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Beth’s Surprise Party: A Case Study in Crowdsourced Action

Amy Sample Ward

First, we created an open Google Doc where we put in the introduction language, so anyone that clicked through from someone’s blog or Twitter post would have context about what was happening (and included a numbered list up to 53, so people could easily see where to add their name and blog address). See the Google Doc for links.).

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Grab This Fundraising Plan Template for New Nonprofits

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And unless you’re independently wealthy with an endless revenue stream, you can’t self-fund forever (nor should you – more on that in a minute). Their gift helps fulfill their personal philanthropic goals. It may not seem like much at first to receive a $10 monthly gift, but over the year that’s $120. Monthly giving.

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31 Free And Affordable Software Options For Nonprofits On A Budget

Kindful

How you can use it: Bloomerang allows you to ditch the spreadsheet and unlock your engagement potential with gift tracking, wealth screening, and smart reporting. Collaborate on grant applications or annual reports using Google Docs. You can search by a name or business to see all of their charitable and political gifts.

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Museum Work Today: All the Feels All the Time

Museum 2.0

It feels like realness is a gift worth giving right now. Diversifying income streams made sense, on a level. Let’s make the doc a living document to help us make informed decisions. Is there a good comprehensive google doc, growing list of museums that are closed, closing programs, etc? What's useful is to keep going.

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[VIDEO] How to Talk about Legacy Giving Without Seeming Creepy

Bloomerang

Nearly 70% of people make gifts to charity during their lifetimes but only 6% leave a bequest. It’s hard to sort of talk to somebody about making a legacy gift and say, “Well, now you have to go visit your attorney,” but people do go visit their attorneys and they need to know that you accept legacy gifts.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Nonprofits Lead Fortune 500 in Social Web Adoption, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And you don't have purchase new stuff to give a gift. There are lots of alternative gift giving opportunities too, take for example Save the Children gift catalog that lets you and your children explore a map of the world and imagine how simple gifts make a difference. It was covered by C|NET news.

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