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How Online Fundraising, Gamification and Social Media Helped Raise over $2 Million Dollars in One Day

NetWits

Most nonprofits need to raise money to survive. And because fundraising continues to shift from offline to online nonprofits are faced with a growing need to find new and innovative ways to do fundraising through online sources. One-day fundraising events (i.e. Making Online and Social Fundraising the Focus.

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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The training event, which will be live streamed starting at 9:00 am , will feature fundraising and social media gurus Katya Andresen, Danielle Brigida, Tracy Equality Viselli, Jocelyn Harmon and more. Some tips to build capacity and benefiting from a fundraising contest: Get organized both online and offline.

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Hello, Washington Post: Dolllars Per Facebook Donor Is Not the Right Metric for Success

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This morning the Washington Post published an article titled " To Nonprofits Seeking Cash, Facebook App Isn't So Green: Though Popular, 'Causes' Ineffective for Fundraising." Proclaiming that fundraising using Facebook Causes was a failure based on a calculation of dollars per donor. . My fundraising colleagues concur.

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Raise Money on Facebook: Four Strategies You Need to Know About

NTEN

When it comes to online fundraising, an obvious tip is to meet your current and potential donors where they are. Other notable fundraising applications include Firstgiving's Fundraising application, the Justgiving application, and the ChipIn fundraising widget. 1) Raise Meaning B efore Money. Conclusion.

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How Can Changebloggers Make a Greater Impact Online and Offline?

Have Fun - Do Good

Her campaign was a combination of book and movie reviews about Darfur, as well as fundraising for organizations serving the people of Darfur. Bloggers compete against each other to raise the most money for specific projects in low-income public schools. Check out the projects some BlogHers are raising money for.

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The other side of the figures: Causes reaches $20 Million in Donations

Amy Sample Ward

There’s been quite a lot of talk in the last year about the opportunities for fundraising online, generally, as well as the best practices for organizations leveraging social media for campaigns (as well as the idea to use free tools to raise money in hard economic times). Social networks are still for engagement, not money.

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Interview: Kivi Leroux Miller, The Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Amy Sample Ward

When I moved from California to Washington DC in 1998 to be with my then-boyfriend, now-husband, I decided to start my own consulting company, which originally focused on writing for environmental groups, thus EcoScribe Communications was born. What’s the difference between online and offline marketing – or is there one?

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