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MARCH 4, 2008

What were your goals going into the project? March 4, 2008 | Carie This girl is on the ball! March 4, 2008 | Carol Rados Copyright © 2008, Care2.com James OMalley: Why did you decide to host this competition? Great campaigning! All rights reserved. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

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MARCH 3, 2008

What were your goals going into the project? March 4, 2008 | Carie This girl is on the ball! March 4, 2008 | Carol Rados Copyright © 2008, Care2.com James OMalley: Why did you decide to host this competition? Great campaigning! All rights reserved. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

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JUNE 17, 2009

Environmental Groups Prompt EPA to Block Five Mountaintop Mining Projects For several years, Sierra Club , EarthJustice and Appalachian Voices have campaigned strongly to end mining projects that involve blasting away entire peaks, then dumping millions of tons of waste rock in the valleys below, causing permanent damage to the ecosystem.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Receive monthly updates 1 Comment | by Share Article Reader Comments (1) What sold me on this project was how you & John used existing tools to connect regular citizens with a non-profit on the fly. February 20, 2009 | David Morton Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Very succinct, and (hopefully) replicable. com , Inc.

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APRIL 22, 2009

Elana Wolowitz (EW): Im pretty sure we started in May or June of 2008. We try to keep it light, informal, and funny -- providing helpful resources and interesting links, and being responsive to our followers, while also using it as a way to crowdsource and get buy-in and guidance on new projects. What inspired you to join?

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NOVEMBER 17, 2006

" These ideas might include pilot projects, commercial products and leadership initiatives that will improve the flow of information and news in the public interest. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 60) Search « How can nonprofits make money off of this? Post a Comment | by Share Article in Misc. All rights reserved.

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

Project Bread won the “Special Events Fundraising” prize for growing online donations 200% in two years, exceeding $1 MM in 2007. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com and see how many weeks of food, for a family of four, your donation could provide. The campaign raised $40K and leveraged a corporate partnership.

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AUGUST 16, 2008

July 31, 2008 | Jordan Viator Hatef, Your article is very informative, especially for new social media users like my self. I have used Youtube in some of my projects and so far I seen great results. Good work February 25, 2009 | Mario Erazo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com com , Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Response: Why Project Agape’s Causes > Second Life by Allan Benamer at Non-Profit Tech Blog on September 18, 2007 I’m having a REALLY tough time endorsing nonprofit ventures in Second Life simply because of one metric which is often overlooked: marginal cost of participation in a virtual world doesn’t decrease quickly enough.

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MAY 4, 2009

Thanks to the Internet, open data efforts, and open source software projects, a variety of free and low-cost tools are now available that allow NPO/community group staff to dive into mapping. What nonprofits can learn from the presidential campaigns (and other nonprofits’) 2008 online efforts Designed by Heather Holdridge | Care2.com

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JULY 14, 2008

July 31, 2008 | Jordan Viator Hatef, Your article is very informative, especially for new social media users like my self. I have used Youtube in some of my projects and so far I seen great results. Good work February 25, 2009 | Mario Erazo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com com , Inc.

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APRIL 14, 2009

This article was written by Jen Nedeau, Project Manager at New Media Strategies and blogger. April 15, 2009 | Gwynne Kostin Copyright © 2008, Care2.com With a little practice and interaction online, you can turn a crisis that appears to be a steep mountain into a rolling hill. Reader Comments (4) Great tips, Jen.

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MAY 15, 2009

Organize projects, such as a volunteer beach cleanup activity. In the Google Earth case studies, the projects all had real world impact but they remained focused on that, and not on just using everything that maps can do. May 15, 2009 | Anne Dougherty Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2008

So if a charity needed to build a well, for example, they could set that project for the month on Facebook, and really rally people behind that one specific project. February 19, 2008 | Rob Pierson Hi. Ruth, Religion Newswriters Association December 3, 2008 | Ruth Portnoy Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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FEBRUARY 13, 2008

So if a charity needed to build a well, for example, they could set that project for the month on Facebook, and really rally people behind that one specific project. February 19, 2008 | Rob Pierson Hi. Ruth, Religion Newswriters Association December 3, 2008 | Ruth Portnoy Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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MARCH 4, 2009

” 10) Find Your Voice And Know Your Audiences: While it’s important to determine the kind of voice you want your website content to project it’s also critical that you tailor each web section to your target audience. My post can be read at [link] May 2, 2009 | param Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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JULY 10, 2008

He grew up in Tennessee, got a history degree from Harvard, worked in Manhattan for the Edison Project, then bought a home in Toronto where he rests and plays with his wife and their two sons ages 11 and 7. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com To create a new comment, use the form below. com , Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Make it easy and meaningful Network for Good offered these perennial tips in their holiday tips last season (paraphrased below): Make the gift real – tell donors in concrete terms the impact their gift will make (think Oxfam Unwrapped and the Heifer Project’s gift guide ). Hope staff at npos find it useful. Great article!

