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Bitcoin for Nonprofits: Cryptocurrency Fundraising for the Future

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Bitcoin was launched on January 3, 2008, in the midst of the financial crisis and bank bailouts. Some organizations already accepting cryptocurrency donations include the United Way, Charity Navigator, the Lupus Foundation of America , the Human Rights Foundation , Red Cross, UNICEF, and Mercy for Animals. Why does that matter?

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Sen. Kennedy and Sen. Hatch Introduce Serve America Act of 2008 at Service Nation Summit

Have Fun - Do Good

This morning at the Service Nation Summit , Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), represented by his niece, Caroline Kennedy, announced that they are introducing the Serve America Act of 2008. Establish a "Volunteer Generation Fund" to help nonprofit organizations recruit and manage more volunteers.

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Encouraging Generosity On Social Networks: Assessing America's Giving Challenge and Reflections from Craigslist Nonprofit Bootcamp

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Of note, I wanted to let you know that the reflection paper about America's Giving Challenge from the Case Foundation has been published ( Allison Fine and I were the co-authors.) My take away was from something that Marnie Webb said, "The new tools allow people to self-organize, something that nonprofits have been great at doing.

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The 2009 America's Giving Challenge

Care2

In 2007-2008 America’s Giving Challenge encouraged 70,000 individuals to help raise more than $1.8 million for nonprofit organizations. With the explosion of social media, America’s Giving Challenge hopes to get even more people involved this year and raise a lot more money for nonprofits.

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Favorite Do-Good Books of 2008

Have Fun - Do Good

Her, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide was on my Favorite Do-Good Book of 2007 list. PhilanTopic included the book on its list of Best Philanthropy-Related Books of 2008. Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky What I loved about Shirky's book was that it wasn't about Web 2.0

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HOW TO: Claim Your Nonprofit’s Spot Page on Gowalla

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Similar to Myspace and Facebook in 2007 and 2008, there’s seemingly a geographic difference between Foursquare and Gowalla users. In large urban areas Fousquare dominates, but in smaller towns across America (and the globe) there’s a growing number of Gowalla users. NonprofitOrgs on Gowalla.

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How the Alabama Eye Bank Runs Its Entire Organization on FileMaker

Tech Soup

Most organizations nowadays, TechSoup included, rely on their databases to do their work. that are members of the nonprofit Eye Bank Association of America. The organization has just two IT people to keep its systems running. The eye bank's database has to be powerful and easy to use by many people. The Global Sight Network.

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