise more dollars for nonprofits. There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2009

I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex. Right before Thanksgiving, the TweetsGiving effort helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania seeking $10 donations. As Laura noted in a comment , "Imagine it for public radio: hear something great on the drive to work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2012

Our missions are diverse, yet we have the common goal of raising awareness of the work we’re doing. Along with that goal is an obligation to raise awareness of the ways in which we’re using the data provided to us by our fans and friends. Limited data. Collect only what you need. Use non-personally identifying forms whenever possible.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 13, 2009

Tuesday was my first day volunteering with the "reading partners" program at my neighborhood public elementary school. You can also find volunteer opportunities at your local public school by contacting a school district, a school, or a teacher and asking how you can help. A couple things to know about working in the public schools.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Do they like those one-time projects, those capital projects where you can build that outdoor classroom or,” you know, “purchase that mobile mammogram unit for your hospital and be able to create impact for years to come?” So you raised $20,000. I see Robin just raised a hand. ” So what?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

So I know some people are raising their hand because this is a webinar with hundreds of people on it. I’m unable to address specific hand-raising questions. ” We were floored that half the students were raising their hands. Like that’s just not something that we are born and raised with.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Last year, TweetsGiving , raised $11,000 to build a classroom in Tanzania using Twitter to spread messages of thanks and opportunities to donate. Last February, Twestival raised over $250,000 for charity:water in 24 hours through self-organized volunteer events in 200 cities around the world.

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