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New Tips from the Giving Day Playbook on Crowdfunding Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last year, Knight Foundation published the Giving Day Playbook , a soup-to-nuts guide to 24-hour online campaigns that community foundations are increasingly organizing to promote local philanthropy. What’s the best way to recruit and train volunteers on a Giving Day? How can you encourage donor-advised fundholders to participate?

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Remembering Eunice Kennedy Shriver

Connection Cafe

As a collegiate baseball player in Wichita, KS, I volunteered at a local event and became hooked. After those games, I began my professional career with Special Olympics, Texas working with some of the most wonderful volunteers and families I have ever met.

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