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Nonprofit Volunteer Management: Three Tips to Increase and Maintain Engagement

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Let’s do the math and make a conservative estimate. About the Sponsor. More than 10.4 million volunteers are currently needed to support nonprofits (VolunteerMatch). And the current estimated national value of each volunteer hour is $29.95 (Independent Sector).

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Customer Story: Mojave Desert Land Trust’s Virtual Hike-a-thon Raises Nearly $20K

CauseVox

They’ve conserved more than 80,000 acres of prime desert habitat, forever weaving together National Parks, wilderness areas, and wildlife linkage corridors. Colleen was new to setting up a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign, and had been working with offline donations for a long time.

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5 Apps Doing Good for the World

Care2

They have and initial $1,000,000 sponsorship pool from corporate sponsors. Charities like Habitat for Humanity, Feeding America, and the Nature Conservancy are already on board. It would also be great to allow users to ask friends to sponsor their personal fitness goals for the benefit of an organization the person is passionate about.

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5 Apps Doing Good for the World

Care2

They have and initial $1,000,000 sponsorship pool from corporate sponsors. Charities like Habitat for Humanity, Feeding America, and the Nature Conservancy are already on board. It would also be great to allow users to ask friends to sponsor their personal fitness goals for the benefit of an organization the person is passionate about.

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Nonprofits & Gaming: Playing Your Way to More Funds, More Volunteers, and Solving the World's Problems

NTEN

One player of the game will receive an iPad, the city with the most players will win a Save the Bay sponsored happy hour, and for every person who plays the game, two donors are providing $1 to the Save the Bay fund. New York Public Library: Find the Future. DISNEY PROJECT GREEN: Play games, donate points and help a charity win $100,000.

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Three Different Approaches to Twitter Fundraising: Bees, Turkeys, and Blame

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

3) Tweet Meet Give : This approach weaves together online and offline activities and leverages "Tweet Ups." Sponsored Tweets/Hashtags. Sponsored Tweets or Hashtags is a form of click philanthropy and has been used by nonprofits on their web sites before it was common Facebook and Twitter. .

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