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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Scavenger hunt Scavenger hunts are fun family activities that can really excite your supporters! Your supporters can purchase a ticket to participate and spend a day going through fun clues around your community that focus on your mission. Spring provides the perfect weather and some great scenery for a fun run event.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 3, 2011

The third guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is by Tara Sophia Mohr. You can connect with Tara on her blog, Wise Living , and on Twitter at @tarasophia Tara Sophia Mohr, Wise Living: How I Have Fun, Do Good Every woman has a unique brilliance, an important message to share with the world, a set of gifts the world needs.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2011

The second guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Wendy Harman. You can connect with her on Twitter at @wharman Wendy Harman, Social Media Maven, How I Have Fun, Do Good I am the luckiest. I get to have fun and do good for a living. What an interesting, passionate, smart, and fun-loving group you all are.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

The twelfth guest blogger in my have fun do good series series is Heather Meyer. Fitness with Heather , where she sends out weekly juicy tidbits on living a healthy, happy life (from drinking water , to easing body aches to laughter ). As a child, having fun was an easy, natural way of being. Heather Meyer, Work it Out!:

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Access to an entire library of marketing templates, sample fundraising campaigns, and industry best practices. To start, think about what you would use each channel for in your personal life. RoundUp App is a fun and approachable solution to monthly giving for both nonprofits and donors.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 8, 2011

The sixth guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Desiree Adaway. Desiree Adaway, Global Service and Leadership: How I Have Fun, Do Good How do I have fun and do “good”? It’s a great combination of all the things I love and adore—good food, good people-community-culture-travel – and fun! Egypt I volunteer!

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 2, 2010

I recently updated the Have Fun, Do Good blogroll (in my sidebar) to show a greater range of some of the blogs I read. What blogs do you read regularly? Most of them are about nonprofits, volunteering and nonprofit technology, but I also like reading about food, creativity, and the musings of some of my personal pals.

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NetWits

JUNE 22, 2011

Chances are, being a team captain is one many “priorities” in someone’s life. Make it easy for them by providing samples of everything they’ll need. Sample tweets, emails, Facebook posts, employee memos, phone scripts, communication plans, and anything else they’ll need to inspire and manage their team. Providing Resources.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Once you click on “get the item&# though, you are give the opportunity to move from playing a realistic or educational game to actually buying an item and supporting the village in real life. You can now click to get the item for the village in the game, or you can buy the item as gift via Oxfam.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Blog: Nonprofit Commons: Nonprofits in Second Life. Amy Sample Ward: @amyrsward from London, England. Blog: Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech. Blog: Have Fun • Do Good. Susan Tenby: @suzboop from San Francisco, CA. Sean Stannard-Stockton: @tactphil from San Francisco, CA. Blog: Tactical Philanthrop. Blog: Rootwork.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

Make Your Online Fundraising Campaign FUN! When you’re running an online fundraising campaign, try to keep it engaging and fun. Use words like “impact”, “give”, “life-saving”, “life-changing”, and “make a difference”. Just remember to keep it organized, make it easy to give, and have FUN with it!

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Of course there’s still the fun and frivolous uses, but more and more we are seeing the technology entering the realm of life-saving pursuits, strategic military and industrial applications, and so much more, to the point where entire niche markets are being spawned that leverage these flying machines for big business.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

Volunteers who are excited about their work will invite friends and family to join them in the fun, magically growing your volunteer base. Craft stores are full of stickers, decals, paper punches, and other fun items to create little masterpieces. Yard signs are so much fun and very effective at driving the point home.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 20, 2023

Not a fun place to be. Trust me, it will make your life easier and it shows you’re serious about your nonprofit and its future. Volunteer appreciation Here’s a sample startup budget for a new nonprofit: Tips As you put your budget together, here are some tips that can help you. Now, hope is not a bad thing. Start early.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Providing consistent convenience fostered trust and resulted in the brand becoming a staple in the consumer’s way of life. If you want to become a staple in your donor’s life, you must provide consistent value and surprises too. When you add some fun to a donor’s life, they think of you positively.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

Again, there are times when transactional fundraisers are fun and can fit into your overall fundraising plan. Make it a FUN event that people talk about for days afterward. Plus, life changes FAST, and you’ll need to be able to adjust quickly. Plus, it’s fun to color-code your plan using different colored stickies or markers.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 15, 2022

The tool is easy to use (I’ve set up a campaign myself), free to the nonprofit, and fun for the user because when they give, they get to upload a photo into a box on the grid. Here’s a sample GivingGrid from the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri: Tips for Best Practice Of course, online fundraising is still donor-based fundraising.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

