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Startup Stories: Everlater’s journey from childhood friends to acquisition by AOL

The Next Web

Startup Stories is a series of short documentaries about TechStars companies hosted exclusively by The Next Web. This time, we’re taking a look at Everlater, a startup founded by two childhood friends from TechStars’ home city of Boulder, Colorado. Sit back and watch… and don’t miss Startup Stories episode 1 and episode 2.

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6 Practical Tips for Promoting Your #GivingTuesday Campaign on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Other hashtags related to childhood cancer include #findacure, #gogold, #morethan4, #littleheros, etc. I for one did not know before writing this post that the childhood cancer community knows the National Cancer Institute only gives less than 4% to research and to cure all types of childhood cancer. What does #morethan4 mean?

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The Power of Calendar Co-Branding: UNICEF’s $180M Halloween Success Story

Whole Whale

Find & Ride Waves Don’t Create Them A surfer doesn’t sit in the ocean creating waves, they wait and find the right one to ride.

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How to Get Your Nonprofit’s Story in the News

Get Fully Funded

A winning strategy for spreading the word about your organization’s work is getting your nonprofit’s story in the news. . A news story gets your organization in front of a large audience of potential supporters and gives your organization instant credibility. . And, getting your story in the news still carries a lot of weight.

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How the American Childhood Cancer Organization Used Crowdfunding to Raise Over $43,000!

Tech Soup

Last year we shared how the American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO) used Teespring to exceed their fundraising goals with a few clicks of a button. We took childhood cancer statistics and had it spelled out in the shape of a gold ribbon. Use the blog – Share stories and other news that will engage your audience.

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Here’s How Philanthropy Will Fix Declining Empathy

The NonProfit Times

This will be about laying a foundation, beginning in childhood, that makes giving as instinctual as it is rewarding. Organizations will evolve their messaging, using stories that demonstrate the impact of dollars donated and the transformational experience of being part of a cause that matters.

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The cockroach emoji proposal is a story about texting through the apocalypse

The Verge

I’m talking about the cockroach, arguably the most shudder-inducing emoji of 2020 — and the product of a great little short story about the looming end of the world. The actual story behind the symbol is more sober. Months later, they’ve finally trickled onto most people’s phones. but in one case, it’s really more of a skitter.