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How To Increase Board Fundraising Without Having To Ask for Money

Bloomerang

The objections shared usually involve board members not wanting to ask people they know for money. This means that getting board members to ask their personal network for money is the fastest way to hit your board fundraising goals. The irony is that the people your board members know are the MOST likely to donate.

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. Facebook , Reddit , LinkedIn , and Twitter have great options. On behalf of your organization, investigate ways to receive money that the organization may not have in place already.

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6 Ways To Make Your Nonprofit’s Holiday Campaign Successful

TechImpact

Twitter and Facebook are still the two most used outlets, but other spheres, such as Instagram, Pinterest, Reddit, and more are gaining more ground every day. So make your nonprofit stand out with an interesting way of raising money and awareness for your cause. Make Giving Fun.

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Latest Episode Highlights Danger and Potential of Reddit Fundraising - Social Media - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

AFP Blog

One problem: The charity for which the money was raised, the Prostate Cancer Foundation, didn’t want it. Neither did the backup nonprofit , Water.org.'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last night, I attended the Berkman Thursday Blogger Meeting which featured Alexis and Steve, Reddit Founders. Reddit is a community news service with ratings. "Not enough money to live in luxury, but enough to be able to work on Reddit and live."). Reddit is like del.icio.us

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Are You Ready to Say No?|Crowdfunding’s Ethical Boundaries

Connection Cafe

But what happens when the money being raised is coming from an unethical place? One Reddit user proposed that anyone who looked at these illegal photos should donate money to the Prostate Cancer Foundation. These pictures began appearing on sites around the internet, including a subReddit called The Fappening. Let me be clear.

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Why "Free Agent" Social Communities Rock

Care2

There is a lot of buzz about "free agent fundraisers" an individual using personal fundraising to raise money for a nonprofit organization. The community could be a blog community, a YouTube channel community, a Facebook or Ning group, or a reddit group. The Reddit fundraising challenge that raised almost $60,000.

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