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Marketing Tips for Walkathons and Other Eventful Fundraisers

Nonprofits Source

By taking advantage of more traditional methods as well as leveraging social media and peer-to-peer fundraising best practices, you’ll be on your way to hosting a winning event! Research local companies who share similar values as your organization and have a corporate philanthropy program. Start promoting your next event.

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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Don’t be a photo tag spammer either! It’s a good practice to occasionally tag important partners and sponsors in image tweets, but doing so often will only annoy them. In truth, it is difficult to host a successful Twitter Chat if your nonprofit does not have a large, engaged following on Twitter.

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Generosity Unleashed: The Power of Nonprofit Giving Days

CauseVox

This effort builds a strong sense of camaraderie and fosters a culture of philanthropy and social responsibility. How To Host A Giving Day There are a few steps needed to host a successful Giving Day. Encourage your supporters to share posts and tag their network to amplify reach. You cannot over-promote a Giving Day!

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3 Reasons Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Drives More Engagement

Candid

Challenges: In a challenge fundraiser, participants volunteer to complete a pre-determined task, record and share the challenge on social media, tag the next person to complete the challenge, and, of course, submit a donation online. So ensure that giving experience for your donors is as streamlined and seamless as possible.

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In Search of Bachelors and Philanthropy in Rural Alaska and Video Story Capture Tips

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, my adventure in Alaska started with a meeting with representatives from community foundations around the state of Alaska hosted by the Alaska Community Foundation. I was lucky enough to talk my host into driving me to Talkeetna so I could document this fabulous story.

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Online Discussion on June 23: Using Social Networks to Promote Good Causes

Robert Weiner

This Tuesday The Chronicle of Philanthropy will host another free online discussion about how nonprofits can use social media. Tags: TechSoup. Wendy Harman , the social-media manager at the American Red Cross, in Washington, DC.

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Great reads from around the web on November 25th

Amy Sample Ward

ProjectRSS for describing projects (part of the Open Philanthropy effort) – I've recently come across this project from John Brennan (@worldlyjohn on Twitter) and am interested in what you all think about it! "Open Open Philanthropy is about sharing. Open Philanthropy is about community. The time is now.

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