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Community Is Better than Cute Cats: How to Raise Money for Your Unsexy, but Important, Cause

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These nonprofits don't have giant marketing departments and expensive communication tools, but they do have a dedicated group of supporters and the ability to tell compelling stories about the tangible impact of their work. But on social media, creating a small active community of supporters that is engaged and active provides an alternative.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

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A community group worked hard to get her placed on the historic register and raise money to restore her to her mid-century glory. Whether I'm fundraising for Cambodia or Creative Commons , I involve my kids. Whether I'm fundraising for Cambodia or Creative Commons , I involve my kids.

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Demetrio Maguigad Rocks the Social Media Game and My Remix Ideas

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

   He has reiterated this game over and over for different audiences and circumstances and I've remixed the game for filmmakers and even took it to Cambodia.  Scenario Cards:   I love this twist - these are the real life examples that get at issues of adoption, information overload, loosing control, etc. 

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NpTech Roundup: Grasshoppers and Ants - Social Fundraising Off Season

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are 15 projects in the competition, all with a mission of ending traffiking and slavery, including an entrant from Cambodia. Alternative Approaches. " He describes some of the work flow issues related to nonprofit using Facebook causes. Ending Global Slavery is part of an Ashoka initiative Changemakers.net.

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Creating Markets for Fair Trade Gifts: An Interview with Priya Haji of World of Good

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But we have had amazing response from consumers all across the United States, really buying the product and writing us emails, and sort of getting involved, and also referring artists and groups to us. It is a free web tool that any trading organization or artisan group can use.

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Preventing Human Trafficking: An Interview with Christina Arnold

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"I think a lot of people perhaps have gotten a one-sided understanding of this issue of trafficking. We work primarily in the Washington, DC area and in Southeast Asia to promote programs that are addressing the root causes of human trafficking, and to provide sustainable alternatives to trafficking. BB: What are the real facts?

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NpTech Tag Summary: Nonprofits Lead Fortune 500 in Social Web Adoption, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are lots of alternative gift giving opportunities too, take for example Save the Children gift catalog that lets you and your children explore a map of the world and imagine how simple gifts make a difference. Slides are available in the NpTech group in Slideshare. There's a good case study of LinkedIn.

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