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How Nonprofits Can Use Behavioral Science to Engage Supporters on Social Media

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Some supporters asked for donations in honor of their birthday or wedding gifts while others let strangers tell them how to shave their beard. From virtual concerts, live performances and interviews with medical experts, St. One of these ways is live streaming events on social media.

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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

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An Interview with Matt Roberts-Davies , General Manager of M-Changa – an official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. 39% of donors in Kenya give tribute gifts. 61% are more likely to donate if they are offered a free gift in exchange for their donation. ? 12% donated on #GivingTuesday 2017, 36% did not.

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It Takes a Village: Using Peer-to-Peer to End Homelessness

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The 2021 event featured musical performances, a live interview, and short videos they called “vignettes of community brilliance.” But if you need inspiration, National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week is November 12-20, 2022. They raised over $220,000. Like Housing Resource Inc.’s s walking event, the Golden Hour itself was virtual.

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[Reflection] Mashable #sgsGLOBAL: How Do We Get From Collective Conversation To Action To Impact?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The event was designed for the Mashable audience, a younger and social media savvy group that has the hunger and capacity to consumer a lot of content as well as do good in the world. What better way to see this in action is to hear it and see it from the young people themselves. The audience got a performance by J.D.

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Nonprofits and NGOs Celebrate International Women's Day

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Did you know that in some countries International Women's Day (March 8) is celebrated with flowers and gifts? One of the events listed is an exhibition of photos at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris from the book Celebrating Women by Paola Gianturco (who I interviewed in October 2007). You can find UN-related events on WomenWatch.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I could tell they were passionate, fired-up people who had great ideas for strategies and projects to help kids learn better,” said Best in a 2014 interview in Fast Company. Companies like Panera Bread have made a major investment with Panera Care Cafes , restaurants designed to fight hunger in the communities they serve.

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

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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. I told her that I was going to send her a little gift for her birthday, and she said, "No, no, no, no. We came armed with like 30 or 40 little gifts and goodies. Don't send me anything.

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