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10 Questions You Can Ask Major Donors to Build the Relationship

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Try to make the conversation a conversation, not an interview. What are you most proud of in your life?”. This is another great question that invites the donor to share about something wonderful they’ve achieved in their life. Some donors are drawn to just one cause area, such as homelessness or food insecurity.

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NpTech Summary: Advocacy 2.0, Sketchcastes, and NpTech in Different Languages

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As both a lesson and as a metric, failure is potentially productive at every level of socialmarkets - from the repeated return of one homeless person to shelter, to the repeated attempts to attach a value like SROI to such a story." An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

The event happens in the week leading up to Mother’s Day and provides a platform where anyone can build a heartspace with text, photos and videos to show their love for their mother, an important woman in their life, or even people that inspire them. It is less about the number of people to retweet or like or blog. What is it about?

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Guest Post by Amanda Rose: Reflections on Cause Fatigue

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Sure $5,000 sounds like a fantastic fundraising goal, but what if I told you by meeting that target, a local cause would be able to launch an evening food program for the homeless, or make much needed repairs to a home for abandoned girls and boys. Tags: fundraising2.0 social media twitter.

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Twestival: Are Fundraising Groundswells A Massive Opportunity or Distraction for Nonprofit Organizations?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Marcia Stepanek, who writes the CauseGlobal Blog mentions an interview with Clay Shirky where he describes the importance of new leadership: What I think is coming is a new type of leadership style that will expand into other kinds of collective action—in particular, real-world collective action. freeagent twitter.

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Why is multi-channel marketing important for nonprofit fundraising?

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For example, you might explain the story of your humane society this way: “Emma and Jennifer, our founders, noticed there was a great need for humane homeless pet care in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Details (especially those that appeal to the five senses) can bring a story to life. Install Google Tag Manager on your website.

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Mark Liu from NetSquared: Part 2

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

(. in which I continue to interview my former dorm-mate, Mark Liu, now the project manager for TechSoup's NetSquared initiative) [Me] What can you tell us about the April NetSquared conference? Me] Is the NetSquared site intended to support the April conference, or do you see it having a longer life? Mark] Longer life, absolutely.