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2021 Fundraising Ideas Designed To Help You Raise More This Year

Kindful

We know this well, as thousands of nonprofits and social good projects have used CauseVox’s digital fundraising platform to raise millions online, especially through virtual fundraising events in the last year. Through this, we’ve seen firsthand what online fundraising ideas nonprofits use to successfully raise money for their cause.

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Wiser Giving: What’s Your Giving Style?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Shel Israel describes social or goodwill fundraising (individual raising money and giving to causes) as the “ cult of generosity ” – I would like to call “ Individual Social Responsibility ” – like there is “Corporate Social Responsibility,” it is also important for individuals to be generous. Flickr Photo by Time Anchor.

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I Hope My Kids Organize Their Own Online Fundraiser When They Are Teenagers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Spencer Brodsky is 17 and he is spending his time online to raise money to bring Green Stoves to Rwanda , something he's been doing for the past 2 years. . The organizations listed are profiled by other young people. Teach Your Kids About Charities: YouthGive. What other stories, tips, or resources would you add?

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Little Penguins, Big Drama: Lessons on How to Go Viral from the National Aquarium of New Zealand

Connection Cafe

Following the success of the Penguin of the Month program, we raised the bar higher to engage with our online followers from around the world by giving them the opportunity to vote for their favourite with our Penguin of the Year. In our Penguin of the Month posts we elaborate on the stories of each bird to raise conservation awareness.

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Leaders in Nonprofit Technology: Daniel Ben-Horin

Tech Soup

To kick off a series of profiles on leaders in nonprofit technology, we thought we’d start close to home by featuring our TechSoup Global founder, Daniel Ben-Horin. He was born and raised in New York City. His parents were Latvian immigrants who met on a kibbutz in Israel in 1930. How TechSoup Started.

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Is A Downer News Cycle A Factor in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Success?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But according to news reports , it has increased awareness and dollars raised for ALS research. It sounds counter intuitive to ask people to donate $100 to ALS or make this goofy video and share on social. The association reports $15.6 million in donations since July 29, compared with $1.8 But the evidence is to the contrary.

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MCON13 Live Blog: The Millennial Movement (Jose Antonio Vargas, Define American)

NTEN

Three summers ago I spent six weeks profiling Mark Zuckerberg for the New Yorker. So I contacted Zuckerberg''s people and said, "I want to write a profile of this person." They gave me five interviews, no holds barred, I asked him uncomfortable questions a journalist should ask a profile subject. At one point we took a walk.