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Charities Cry Foul on Chase Facebook Charitable Giving Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook is one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities. Here's what Stephanie Strom, New York Times reported: JPMorgan Chase & Company is coming under fire for the way it conducted an online contest to award millions of dollars to 100 charities.

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49 Online Fundraising Ideas to Help You Raise More

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In the aftermath of a disaster, whether it be a devastating hurricane that has left your community flooded or a wildfire that has forced your community to leave their homes behind, you’ll need to mobilize quickly to provide support. Incentivize your students to read more with a fun peer-to-peer read-a-thon. Student art show.

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What Lessons Will Pepsi Learn About Crowdsourcing for Social Good from Chase Bank Contest Fail?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Instead, Pepsi is using the money for lethal generosity through its Pepsi Refresh Project , a crowdsourced cause marketing effort to give away $20 million in grants to help revamp communities. . Pepsi will have contests every month for 10 months beginning Jan. The Chase Community Giving. The Chase Community Giving.

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23 Best Volunteer Appreciation Gifts to Show Your Gratitude

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Giving your volunteers appreciation gifts is a great way to show gratitude and goes a long way toward creating an environment that your volunteers want to continue being a part of. Your volunteers do a fantastic job in helping your nonprofit turn its dreams for a better community into reality. Let’s take a closer look!

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Pottsboro Area Library: The Winner of TechSoup’s February Success Story Digital Connector Challenge

Tech Soup

section of TechSoup.org we launched a contest last month for great digital inclusion stories. It is now more of a community center that offers training and facilitates events. Dianne Connery has been clearing out unused bookshelf space to create a colorful Internet café type environment – complete with espresso machine.

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75 Top Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

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Hybrid: A hybrid auction takes the tools used in the virtual environment and brings them to the physical world. You can charge a door fee, set up concessions with snacks and drinks, and even have individual contests with their own entry fees. If you’re planning a community clean-up event, this sale could pair very nicely with it.

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How Will Your Nonprofit Raise Money in 2012?

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But a shifting communications environment and changing donor demographics could render those best practices ineffective at best, and obsolete at worst, as early as 2012. Raising money in a micro-philanthropic environment will come naturally to these groups. Simplistic appeals targeted at teens and college students don't.

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