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How to Host a Giving Day: A Guide for Nonprofits

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For example, Colorado Gives Day and Kentucky Gives Day are both statewide giving days that are dedicated to supporting local nonprofits in the state. Email, social media, direct mail, text messages, phone calls, and in-person conversations are all great ways of getting in touch with your donors. Why host your own giving day?

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Kentucky Nonprofit Workshop on Web 2.0: Slides, Reflections, and Notes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's a video blog post I did to demonstrate how a simple technique for creating effective videos using your cell phone or digital camera and placing it one the web, in this example, on YouTube. While the workshop wasn't a handson video workshop, I did something along those lines in Cambodia - the curriculum is here.).

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Komen Kan Kiss My Mammagram, PinActivism, and Newsjacking for a Cause

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I immediately forwarded it to Nancy Schwartz, because she had blogged about Komen’s Kentucky Fried Chicken partnership and I knew she’d want to follow up. I really didn’t appreciate that the story had gone beyond the nonprofit news world until my phone rang around 1:30 pm and it was Kate Nocera from Politico.com.

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From Coast to Coast: How Healthcare Organizations are Handling the Outpouring of Support and In-Kind Gifts

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I recognize that gift acceptance and volunteer engagement policies were probably not at their top of mind last week, but I deeply appreciate every returned email and phone call. In my conversations with development professionals around the country, the policies and practices are as varied as the communities that they serve.

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