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22 Online Gift Stores That Benefit Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

These are the best numbers we’ve seen since the beginning of the Great Recession in late December 2007. The profits from the BeadforLife Store go into training and community programs in Uganda and education in North America. The National Retail Federation predicts that holiday sales this year will increase 4.1

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[PODCAST] INSPIRE with Jeff Nelson

NonProfit Hub

He has led OneGoal since March 2007, overseeing vast programmatic expansion and guiding strategic planning efforts. Jeff began his career as a sixth grade elementary teacher and Teach For America corps member at O’Keeffe Elementary School in Chicago. In this episode, Randy talks with Jeff Nelson, CEO and co-founder of OneGoal.

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How to Raise Money for Your Favorite Cause with America's Giving Challenge and the Causes Giving Challenge

Have Fun - Do Good

Everyone's buzzing about the Case Foundation's America's Giving Challenge and the Causes Giving Challenge. Here's how: How to Join America's Giving Challenge (December 13, 2007-January 31, 2008) 1. Go to the America's Giving Challenge page in Parade Magazine. Want to help out your favorite cause? Click on "Get Started."

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The search for good web conferencing, take 2

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

at 3:56 pm Great America Networks Conferencing has a WebConferencing tool called QuickVisuals that lets you share your desktop, PowerPoint, video files, webcam from a PC/Mac/Linux platform easily. Other thing is that I noticed that they seemed to recently get certified by Skype… for both their PC and Mac versions.

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Chicago-Area Nonprofits: 2010 Technology Leadership Award Applications Due January 29

Tech Soup

Lumity , a nonprofit organization serving the Chicago region for 25 years, "helps charitable organizations to more effectively fulfill their missions through technology, financial support services, and training." Learn more about them from this short video. Past Technology Leadership Award Recipients.

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How Can Nonprofits Increase Leadership and Staff Diversity?

ASU Lodestar Center

Many nonprofits whose missions have a human welfare component are addressing issues that occur as a result of a lack of inclusion and respect for the rights of people who are not part of the dominant culture in America. It is essential to many organizational missions to have a staff that is reflective of the community being served.

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How To Put Social Fundraising On Steroids: Community Giving Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was an early adopter of this approach back in 2006 and over the years I have had the opportunity to raise over $250,000 for a charity that supports Cambodian children using these techniques as part of online giving contests like the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge.

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