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33+ Raffle Basket Ideas to Wow the Crowd & Win Support

Bloomerang

Let’s start by answering a few frequently asked questions to understand how raffles function. You may need to secure a permit or license and follow specific regulations for hosting and handling income made at the raffle. Partner with a local bakery to create a basket of fresh pastries, such as donuts, croissants, cookies, and muffins.

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Guest Post by Debra Askanae: You Are Not Local. You Are Social.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Generic license There is no such thing as a local business anymore. Nor a local organization. Consider the local mini mart, the most local of all types of stores. In general, people won’t walk more than 10 minutes or 1/2 mile to their local food mart. I respond: Local is a Mindset. Not Local.

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How to create your new nonprofit’s first budget

Get Fully Funded

Mark off a couple of blocks of time on your calendar to research things like supplies, materials, and equipment online or call local vendors to find out what things cost. It’s time to ask yourself some questions about the programs and services your new nonprofit will provide this year. Good question.

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I Need a Good Lawyer

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses. Many of our projects turn on legal questions, and our attorneys are a core part of figuring out solutions that will have real positive impact on society.

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Use Case: The Community-Driven Social Impact game for Community Media Centers

Amy Sample Ward

After the session, she asked to reuse the game locally and I asked her to just let me know how it went: I recently facilitated a day long meeting with a group of 7 different community media centers in California. I kept the original questions for the first two spaces (Who is your community? and What do they want to do?).

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Great reads from around the web on April 2nd

Amy Sample Ward

If you want to use it for a commercial production, that's okay: they have an easy license for that as well ("with any money that's generated being given to the humane society."). Allyson Kapin explores whether: "is FourSquare valuable enough to become the next Facebook or Twitter?

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Event-Planning Tips from NetSquared Organizers

Tech Soup

After years of hosting local events, NetSquared has amassed a considerable amount of experience planning, marketing, and hosting local events. If you want to learn more about NetSquared Local, check the map for a meetup in your area or apply to start your own. Photo: Houston NetSquared , Schipul , CC license