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NpTech Tag Summary: Best Wishes for Healthy, Happy, and Social 2008!

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Chronicle of Philanthropy has a roundup of predictions for 2008 from. Some bloggers, like Skelliewag, highlighted the best of best of their blog posts , while CogDog blog took the opposite approach and look at the Top 0 list. And finally, Chris Brogan focused on needs for 2008. What are the nptech social media needs for 2008?

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Women in Nonprofit Technology Who Rock: Adding to Fast Company's Most Influential Women in Technology List

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So, when Lynne Johnson from Fast Company asked me to blog a list, I thought I'd create a nonprofit technology category and acknowledge the work of these awesome women: Nonprofit Technology Marnie Webb is the Co-CEO of TechSoup Global and creator of Netsquared and was voted most valuable person in the nonprofit technology field in 2008.

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

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If you know of campaigns and lessons learned that haven't been included, please leave a comment: August 2007 I launched a campaign to raise money and get t-shirts donated for the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. January 2008 As the first place winner in the America's Giving Challenge for Global Causes, I use several twitter strategies.

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

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Beth's Birthday Cause I was listening to a story on Marketplace on NPR this afternoon with Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell who reviewed their 2008 financial goals and graded themselves on their accomplishments. Chris Farrell set a 2008 goal to make his charitable giving a monthly activity, not a mad rush in December.

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NPTech Summary: Happy Holidays!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ed Schipu l, who grew a mustache for children with cancer last week, created a peavator. We'll be back before 2008 with a roundup of 2007. It all started when Susan Reynolds , a social media maven and artist, was diagnosed with breast cancer and started a blog to write about her experience and used twitter to fight her cancer.

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Day 1: Connecting Up Conference: Brisbane, Australia

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He talked about his first personal fundraising campaign - for cancer research in his mother's memory. Generally I wrote an honest comment and respond to what the blogger wrote. Priscilla has a set of simple guidelines for the bloggers. Bill Strathmann Opened with his personal story about he got started with Networked For Good.

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SXSW Panels Offer Key Advice to Nonprofits - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Make it interesting and it will just happen," said Dave Neff of American Cancer Society (Social Media ROI Poetry Slam). March 30, 2009 | rabia Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Maybe success is as simple as providing something people want. March 27, 2009 | Dave Steadman So nicely put, Ill have to pass along to client. Cheers, Ali!