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Top Tips for Creating Powerful Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Email Communications

sgEngage

I love to spin, and the cycling event is so much fun!” . Participants don’t necessarily have a connection to the cause – they’re mostly in it for the fun of the event. Shift: In this type of event, there really isn’t a shift phase; continue to recruit participants up until the day of the event. . Motivation . The group . “My

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Sam Suds and the Case of PVC, The Poison Plastic

Have Fun - Do Good

The nice folks at Free Range Studios whose Principal, Jonah Sachs, I interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast , wanted me to let folks know about a new 3-minute movie they've created for the Center for Health, Environment and Justice to teach people about the dangers of PVC called, Sam Suds and the Case of PVC, the Poison Plastic.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was introduced to lesson planning from veteran teachers and have written “lesson plans” or now that I’m an adjunct professor a syllabus for everything I teach. You can use a “lean start up” approach for the development phase by doing a pilot or experiment and adjust. I do this all the time. Implementation.

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The Networked NGO in India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Moving gets blood to the brain, getting blood brain helps people take in new ideas. We also did fun and creative after lunch energizers. On the first day, in honor of being in India, I played a YouTube video of a well-loved Bollywood number called “ Chaya, Chaya.” I wrote about the practice of Team Tweeting here.

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Secret Agent L: Covering the Globe with Random Acts of Kindess

Have Fun - Do Good

A big thanks to the Big Vision podcast listener/Have Fun, Do Good reader, Terez Williamson , who suggested that I interview Laura for this show. She said, "You know, Laura, I think that birthdays aren't any fun, and I don't like them. This is fun." This is so fun. It's very fun. So, that was really, really fun.

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Survival in the New Age of Grant Management

Connection Cafe

Whether the show participants feel like it or not, they are required to perform daily tasks—like keeping the fire going and boiling water—that aren’t glamorous or fun but keep them alive. Make sure to read the whitepaper, What Reality TV Can Teach Us about Effective Grant Management.

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Changing the World One Gift at a Time: An Interview with Deron Beal of the Freecycle Network

Have Fun - Do Good

That's the one big thing that's going on right now, and the other is that we're designing additional search and alert tools so that you only need to get the emails that come in the category you're interested in, like kids' stuff, or teaching supplies or building supplies. It's just more fun, so people do it.