Connection Café: Beyonce + Bacon + Trombones = Holly Ross' breakout performance & NTC scholarships galore!

	Beyonce + Bacon + Trombones = Holly Ross' breakout performance & NTC scholarships galore!
	Posted by at Feb 09, 2009 05:51 PM CST Categories: Constituent Empowerment, Fundraising, NPtech, Social Media

I have to say up front, Holly Ross is a much braver woman than I...

A few weeks ago we announced a joint effort between NTEN and Convio to raise scholarship funds to help people get to this year's NTC in the rough economy where travel budgets are being cut. After our initial announcement and Holly's birthday Facebook Cause push, almost 40 people had donated funds. But today, Holly is working to make an even bigger push to help those in need get to the conference by offering to make what's sure to be the breakout performance of the year if the fundraising goal is met. Check out what we all have in store if the thermometer tips $10K below (originally posted on the NTEN blog earlier today by Holly). Warning: be prepared to laugh outloud if watching this in your office as I was when I first viewed the video.

"Over 900 of you have already registered for the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference. You're registering at a record-breaking pace, and we can't wait to get the whole community in one room this April. But we also know that the economy has made it impossible for some our members to join us, so we've been raising scholarship money to send up to 57 nonprofit staff to the nonprofit technology conference. We're raising $10,000 and Convio is matching that dollar for dollar.

We've only got three weeks left -- and a long way to go -- so I thought I would, to borrow a phrase, kick it up a notch. Watch the video, or read after the jump for details:

BAM! I did, in fact, just kick it up a notch! Every single person who donates to the scholarship fund is going to get one vote to decide my fate. After we reach $10,000 raised, I will:

    * Make my own "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" video. Thousands of people already have. I'll join them. But I won't wear a leotard. (Even I have standards!)
    * Eat a bacon explosion. It's the pork-phenomenon that's swept the internet. I'll eat a whole one.
    * Play my college marching band trombone. In Union Square. In Daylight. A bunch of my college buddies have already vowed to turn up to mock me. Should be a good time!

Of course, whichever option you choose, it will be recorded for posterity.

So, go make your contribution today.

It doesn't have to be a lot. If everybody already registered gives just $10.77, we'll reach our goal! But you DO have to give to vote. Think of it as a double win for our community: Your donation sends more folks to the NTC and gives the gift of laughter to the entire community.

If you're already among those who've given, thank you! You'll get to vote on March 1st, as well. I'd especially like to thank you for giving before I had to agree to this:

    * Beth Kanter
    * David Krumlauf
    * Corey Pudhiridsky
    * EcoScribe Communications
    * Jordan Viator
    * Tompkins Spann
    * Judi Sohn
    * Michael McCarthy
    * John Granquist
    * Melissa Shorlat
    * Mark Rovner
    * Cheryl Hanback
    * Michelle Kaminsky
    * Peter Campbell
    * Rachel Weidinger
    * Dean Matseuda
    * Gale Peterson
    * Nancy Schwartz
    * Judy Hallman
    * Michaela Hackner
    * AgentHandy Loves
    * Ted Hart
    * Bill Snyder
    * Norman Reiss
    * JD Lasica
    * Jordan Dossett
    * Amy Sample Ward
    * Farra Trompeter
    * Alexandra Blacker
    * Mary Gross
    * Rose Vines
    * James Young
    * Jesse Wiley
    * Paul Lamb
    * Dahna Goldstein
    * Robert Weiner
    * Steve MacLaughlin"

Beyonce + Bacon + Trombones = Holly Ross' breakout performance & NTC scholarships galore!

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