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34 Clever Summer Fundraising Ideas

Whole Whale

National Nail Polish Day (June 1). Set a fundraising goal to sponsor a nail color on National Nail Polish Day (June 1) in the spirit of Movember. Tour-de-France (July). It’s not summer without the Tour-de-France in July (or get a head-start with World Bicycle Day on June 3). National Repeat Day (June 3).

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Improve Your Fundraising Approach and Skills at NetSquared Meetups

Tech Soup

With more than 75 events scheduled for October, there's probably an event scheduled for your community, so RSVP now for one of our meetups. If you're holding monthly events that gather the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group.

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Crowdsourcing Events: The Citizen Gulf Project

NTEN

Concerts took place mainly in the UK and the US, but also in Australia, Japan, France, and a half a dozen other places around the world. Scale like that required a massive amount of centralized work, work to bring the periphery (France) into the larger whole. If only for the sheer scale, it was epic, in the truest sense of the word.*

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Guest Post: Weaving Community Collaborations into Permanent Installations at the Denver Art Museum

Museum 2.0

The Denver Art Museum is no stranger to community collaborations, but we’ve been dipping in our toe a little more deeply when it comes to developing permanent participatory installations. Part of our approach to community involvement in planning Spun had to do with necessity; we needed help to pull this off.

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TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge Global Tweet Chat Recap

Tech Soup

Although video is popular issues like bandwidth speed, which affect many communities, photo may be the best storytelling option. As a nonprofit example, Ilie offered the 6-word story of an organization that helps the visually impaired: "Blind graduate works for National Bank." led the bilingual tweet chat.

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Pulitzer and the Pedestal – Or Why Crowdfunding Needs Influencer Marketing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Construction of the statue had been completed the year before in France, but efforts to construct a pedestal in New York ground to a halt. Efforts to appropriate money in state and national legislatures were defeated. It’s about finding those within your networked community that will act as passionate advocate for your cause.

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Senior Volunteering: Burden or Benefit?

ASU Lodestar Center

. ^ [2] Lee, Jarene Frances and Julia M. 108. ^ [3] Corporation for National and Community Service. 2011. ^ [4] National Volunteer and Philanthropy Center. . ^ [5] Corporation for National and Community Service. ^ [6] Newman, Sally, Jyotsna Vasudev and Roland Onawola. Energize, Inc., Like this article?