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12 Ideas for a Virtual Fundraiser or Online Event

Get Fully Funded

Even though it’s virtual, you still have to promote the event, sell tickets or tables, get sponsors, and map out the program. Think about local and regional acts, celebrities with connections to your area, and people you have connections to through Board members, supporters, and friends of friends. And the weather!

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4 Quick Tips to Remember When Planning an Advocacy Campaign

Top Nonprofits

By following these suggestions during your planning process, you’ll be better prepared to drive awareness and make meaningful change at a local, national, or global level: Set clear campaign goals and identify a timeline. If you’re a new organization without many resources or contacts, you may have more luck working first at the local level.

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Live Blogging: 09NTC Mapping Your Social Media Strategy

Amy Sample Ward

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. obama reach vs local reach. but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted. this time they got 3,000 photos and 2,500 email address. Can’t wait!

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Technology's Impact on Disaster Relief

Tech Soup

Mobile technology, web apps, and mapping software have become enormously helpful in sharing news and spreading information about relief efforts after Hurricane Sandy. Government agencies, such as FEMA , also used Twitter to get the word out about the storm starting a week before it hit. TechSoup partner Esri.

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Building Capacity for Social Change 2.0

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Beth Kanter. These new collaborative initiatives pull together various players (often government, private sector and nonprofits) within an ecosystem, defined by issue and/or place, to coordinate and align their action to drive greater impact. Call this “social change 2.0”. How do these networks evolve over time?

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New on SSIR: Innovating at the Speed of Communities

Amy Sample Ward

Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community. Nonprofit organizations, local and federal governments, campaigners and even businesses are trying to innovate at the speed of communities. Photo credit: Flickr Rhys’s Piece Is ).

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Improve Your Fundraising Approach and Skills at NetSquared Meetups

Tech Soup

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. Seattle, Washington: What You Need to Know About Board Governance. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Bath, United Kingdom: Tech for Good Community Mapping. Feeling overwhelmed? and the globe.