This is an article by Larissa Long. For guidelines about sending a guest post, click here. Social media has taken over the world. It is used for everything from socializing to news. It has become a necessity in marketing and advertising, and non-profits are no exception. Social media is crucial to reaching your donors, supporters and [...] Related posts:

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I have never been a natural runner.  In fact, my freshman year, I attempted to run track to keep in shape for volleyball and basketball seasons.  I will never forget when my track coach said, “Katie, some people are born runners and others need to be made runners… we have our work cut out for [...]

I’ve been writing for A Small Change for more than 2 years now. I am always trying to keep track of what you, my readers, are reading, what your expectations are when you come to my site, and what content you’d like me to create in the future. It has been interesting to start watching [...] Related posts:

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We’ve been hard at work making it easier to communicate with your supporters. Now you can email people on FirstGiving right from your FirstGiving account. This is useful if you want to: send an email to all of your supporters at once send separate emails by event send separate emails to fundraisers and donors Here’s how to use it: Sign [...]