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Weaving Empathy into Action: The Crucial Role of Storytelling for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

3) Higher Fundraising Success: A Stanford Social Innovation Review study found that nonprofits that tell engaging stories raise twice as much money on average as those that don’t. Through their poignant, critical narratives, Feeding America raises awareness about food insecurity and engages the public in its mission to end hunger.

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Force Multiplier Podcast Episode 1: Addressing Hidden Hunger in our Communities

Saleforce Nonprofit

Tech solutions combined with forward-thinking, inspired, and innovative community leaders like Gita Rampersad, vice president of healthcare partnerships and nutrition at Feeding America, and Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell, superintendent of Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), offer a model for how to tackle complex issues. Food insecurity.

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How Nonprofits Can Use Behavioral Science to Engage Supporters on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A key benefit of this campaign is giving their supporters free rein of how they wish to raise money for the organization, promoting creativity and a sense of ownership. Some supporters asked for donations in honor of their birthday or wedding gifts while others let strangers tell them how to shave their beard.

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Great reads from around the web on June 15th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Like every nonprofit, we wanted that prize money, but this was a bigger opportunity. Feeding America has utilized numerous Call2Action Sparks.

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8 Must-Have Tools For Your Fundraising Toolkit

Get Fully Funded

If you want to raise enough money to fully fund your programs, you need to use more than one tool. For example, if you work for a food bank, a clear, magnetic vision might be to end hunger in your community. It’s easier to raise money when you’re proactive instead of reactive. And you need to use the right tools.

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5 Corporate Philanthropy Examples to Inspire Your CSR Strategy

Givinga

Kraft Heinz’s Rise Against Hunger Partnership. Several years ago, Kraft Heinz began a digital giving campaign called Huddle to Fight Hunger. The campaign donated a meal’s worth of money to food banks every time someone liked their Facebook page, combining philanthropy with social media marketing and brand awareness.

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Caltech: Founding Values

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Caltech feeds an intense curiosity, a burning desire to understand, to grapple with hard problems and to own them! Top tech companies like Google, Facebook and IBM have figured out how to make vast quantities of money by giving away their core product, or building products on top of open source and free software.

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