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Thank You To the Max: Minnesota Give to Max Day Raised $13.4 Million in 24 Hours

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: The 3rd annual Minnesota Give to Max Day took place last month. And every year, the good folks in Minnesota share their results and lessons learned. Minnesota’s ‘Networked Nonprofits’ raised $13.4M million was raised to benefit Minnesota nonprofit organizations. in one day by Jeff Achen, GiveMN.org.

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Everyday Innovation: Using Technology to Improve Your Services

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Working with our new partners at MAP for Nonprofits , we surveyed 180 Minnesota human services organizations about the technologies they were using, and then followed up with 13 of them in detailed interviews. Our new research shows that they can. This week we released a free report detailing our findings.

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How Minnesota’s ‘Networked Nonprofits’ Raised over $10M in 1 Day!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here at GiveMN , we’ve harnessed the power of our networks to raise record amounts of money online for nonprofits in Minnesota and engage record numbers of people in an annual, one-day giving event— Give to the Max Day. All told, Minnesota nonprofits collectively raised $10,041,021 in one incredible day.

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Using Everyday Technology to Improve Your Services

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MAP for Nonprofits and Idealware collaborated on six months of research that began with a survey of 180 human service organizations in Minnesota. One small organization, for example, is using text messages to communicate with teens who participate in a mentoring program.

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Co-Creating Exhibits with Teens and Volunteers: The Importance of Criteria

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This summer, I worked with the Chabot Space & Science Center on a design institute in which eleven teens from their Galaxy Explorers program designed media pieces for an upcoming Smithsonian exhibition on black holes. There was no initial design, no graphics, and no idea of where the teen' work would fit into an overall structure.

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New Media in the Everyday Lives of Youth

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At the Minnesota Nonprofits and Technology Conference , someone from the audience asked me about good resources for parents (and teens) about Web2.0 safety issues and what parents should know about their children's media use.

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How Do You Define "Community?"

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Maybe you want to work with Hmong immigrants to Minnesota. Or Santa Cruz County teens who want to make social change. These differences are useful when considering how and who to reach out to when trying to get involved with a new community. But the community exists whether it is strong or weak. Or art-lovers of Brooklyn.