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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. Some individual board members may want to start with “easier” tasks like thanking donors, but eventually, they should be directly helping raise thousands of dollars annually.

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Why "Free Agent" Social Communities Rock

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There is a lot of buzz about "free agent fundraisers" an individual using personal fundraising to raise money for a nonprofit organization. The free agent fundraiser is described in detail in Allison Fine and Beth Kanter's book The Networked Nonprofit. The Reddit fundraising challenge that raised almost $60,000.

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Great reads from around the web on March 18th

Amy Sample Ward

." CHARITY SMACKDOWN:: Celebrities Compete, Charities Win www.charitysmackdown.com - Check out this interesting social fundraising campaign: "Each of the Smackdown Teams have from March 16th to March 26th to raise as much money as possible for the causes listed below." in cash for their organizations! ." Check it out!

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. A creative fundraiser can make any of these items sound attractive to the donor. Text or attractively designed images on Twitter, Linkedin, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, Clubhouse, etc. Offer surprise drawings and contests during the year.

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Alistair Croll, Guest Post: Using Twitter for Fundraising - Lessons Learned from Beers for Canada

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the end, the campaign raised just over $1,000 in two days; donations will help open government data to citizens and promote transparency in public offices. Set up Reddit, Digg, and other social news aggregators. When you’re running a fundraiser, people want context. But “buy your country a beer” is intriguing.

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