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The Mission CreateAthon Chose to Accept
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Written by Andrea Goulet
Here at CreateAthon, we just finished Focus Fest 2012 — a two-day, in-person meeting of the minds to shape the strategy of our new non-profit organization. We (Teresa, Julie, Maria, Jody, Peyton, and Andrea) sat around the Riggs conference table knowing the work we did today would have a major impact for years to come.... Read More
Top Nonprofit Links of the Week
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Written by Jody Piland
10 Ways to Increase Email Newsletter Subscribers If you have decided to begin an email marketing campaign, your goal now is to get people to sign up for you email list. Some easy ways to get started are to simplify the sign up form and have it on every page of your website. Social... Read More
You’ve caught the CreateAthon bug. Now what?
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Written by Julie Turner
This is the first post in a three post series designed to help communities, companies and creative crews start their own local CreateAthon. Here at the CreateAthon Mother Ship, we get hundreds of letters (slight exaggeration) from folks just itching to be a part of the CreateAthon magic. But there’s a slight complication. There isn’t... Read More
10th Annual CreatonAthon
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Written by Monique Moffit, The Sales Factory
I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about the CreateAthon that the Sales Factory just participated in. In the words of our President Ged King “CreateAthon is our 24-hour creative blitz during which we provide North Carolina non-profits marketing services on a pro bono basis. And we don’t do this work alone. Since the... Read More
CreateAthon: Flying High
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Written by Jody Piland
To say that it’s been a big month for CreateAthon is an understatement. When CreateAthon officially became a 501(c)3 last month, we knew big things were coming. But, I don’t think anyone at Riggs Partners could honestly say they knew just how huge November would be. We’re only halfway through the month and CreateAthon has... Read More
CreateAthon: Grown up and ready to go.
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Written by Teresa Coles
For 14 years we’ve labored through September nights, consuming ungodly amounts of coffee, Coke and cheese puffs in the name of CreateAthon. It hasn’t always been pretty, and it never is when you’re facing drastic shortages of time, money, manpower and supplies. Yet somehow the work always gets done, and every year we leave CreateAthon pondering... Read More
CreateAthon 2011 Work: A Look at Literacy
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Written by Teresa Coles
We all have the opportunity to learn, and the inability to read only affects a few people in the community. It’s really not my issue. Overcoming this all-too pervasive insight formed the basis of the brand strategy we developed for Kershaw County Literacy Association during CreateAthon. With a staggering 23% illiteracy rate in this area, KCLA... Read More
Telling the CreateAthon Story
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Written by Teresa Coles
There’s nothing more exciting than watching our tiny, baby idea — staying up all night to give back to local charities — grow into a powerful movement for creating social good. As CreateAthon grows, so does the chatter about it. Just follow the #createathon hashtag on Twitter and you can see for yourself. We believe... Read More