Yesterday, I had a very fun time presenting with my friend and colleague Debra Askanase at the 2 011 National Conference on Volunteering and Service. But, it’s just to say that you are in it just like the community is, and not everything we try in life works smoothly. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In real life, though, the content on your website is going to evolve over time as your organization grows and changes. You don’t need to go all-out creating a design system with code samples—even a living document with screenshots and a few notes on how each pattern is used would help. In practice: 1) Freely in Hope.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Engage current students and alumni to share those stories on your giving day hub to give real-life meaning to how a donation can impact the campus community. Add a guide to share sample Facebook and Twitter messages, along with easily downloadable pictures, giving day logos, and other artifacts for them to use for their social media posts.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

We’ve put together over 30 fun nonprofit fundraising ideas for you to spring into this season. Take a look at how HikeFor.com is helping Donate Life America raise funds. Set up tasting tables with glasses and laminated A/B/C cards (they will get wet) for people to try to match the samples to the bottle.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

Given the many ways a fundraising plan can make your life easier, it’s hard to understand why so many organizations don’t have them. But seriously, 100% retention is unrealistic because life is fluid and peoples’ situations change. Make it a FUN event that people talk about for days afterward. All of them!

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Now is the time to take a good look at your plans for the final months of the year and find a fun, unique fall fundraiser that will make you and your donors feel comfortable and supported. To make it even more fun, consider having a local celebrity (i.e. Poncey Highland Community Garden. come judge the contest. Rake-A-Thon.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project Mobile Connections to Libraries study, 13 percent of patrons have visited a library website or accessed library services via a mobile device. Incorporating responsive web design into your overall website planning will give it a longer "shelf life" on the Internet.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2013

Her cookbooks are a part of my daily life. Click here to download a free sample Blogging to Inspire lesson. As if I’d received bad news from a good friend. I’ve been cooking from How It All Vegan! and Garden of Vegan , that Sarah co-wrote with Tanya Barnard, for over a decade. I hope you'll join us.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 4, 2008

Super duper nonprofit tech blogger Amy Sample Ward has tagged me in a new meme started by Mindapples: What's Your 5-A-Day? If you connect with me on Facebook (let me know you are a Have Fun * Do Good reader), you can see my reading lists on GoodReads and Visual Bookshelf. Life is more fun when he's around. My 5-A-Day : 1.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

So, tell me how my donation will be used to change a life. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Now that you understand what to include and what to leave out, let’s look at some sample thank you letters. Once you get the hang of writing a donor-centered thank you letter, you will find it easy and fun to write and send.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2011

David and Randy (I've presented with them several times, hugged them, had beers with them, I've even hung out in our Nonprofit Commons in Second Life virtual island with them, so yes, we are on a first name basis) reminded me that innovation doesn't just happen.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2013

Hi friends, I've been inspired by this community for a long time - from being mentored by Britt Bravo when first starting a little Net2 chapter in Vancouver (which Elijah van der Giessen and team have turned into something huge and magnificently helpful), to being inspired by Amy Sample Ward to grow conversations and dig deeper.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2009

Photo by eschipul Yesterday's SXSW Nonprofit Social Media Poetry Slam was so much fun and from the feedback we all learned a lot about measuring the return of social media for nonprofits. Also thinking about the "life time" value of the email address or contact information. The panels, judges, twitter moderators and audience rocked!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

But, it’s just to say that you are in it just like the community is, and not everything we try in life works smoothly. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. View more documents from Amy Sample Ward. This next part is where it gets fun. View more documents from Amy Sample Ward. Case Studies.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

An organization that started a drive-through hot chocolate and cookies fundraiser during the pandemic turned it into a fun in-person event, and it sold out! Take the time to think carefully about what you need and what you can do, taking into consideration everything that’s going on inside your nonprofit and your life.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 5, 2009

Have Fun • Do Good: Community Funded Reporting: Interview with David Cohn of Spot.us - "You cannot run a community if you're not informed. These are some links I wanted to share from August 5th. Find me on Delicious for more! "–David Cohn, Founder, Spot.us. What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

We provide spaces – at ‘real life events’ and on line – in which people can collaborate with others across the boundaries that divide us and commit their energy to new ideas and new ways of working that will change the world. We promise: it’s fun! NFPTweetUp after Chain Reaction.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

We provide spaces - at ‘real life events’ and on line - in which people can collaborate with others across the boundaries that divide us and commit their energy to new ideas and new ways of working that will change the world. We promise: it’s fun! NFPTweetUp after Chain Reaction.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

Much more fun to have the time to plan. In my case, I'll be talking about some of my hard-learned lessons of not having a well-defined personal brand in social media when I first started out way back in 2002 and how that has carried over to the work side of my life. I was on a panel two years ago as a last minute substitution.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

However, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the fun. Simply offer ticket sales online, then send your guests a care package of the beverages to be sampled on the day of the event. For added suspense, you may send out a mystery box with a variety of beverages to sample. 5) Online classes. 16) Hybrid costume party.

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