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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Disruptive Model: School Project Crowdfunding. Disruptive Model: Social Network. Disruptive Model: Donation Crowdfunding. Disruptive Model: Apparel Crowdfunding. Disruptive Model: Project Crowdfunding. Disruptive Model: Workplace Giving. Disruptor: DonorsChoose.org. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2000.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. the integrated philanthropy model in honor of National Corporate Philanthropy Day. Check out this disaster simulation game from the UNISDR called Stop Disasters ! choice and when it is not.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Voting Deadline at Netsquared Extended, NTC Pipe, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Emily Weinberg has some terrific notes from the "Branding Through Websites: Building Your Brand from the First Click" Heather Carpenter summarizes what she learned from the Disaster Planning for Nonprofits session. Here's Steve Wright modeling his ). Congrats to Avaaz.org for the winning video in the NTC Video Contest.

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Community Exhibit Development: Lessons Learned from The Tech Virtual

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Contests are good for raising awareness and focusing behavior, but not good for building sustainable communities or work in a flexible environment. Doing so meant we could raise awareness very quickly (because everyone loves to blog about a contest), which was useful given the short time frame. It also focused the experience.

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Interview with Brooklyn Museum's Shelley Bernstein

Museum 2.0

Let’s say you wanted to find a model museum using Web 2.0 They just finished a YouTube video contest. But other things--the twitter thing, the video contest was my idea. We’d received a video PSA from Pratt students, and I proposed the contest. to support programs and exhibits. A place that makes it all pretty darn cool.

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The Bold, Focused Ideas of Breakthrough Nonprofit Brands: Book Giveaway Winners Announced

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A few weeks ago, Beth was kind enough to host a book giveaway and New Year resolution contest for nonprofits to celebrate the launch of my new book Breakthrough Nonprofit Branding , which I co-authored with Jocelyne Daw, Kristian Darigan Merenda and Anne Erhard. The winners of the contest, and their entries, are: · Entoure , Sarah Allen. “My

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Crowdsourcing: Measuring the Impact of the Crowd in Funding and Doing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are four different models of crowdsourcing activities: wisdom, creation, voting, and funding. There’s isn’t one best way to do it – and many organizations use a combination of these models to meet their objectives. The key is breaking down the tasks into bite-size pieces and engaging crowds in the process. 2) Crowd Creation.

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