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24 hours, millions of dollars, thousands of nonprofits—What gives in Minnesota?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The campaign was modeled after the grand daddy of match days that happens throughout the entire state of Minnesota. Good luck and Go Minnesota! Our goal in this 3 rd year is to raise millions of dollars for thousands of Minnesota nonprofits in one day. So what gives in Minnesota? Jeff Achen gives us the inside view.

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11 Creative Charity Fundraising Event Ideas

CauseVox

Catalogue for Philanthropy made use of Giving Tuesday Now (a national fundraising day to support nonprofits through COVID) to hype up their own one-day giving event online. Unlike many other nonprofits, Catalogue for Philanthropy used the day to raise dollars for over 200 local nonprofits in their area. Guest Speaker.

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Getting Social with Your Local Nonprofit Tech Community

Tech Soup

Check out the [blog]([link] to get a taste of our grassroots community. * **Katharine Bierce** recorded her recent [tech and philanthropy panel]([link]. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Free and Inexpensive Communications Tools | MCN (free). Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Want to learn about PCI compliance?

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GiveMN Raises $14 Million Online in 24 Hours!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

  It goes "Minnesota from"where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average." " Earlier this week, I wrote about giveMN.org as an example of local and regional online giving initiatives.  The GiveMN site is designed for both individuals and organizations.  

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How to use social media to inspire 40,000 people to give on one day

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Go Minnesota! This incredible online fund raising event raised more than $14 million last year, and we’re hoping to raise the bar higher this year by engaging more than 40,000 donors to donate to any of Minnesota’s more than 26,000 nonprofits using GiveMN.org. We invited you to be part of the Great Minnesota Give Together.

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GiveMN 2012 Giving Day by the Numbers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As I wrote back in September when first covering Giving Tuesday, Giving Days are not a new idea and have been successful in local communities and entire states, like GiveMN which raised many millions of dollars in 24 hours using the Razoo platform its first year. Incentivize video creation and video sharing.

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I Live Here, I Give Here: Place-Based Charitable Giving Hubs

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Give to the Max in Minnesota Day. GiveMN a new online resource that hopes to encourage more Minnesotans to give and help create a stronger nonprofit community for Minnesota. Individuals can browse the site and find local nonprofits and make a donation online. The partners are a mix of local foundations and corporations.

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