Fundraising

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• Grades for sale: $20 for 20 test points

  
  Joanne Jacobs — Authority: 615
  For $20, students at a North Carolina middle school can buy 20 test points — 10 extra points on two tests of the student’s choosing, reports Education Week. Susie Shepherd, Rosewood Middle School principal, said a parent advisory council came up with the idea after last year’s chocolate sale flopped. ...
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• A Day in the Life

  
  Friends of the World Food Program: Uniting to End Hunger — Authority: 131
  A 24-hour fast called ”A Day in the Life” will be heldNovember 19 at Barry University in Miami, FL, starting at 8:00 pm in the WeberGame Room. The event will raise awareness about global hunger and raise fundsfor Friends of the World Food Program. It is expected that around 60-70 participantseach hope to raise $1 ...
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• Monster Mash: Michael Jackson portrait beats estimates; Rent controversy in Vegas; Met Operas windfall

  
  Culture Monster — Authority: 742
  -- Sold / not sold : A 1984 portrait of Michael Jackson by Andy Warhol beat estimates by selling for $812,500 and a painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat went unsold at a Christies auction in New York. ( Bloomberg ) -- Shows must go on : A judge has allowed a Las Vegas-area high school to continue with its productions of ...
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• Key Pieces of Database Info

  
  A Small Change- Fundraising Blog — Authority: 114
  Earlier this week I talked about the importance of knowing where to put donor information in your database. Today I want to talk about what information I’ve found to be the most inconsistent and, by keeping that data relevant, how much more powerful your database can be. Most of the inaccuracies I find are in ...
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• 2009 PKD Fundraising Wrap-Up

  
  Lemonade & Kidneys — Authority: 113
  Holy crap, yall. In a recession, no less. Total raised: $9,025 $5,300 from the auction/cabaret $39 from Garricks cookie sale $159 from our spring yard sale $3,527 from direct donations Look what we all accomplished!! Amazing. Cookies and milk on me.
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• Fundraising results improve online

  
  Snoo.ws — Authority: 132
  Being social is nothing new to non-profit organizations like GuluWalk. Online fundraising is of growing importance to charities of all sizes as it has the ability to turn supporters into fundraisers. GuluWalk is an annual event which attracted some 25,000 people in 75 cities across the globe late last month. Groups ...
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• 2009 State of the Not-For-Profit Industry Survey Results

  
  Connections — Authority: 450
  Blackbaud Europe has released the 2009 State of the Not-For-Profit Industry survey. Blackbaud teamed up with The Resource Alliance for the second year in a row to produce this pan-European benchmarking study. The results were unveiled at the  International Fundraising Congress in the Netherlands. SONI 2009 ...
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• EMPOWERMENT

  
  Sheabutter Cottage — Authority: 103
  2 days ago, I received some pictures and just wanted to share the story behind these with you. As some of you may recall, my rather hectic trip to Ghana in October 2008 included a soapmaking class for members of the shea co-op that I am very proud to support for the last 6 years and will continue to do so. ...
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• Madonna lands in Brazil with her rabbi

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Washington, Nov 11 (ANI): Madonna’s rabbi is accompanying her to Brazil, where she would do some charity work.The Pop Queen flew into South America on a private jet on Monday.But despite reports that her visit to Rio de Janeiro is to meet toyboy Luz’s family, she insists she is there to carry out charity [...]
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• Learning By Example: The New Breed of Digital Donors

  
  eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog — Authority: 554
  Bryan Miller writing in Fundraising Success Magazine: Understanding the New Breed of Digital Donors and How to Maximize Your Fundraising Through Their Networks With the global number of users on Facebook now fast approaching the size of the U.S. population, it’s surely clear that time is up for anyone who ...
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• War’s ‘Lost Boy’ grows up to graduate from college

  
  Refugees United Blog — Authority: 113
  Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — Kuol Dut was six when the swirling chaos of war churned through his village. He recalls playing in a field as neighbors raced toward him, screaming about militias attacking their homes. Even a boy of Kuol’s age knew that militias and soldiers slaughtered men, women and children in the ...
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• So Much For That Theory!

  
  The Agitator — Authority: 421
  On October 9th I posted I Hate This Study , and predicted that in thirty days it would blow away other posts in terms of open rates. Why? Because, as the neuroscience study it referred to established, negative information and emotions are processed more readily by the brain than positive stuff. So I tested my ...
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• Jon Acuff, Stuff Christians Like, Raises 30k in Less Than One Day

  
  ChurchCrunch — Authority: 523
  It has been my constant hope that people can begin to see the power of social media and social networking, and how, when used well and wisely, can change people’s lives for the good and better. Yesterday the online space saw another shining example with Jon Acuff , his blog StuffChristiansLike.net , ...
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• Ono rocks charity world - Times LIVE

  
  AFP Blog: Recent News of Note — Authority: 144
  Ono rocks charity world - Times LIVE: "Ono has teamed up with Hard Rock International for an Imagine Theres No Hunger campaign.As was the case with her earlier initiatives, music is central, including a song by Lennon, but its use has evolved to accommodate the online generation."
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• Thanksgiving comes early for Iraqi refugees in Knoxville

  
  Refugees United Blog — Authority: 113
  The war in Iraq hits home for many people in Tennessee, especially during the holidays. For a group of Iraqis in Knoxville, the war ultimately forced them seek refuge in the United States where they now celebrate American holidays. Sunday afternoon, several local families hosted a Thanksgiving party at Jubilee Farms ...
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• Nominations for Best Christmas Campaign

  
  Conor's Fundraising Blog — Authority: 118
  I think Christmas brings out some incredibly innovative ideas in charities. Years ago the Christmas pin or badge was the big thing, recently its the Christmas gift list.Well this year I’m setting out to find the most innovative and creative Christmas campaign. It can be a new twist on an old idea, an old idea [...]
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• News of Note Around the Philanthropic World

  
  eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog — Authority: 554
  from The New York Times: Confusion on Where Money Lent via Kiva Goes “There’s a whole new generation of socially connected nonprofits that use the Internet to make the illusion of person-to-person contact much more believable,” said Timothy Ogden, editor in chief of Philanthropy Action, an online ...
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• Causes Says Bye-Bye to MySpace

  
  eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog — Authority: 554
  Amy Sample Ward writing on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog: Causes: Causing a Stir for Social Impact A recent event has brought up some huge red flags for me around data, around communities, around social impact, inclusion and even more. It’s a case of letting technology lead (or, rather, the ...
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• Hug Them!

  
  The Agitator — Authority: 421
  If you won’t listen to me or Roger on the value of knowing — really knowing — and cultivating relationships with your best donors, then listen to marketing maven Seth Godin. Seth is talking about customers generally, but we know he’d say the same of donors. Writing a post called Some people are better than ...
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• Auburn Uses Celebrity Home Run Derby to Drive Donations

  
  Headlines — Authority: 132
  Are you looking to raise donations for a good cause? Are you a collegiate athletic department looking for new ways to fundraise? Last month, Auburn University held its annual Auburn Baseball Celebrity Home Run Derby, an initiative designed to drive donations for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Lee County. The ...
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