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Lame spam of the day: boundless online grant applications

Robert Weiner

But maybe they mean "for unlimited amounts of money". I cling on to listening to the newscast lecture about receiving boundless online grant applications so I have been looking around for the finest site to get one. My first thought was that "boundless" online grant applications meant "endless", which would be horrifying.

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Caltech: Founding Values

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Richard Feynman once tried to reduce an advanced physics concept to a freshman lecture. The first lecture I heard as a freshman at Caltech was delivered by Feynman on the topic of liquid helium three, and I was certain he did understand the topic! That’s the Caltech advantage!

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From Prospective Student to Active Alum—Engagement Fosters Lifelong Support

sgEngage

He attended various alum lectures and could see the impact that donors made at the university. Supporting philanthropic organizations, whether I’m donating my time or money, is very important to me. He’d also get very excited when he heard talk of his alma mater—but he doesn’t anymore. The result?

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12 Ideas for a Virtual Fundraiser or Online Event

Get Fully Funded

Carefully evaluate each idea so you can choose the one that will bring you the most money and awareness for the least investment of time and money. Virtual Lecture: A virtual event is a fantastic opportunity to land a speaker you never thought you would be able to get. But not all of them are right for you.

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Top Nonprofit Blogs to Bookmark Today

The Modern Nonprofit

She was one of the first to publish about using social media for social impact and has lectured at Stanford University. Don’t think of donors as ATMs that dispense money from time to time. Beth Kanter ( @kanter ) is well known as a thought leader in the nonprofit world. Abstractions and generalities fail to move donors to action.

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Giving 2.0 ProjectU

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Stanford University lecturer Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen teaches students at Stanford about how to master philanthropy. To provide any giver—donating any amount of time, money, experience, skills or networks—with free access to research, learning and experience I’ve developed over the last two decades as a strategic philanthropist.

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A Guide to Pricing your Virtual Event

AccelEvents

The benefit of money saved by the organizers can be passed on to attendees. Virtual events can offer live sessions, webinars, chats, lectures, and networking events. Because there are few expenses associated with hosting a virtual event , it can be priced much lower than a physical event and still allow for a profit.

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