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Fundraising with Social Media

Install The Facebook App

by JDRF Bay Area September 12, 2011 Featured Articles
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The JDRF Walk App has been proven to help Walkers attract new donations from people you have newly reconnected with in your social network or with whom you may not have considered sending a letter or email to previously.

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New & Improved JDRF Facebook App for Walk

by JDRF Bay Area June 2, 2011 Featured Articles
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With the Walk to Cure Diabetes Facebook application, you’ll be able to spread the word and raise money to help reach your fundraising goal directly through Facebook! The new app for the 2011 Walk has been dramatically improved over last year with lots of new features.

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Fundraising Techniques – Online Social Media Can Bring in More Donations!

by Shelly Jensen September 10, 2010 Fundraising Resources
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ShareAs we all know, our personal letters are very important in fundraising for the Walk.  You can reach even more people through Facebook, Myspace and Twitter.  I have noticed 50% of my donations coming from my Facebook friends.  In fact, some of my friends copied and pasted my fundraising link onto their own pages, resulting [...]

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Expanding Fundraising Efforts: Facebook

by Janet Isak Hawley September 7, 2010 Featured Articles
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ShareIn the past couple years, my generation (let’s just call us baby boomers!) discovered Facebook. This Walk season, I am discovering its use as a fundraising tool.  Before I had even sent out my Family Team letter from Monterey, my sister in San Diego posted a link to my Walk Team Donations page on her [...]

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