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Personal Fundraising with Widgets: A Few Reflections and Campaign Update

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My post over at Katya's blog generated some excellent advice and has also raised many more questions. I'm sitting here in awe that you all have helped me raised $261 from 11 donors (Thurs. I scanned, uploaded, and organized photos of Leng as well as our communications into photo sets on flickr. What do you do?

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44 Ways to Turn Nonprofit Supporters into Fundraising Superstars

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Supporters can raise significant amounts of money and bring new donors to your organization. According to the Global NGO Online Technology Report , Millennials are most inspired to give by social media. It’s crucial that you encourage your supporters to use social media to raise awareness for their fundraising efforts.

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Guest Post by James Wu: It's Not About Cause Fatigue, It's About Movement Building

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Photo by Thomas Hawk. Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I wrote a reflection on an article in CNET called " Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0 " based on an interview with Toby Daniels of Think Social and Scott Harrison of charity:water. Social media offers some great tools, but the rules for relationship building don't change.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Highlights from the NpDev and More

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From Flickr User Philswin2003 The above flickr photo is from the Nonprofit Software Development Summit and some flipchart notes illustrating what's going on right now: inspiration, matchmaking, and practical methods! I'm looking forward to reading the reflections next week.

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Tech@State – Civil Society 2.0: Reflections on Networked Nonprofits and Free Agents

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Photo by Mark Horvath. A free agent is a person (many times a GenY, but not always ) who is a passionate about a social cause, but is working outside of a nonprofit organization to organize , mobilize , raise money , and engage with others. Please take five minutes to watch the video – it’s excellent.

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What I Learned In London at the Future of Social Conference

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Photo by Social Misfits. This post is a roundup of what I learned from the speakers at the conference and some reflections on the workshops. Storify with Tweets and Photos. One of the examples was from an Indian NGO “ Clothes Box Foundation ” that collects donations of clothing for those living in poverty.

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The Networked Nonprofit in Kenya

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I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi , an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency. I decided to stay a few extra days and facilitate a workshop on the Networked Nonprofit for local NGOs.

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