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Fundraising for Education: Your Guide to Doing Virtual Fundraising Right

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Virtual options can be particularly helpful when fundraising for education, as they allow you to reach out to supporters of your students who may be further away, such as aunts and uncles, grandparents, and family friends. They also give you a unique opportunity to get the family members of those students to make a recurring donation.

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The Ultimate Guide to Volunteer Recruitment: 15+ Strategies

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They walk dogs at your animal shelter, ask for donations on your behalf, and spend their Saturday afternoons tutoring students. Volunteers are 66% more likely to make financial contributions to the organization they support than those who do not volunteer. But volunteers don’t just appear out of thin air. However, some people do.

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Can Mobile Phones Solve Homelessness?

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Are mobile phones a lifeline for homeless people? Homeless people use mobile phones to break their isolation, find food and shelter, and connect with the people they care about. Just like any single thing, mobile phones are a help, but not a cure for homelessness. Assuredly they are. Surprises So Far.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving?

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We welcome your comments and feedback. And I tell my students that Ill give to any of the worthy causes they pour their hearts into, but they have to ask me in person (not on Facebook)! 65% said that the reason they stopped supporting the nonprofit was because they no longer felt connected to the organization.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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Both emphasize museums reaching out into the community to support, understand and experience what the community is already doing. An example of this is The Portland Art Museum’s partnership with the faculty and students in Portland State University’s Art and Social Practice Department for their annual Shine a Light program.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A blog with the comments feature enabled allows or sharing photos in flickrs allows Extension program participants to discuss plans and programs. Outreach for your program or to connect with potential supporters. Guide your students to conversations and resources. Collaboration on student projects or other ways.

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Eight Other Ways to "Connect with Community"

Museum 2.0

While there is much talk about supporting participation and making museum content relevant, the word "community" hangs like a poorly-defined carrot on a shtick. We're always happy for more bodies in the door, but if supporting teens means alienating seniors, there's a problem. The student community? The homeless community?