Care2

JANUARY 3, 2011

The free agent community exists on a social network and decides, as a group, to raise funds for an unafilliated nonprofit organization. The community could be a blog community, a YouTube channel community, a Facebook or Ning group, or a reddit group. Three recent independent social community fundraisers underscore these points.

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Reddit Free Community Ning 72

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

American Open Challenge is GlobalGiving's second online giving contest. There is prize money available for the organizations attracting the most donors and funds. You can read a case study about the winner of the first contest here. Okay, with all these contests perhaps you're worried about Cause Fatigue. BackUpMyTweets.

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Nptech Social Media Ning Media 91

Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

“The year-end fund-raising results last month confirm what we already suspected: for most people giving is not a luxury but a natural extension of who they are,” said Mark Rovner, Founder of Sea Change Strategies. Be ready with “evergreen” fund-raising tactics – emergencies, donor match drives, etc.

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Social Media Online Fundraising Advocacy 34

Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The students would prepare for the contest using a series of online practice modules and mobile phone based applications that would test the students on sample questions. The Department of State should fund/establish a social platform that enables real-time, two-way feedback between crisis victims and international disaster responders.

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Ideas Share Disaster Government 47