ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The observations presented in this blog post deal with some of the things we have learned while founding and then running a small community development NGO in an indigenous Guatemala village of about 1,500 families, called Chocolá. We consulted the Guatemala NGO Network in Antigua for guidance and attorney/accountant referrals.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Join a Social Media Surgery in Vancouver and Peterborough, Canada; Guatemala City; or Cambridge and Manchester, United Kingdom. Guatemala: Social Media Surgery - Campus Tec. Surrey, Canada: Fall Fundraising: Planning your Year-end Campaign. Guatemala: Evento de Wayra Day de Guatemala - Convocatoria Preliminar.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2016

New York, New York: Year-end Fundraising in July! Guatemala City, Guatemala: Hackathon de TechforGood Guatemala Pepitalabs. Guatemala City, Guatemala: wordswelivein Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Lanzamiento de Aceleradora de Spaceappsgt en Usac. What Makes People Give?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Portland, OR: Business Intelligence for Nonprofit Fundraising. Guatemala City: Teach an Hour of Code in your classroom. Guatemala City: Taller de e-emprendimiento y e-promocion del Tec. Guatemala City: GET INSPIRED Redefiniendo la noción del éxito! Wednesday, December 4. Raleigh, NC: Time to get social!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

Baltimore, Maryland: Fundraising Tech 101 and Tech Help/Consultations. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Taller de Certificacion de Auditor Lider de ISO27001. Guatemala City, Guatemala: NetSquared #Pechakucha #Guatemala — Historias Digitales Vol. Thursday, August 17, 2017. Monday, August 21, 2017.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Vancouver, British Columbia: Holiday Fundraising Bootcamp: 5 Strategies to Ensure Fundraising Success. Guatemala City, Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala. Tacoma, Washington: Fast-Track Strategic Planning. Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Naples, Florida: What is #GivingTuesday? Wednesday, November 5, 2014.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

Las Vegas, Nevada: Benefits of Donor Software and How It Maximizes Your Fundraising Revenues. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Campaña de Unicef temas Vituales de Niñez en Guatemala 2016. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Evento Regional de #Netsquared #Latinoamerica en Guatemala Pepitalabs.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Attend one of more than 30 NetSquared Local events happening around the world, including social media surgeries in Vancouver and Peterborough, Canada; Guatemala City; and Cambridge and Manchester, United Kingdom. Join our free webinar on September 19 and learn how to fundraise with social media. Fundraising social media'

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Guatemala: EgarageTec - Charla con E.Zarakov y su experiencia en Apple en Silicon Valley. Guatemala: EgarageTec - Charla con H.Rivas- Propiedad Intelectual para Startups. Seattle, WA: Fundraising + Technology: How to Raise Money in a Changing Landscape. Wednesday, November 6. Pittsburgh, PA: Bagels & Bytes - Allegheny.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Naples, Florida: Learn How to Write More Effective Emails for Fundraising with John Haydon. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Internetgt Carta Magna de Internet en Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala: 7 Days of Genius Guatemala. Monday, February 6, 2017. Tuesday, February 7, 2017. Central and South America.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Naples, Florida: Online Fundraising Tools for Nonprofits. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Pechakucha Night en CampusTec Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Hackathon: rallymatematico Guatemala. Tuesday, November 3, 2015. Washington, DC: Engagement Strategy — Empowering Champions and Influencers.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2014

Guatemala, Guatemala: Apoyo a CTI 2014 del CampusTec. Guatemala: Lanzamiento de e-comunidad de Google del Tec. Vancouver, BC: Creating a Digital Community: The Misadventures of Fundraiser Grrl. Mukono, Uganda. 2nd Net2uganda Computer Training Meetup for Poor Rural Primary School & Community. Friday, June 20, 2014.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

Chicago, Illinois: Social Media for Social Impact: Fundraising and Customer Relationship Management. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Coretic2015 via @abg_ebg. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Spaceapps Guatemala 2015 — #USAC. Thursday, March 26, 2015. Friday, March 27, 2015. Tuesday, March 31, 2015.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Lab4U Guatemala en Watsoncoffee Cayala. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Internetday en Guatemala 2016.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2014

Latin America with Maria Zaghi of NetSquared Guatemala. Houston, TX: Help a Houston NonProfit and Come Brainstorm Fundraising Solutions! Guatemala: Netsquared Regional Net2Camp for Central America. Australia and New Zealand with Stephen Blyth of NetSquared Wellington. UK and Europe with Mel Findlater of NetSquared Cambridge.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Illuminate India and Clubhouse Guatemala both completely cover the cost of many of the children in their programs with monthly sponsors. Building a robust monthly donor program is a Fundraising 101 strategy, but some nonprofits keep this strategy on the bench and instead look to events and campaigns for quick returns.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Seattle, Washington: Define, Measure, and Achieve Fundraising Success. Guatemala City, Guatemala: 7 Days of Genius Guatemala. Jasper, Indiana: NetSquared Meet and Greet: #Tech4Good in Jasper-Dubois. Wednesday, March 22, 2017. San Francisco, California. Code for America Civic Hack Night. SF Online Community Meetup.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2015

Denver, Colorado: What you Should Know About Online Fundraising. Victoria, British Columbia: Cultivate Prospects and Build Lasting Relationships — A Net2Vic Fundraising Panel. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Bootcamp del Tec -Taller de e -emprendimiento. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2013

In August, Ryan Deer* will head out with his baseball team and NEXT Worldwide to “Live the Mission” by working with church planting leaders in Guatemala who equip and assist local pastors with planting or strengthening new churches. Creating an Online Fundraising Page Is Required.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

Vancouver, Canada: Creating a Digital Community: The Misadventures of Fundraiser Grrl. Guatemala: Lanzamiento de Bizpark e Imagine Cup de Microsoft en el #CampusTec. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup. Baltimore, MD: Your Data is Ugly and Your Funders Don’t Love You. Thursday, July 17, 2014.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

If all you’re here for is a list of email ledes you can use for fundraising or advocacy messaging, you can go ahead and skip right to that part. In order to ground things a bit, we’re going to include an example of each type of lede from a hypothetical environmental organization sending a fundraising appeal on the topic of climate change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2008

Donna Callejon with kids in village in Guatemala - the houses, latrines, etc are being built partly with Global Giving support. for $35 an indigenous woman in Guatemala will get quality training on weaving, allowing her to then participate in the global markets for crafts.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 7, 2015

There was a girl in Guatemala that we worked with who went by the pseudonym Griselda. Q: Share an example of a time that the reaction to one of the stories you shared was particularly powerful. What was it about the story that elicited that response? I wasn’t in the room for this one, but I heard about it second-hand.

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