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Predicting the Future: Driving Fundraising Outcomes with Models

Connection Cafe

My first experience with modeling happened at the University of Washington development office in the fall of 1992. My job, as the director of research, was to use the modeling results for prospecting—but also to sell them to the directors of development in the schools and colleges. Life was primitive back then. Most wealth is private.

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The (Lil) Green Patch Facebook app has now donated $33,600 to TNC's Facebook Cause

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Lil) Green Patch is a social gardening game. The plants given by your friends are displayed in a (Lil) Green Patch on your profile. The plants given by your friends are displayed in a (Lil) Green Patch on your profile. It peaked my interest as part of my continued coverage of Facebook Apps for Good.

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Digital Strategies for Community Foundations: COF Knight Digital Media Center Workshop Notes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The project is a hyperlocal source of information about living green–powered by network of environmental activists, nonprofits, and grassroots organizations. It celebrates the natural beauty of the area while educating the community about a green life style. Cara talked about the network formation phase of the project.

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A Nonprofit’s Complete Guide to Donor Management Software

Neon CRM

Sudden increases in new donor accounts or records can make it very hard to manage your donor database effectively, especially if you’re only allowed a limited number of donor profiles. Scalability: Our revenue-based billing model allows you to manage your CRMs cost as your organization grows.

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Fashion and Passion for Your Cause: Wear it on Your Blog or Profile!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This month's fashion statement is gray and green to match the colors of Creative Commons logo. I placed the photo of me wearing my newest Creative Commons T-Shirt on blog - and of course added it to my Facebook profile and on Twitter , you'll see the Creative Commons Logo with a donate message. Maybe we all need to be role models.

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Corporate Altruism: The Blurring of the Lines Between CSR and Cause Marketing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We are sharing our research in the early stages to help identify other case studies we should profile and to get feedback on our working hypothesis. We hope we can co-create this model with all of you and come out the other side of this research much smarter as a community, and much richer as a society. If so, how?

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Building your Donor base on Facebook - The Nature Conservancy's experience.

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

They did this by creating a Cause and a Fan Page for the org, and by forming a relationship with an ecology oriented game on Facebook, (lil) Green Patch. Six months later the (lil) Green Patch application is one of the most popular on Facebook, with of 6 million users! Me - How did (lil) Green Patch come about?