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Let’s Connect at 2012 SXSW

Amy Sample Ward

The Beacon Lounge will be our home-base, and here are some of the fun things they have planned to make it your home-base, too: Daily Events in the Lounge include: Breakfast from 9-11: Get your morning buzz on with coffee and food sponsored by The Colorado Health Foundation. NTEN Meetup in the Beacon Lounge. And, yes, there will be prizes.

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11 Creative Charity Fundraising Event Ideas

CauseVox

If you think your supporters will be interested in this type of event, work with a local golf course on pricing and dates (hint: most are very comfortable working with charities to run tournaments). Ask local businesses to sponsor a team, or get people to fundraise to fund their participation like The First Tee of Greater St.

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Connect with NTEN at SXSW

NTEN

We will share more details before SXSW, but for now we will give you a hint: anyone who loves Twitter so much they've thought of writing a sonet, or so wowed by Google+ they want to write an ode may be at an advantage! Fork over your lunch money to a local Austin organization and Convio will match your donation!

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc. Many sponsors and donors want recognition for their support. Mention the donor in emails directly about the event they sponsored. This can be 4 emails a year dedicated to sponsors who give the org $10K or more.

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30 Virtual and Hybrid Event Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

We’ve recently seen a slew of music award shows and individual musicians performing in hybrid concerts: the artist performs on a stage like normal, but to an empty venue, while that performance is streamed live to spectators at home. Quizzes based on music, TV shows, or sports are also frequently well received. 20) Book club.

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Nonprofit SXSW Goodness – Conference List Toppers, To-Dos and Topics of Interest

Connection Cafe

And for all you people using Four Square , it's also one of the official Check-in for Charity locations (hint: new badge anyone?). The lounge will be the place to meet the best and brightest socially-conscious Geekeratti at SXSW and catch some unplugged local music. This panel is sponsored by ShareThis.". Data will be shared!

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Why You Need Diversified Fundraising For Your Small Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

Cue the sad music. Here’s a hint…you have something to fall back on.]. Sponsor the costs of part of the program at $1,200 each. A Cautionary Tale A few years ago, I worked with a client that had received almost all the funding for their million-dollar budget from a single grant through the State of Tennessee. Giving Tuesday.

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