Category Archives: Philanthropy

Blog posts by Ryan Hodgson that relate to philanthropy and/or the nonprofit world. As the founder and president of the nonprofit; Team Up for Nonprofits, I share my observations, lessons learned, trends and perceived opportunities.

Lets get Kris Orlowski and Andrew Joslyn’s EP “Pieces We Are” in the TOP 10 (or 5) on the iTunes Singer-Songwriter Charts

Many of you have seen tweets of Facebook posts from me about Kris Orlowski over the past two years.  You may have also read my “Band of the Week” post about him here on my blog.  If you have, hopefully … Continue reading

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Tickets to Team Up’s Gigs4Good for Seattle Works Selling Fast

So I may have stepped down as President (see my previous post), but I’m not going to slow down in terms of promoting and supporting the nonprofit I founded. Next Thursday night (4/12) we have a line-up playing at Team … Continue reading

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The Good Reasons Why I Stepped Down as President of Team Up

Over the past two and a half years almost every day I’ve gone to bed and woken up  thinking about Team Up for Nonprofits, the 501(c) organization I founded.  As you might guess it takes a lot of time and energy … Continue reading

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Get on board a business for the future!

Recently I’ve been working as a freelance marketing consultant under the name Fremantle Management.  Working independently has it’s ups and downs but the biggest challenge I think, is facing your own short comings as you face the world alone, without … Continue reading

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Andrea Gibson – pure inspiration

Someone very special is performing in Seattle this week, some of you may have heard of her, many probably have not.  The fact that most of you haven’t heard of the name Andrea Gibson is a sign to me that … Continue reading

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The Symphony Guild – A man’s passion to help children!

For the fourteenth year Grammy Award winning composer and Seattle native Mateo Messina has composed a world premiere symphony to benefit uncompensated care at Seattle Children’s Hospital.  ’The Last Wonder of the World” will feature John Ondrasik of Five For … Continue reading

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Tonight: WineUp – A meet-up for Team Up!

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been back to Australia on vacation and have totally neglected my blog.  What better excuse to get back in the saddle than to promote an event for my favorite nonprofit that includes my … Continue reading

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Huffington Post mention is recognition for everyone involved with Team Up!

Last Friday I was included in a blog post in the Huffington Post titled “39 Inspiring Men and Their Passion for Charity”.  It was penned by three incredible people in Sean Gardner (2morrowknight), Amy Neumann and Yasamin Beitollahi and featured … Continue reading

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The new Survey Monkey Facebook App could help your nonprofit

So you work at a nonprofit, you have built your social media strategy and your engage with your followers just like everyone tells you to.  Now what? One of the things you can do to take engagement a step further … Continue reading

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Get Swanky with me for a cause!

One of my favorite nonprofits, Seattle Works is having a fundraising event that will be a blast to attend so I’m putting a table of 10 together.  Swank is a gala fundraiser on Saturday, October 1st.  It features silent and … Continue reading

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