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40+ Unforgettable Live Auction Items that Sell Well

Bloomerang

For instance, a Thanksgiving meal basket could include a coupon for a free turkey, a bottle of wine, charcuterie ingredients, and fancy dinner napkins. The package could feature free items donated by the business. For example, a local bike shop could donate a bike, helmet, and a voucher for a free tuneup.

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Join Us for Local and Virtual Events This Week With Social Media September

Tech Soup

TechSoup is hosting a free, interactive webinar on how to harness the power of social media to drive fundraising results on September 19. Istanbul, Turkey: Net2Ist Eylül Bulu?mas?: Wellington, New Zealand: Going green with social media - #net2welly Social Media Sept (1 of 3). Morrisville, NC: Social Media for Social Good.

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Confessions from a Donor: I Didn’t Donate for 10 Years, but Now I’m a Sustainer.

Connection Cafe

Even though I get my news every morning from the great Morning Editions hosts, Steve Inskeep, Renee Montagne and David Greene and spend my days listening to This American Life, Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me and TED Radio hour, it’s never really crossed my mind to donate. Who has the time to surf though 400 channels?

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NpTech Tag Summary: Face-to-Face or Mediated Experience, Open Source Software Communities, and Blog Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social Media Roundup There are places in the world where YouTube has been banned, including Turkey and Thailand. The Tools, Thoughts and Things one can Do with a little Time and Hardly any Resources blog lengthy post entitled, Village Green vs Walled Garden , talks about the challenges of getting desktop office applications users to switch.

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Cybersecurity: What All Nonprofits Need to Know

The Modern Nonprofit

There are both free and paid accounts, and it’s a good idea to require everyone at your organization to use one. Using free public wireless networks to access the internet on your computer or cell phone can put you at risk. It’s common for hackers to spoof fake public free wifi. Avoid using public wifi.

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Three Different Approaches to Twitter Fundraising: Bees, Turkeys, and Blame

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Take for example, The Free Rice Game , an interactive online game that donated rice to the United Nations World Food Program based on clicking. The Free Rice Game has generated enough rice to feed millions of people since it started in October 2007 or a total of 70,991,387,110 grains of rice as of October 2009.

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