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Make it easy and meaningful Network for Good offered these perennial tips in their holiday tips last season (paraphrased below): Make the gift real – tell donors in concrete terms the impact their gift will make (think Oxfam Unwrapped and the Heifer Project’s gift guide ). Hope staff at npos find it useful. Great article!

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Sometimes, its worth contacting a local university or technical college to see if your video would fit as a student project. Thats why we typically provide a registration module and track this info for our clients. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com They can get a donated or subsidized videographer and/or editor.

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MAY 7, 2007

Also - we had a complete strategy around this project, from building the profile to building the friends list. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 60) Search « Care2 in the Press: Dawn Gets Greener With Care2 | Main | New M+R Study: Online Fundraising Tactics -- What Works? To create a new comment, use the form below.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Those days are long gone: Creating a website, which used to be a weekend project by the president’s niece, has become a large endeavor involving various vendors and consultants. September 14, 2007 | TheMySpaceConsultant Copyright © 2008, Care2.com I believe that we will soon see a class of web 2.0 All rights reserved.

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AUGUST 7, 2007

The very cool Causes application by Project Agape enables anyone with a Facebook account to support and engage their Facebook networks to support a "Cause" - be it "Save the Seals!," 60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It? " "End Global Warming!

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JULY 24, 2007

The very cool Causes application by Project Agape enables anyone with a Facebook account to support and engage their Facebook networks to support a "Cause" - be it "Save the Seals!," 60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It? " "End Global Warming!

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NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Those days are long gone: Creating a website, which used to be a weekend project by the president’s niece, has become a large endeavor involving various vendors and consultants. September 14, 2007 | TheMySpaceConsultant Copyright © 2008, Care2.com I believe that we will soon see a class of web 2.0 All rights reserved.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Some groups like The Sudan Genocide Intervention Project and Dennis Kucinich chose to hide the number of friends they had. Its just a case of how to tap into it in a cost effective way March 17, 2008 | Steve Harold - Hypnotherapy Copyright © 2008, Care2.com How many comments do nonprofits have? All rights reserved.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Some groups like The Sudan Genocide Intervention Project and Dennis Kucinich chose to hide the number of friends they had. Its just a case of how to tap into it in a cost effective way March 17, 2008 | Steve Harold - Hypnotherapy Copyright © 2008, Care2.com How many comments do nonprofits have? All rights reserved.

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JANUARY 23, 2008

60) Search « Join WVU for Integrated Marketing Degree Information Session | Main | So Easy, a Chicken Could Do It: frogloop 2008 Reader Survey » Wednesday Jan 23 2008 Who Will Be the Next $100,000 Purpose Prize Winner? Start your nomination today for the 2008 Purpose Prize. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

September 9, 2008 | Andrea Hill Interesting project. November 22, 2008 | Marian Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 60) Search « Is It Worth It? The fact that everyone currently viewing the ad sees the change is a bit disappointing: arguably, the whole thing could just be canned. Still, its engaging!

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JULY 18, 2007

September 9, 2008 | Andrea Hill Interesting project. November 22, 2008 | Marian Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 60) Search « Is It Worth It? The fact that everyone currently viewing the ad sees the change is a bit disappointing: arguably, the whole thing could just be canned. Still, its engaging!

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APRIL 21, 2008

60) Search « M+R and NTEN CMS, Email, Fundraising Benchmarks Study | Main | 51% of Donors Not At All Interested in Social Networks » Monday Apr 21 2008 EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life Monday, April 21, 2008 at 02:56PM | by Caitlin Ochs Imagine having the ability to translate virtual reality into actual reality.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Re-project online income now. We are seeing organizations whose income projections are the product of happier times. Sincerely Victor February 8, 2009 | victorseo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 60) Search « Patch-Through Call Services – Finally Ready for Prime Time? Don’t stint on cultivation.

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APRIL 21, 2008

60) Search « M+R and NTEN CMS, Email, Fundraising Benchmarks Study | Main | 51% of Donors Not At All Interested in Social Networks » Monday Apr 21 2008 EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life Monday, April 21, 2008 at 02:56PM | by Caitlin Ochs Imagine having the ability to translate virtual reality into actual reality.

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APRIL 16, 2008

There’s been a significant shift as nonprofits go from thinking of the Internet as a stand-alone project to a core part of their fundraising and marketing programs. March 13, 2008 | Carie Wow! November 5, 2008 | pavlo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Seriously tho, great interview! Hope youre doing well!

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MARCH 4, 2008

There’s been a significant shift as nonprofits go from thinking of the Internet as a stand-alone project to a core part of their fundraising and marketing programs. March 13, 2008 | Carie Wow! November 5, 2008 | pavlo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Seriously tho, great interview! Hope youre doing well!

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MARCH 13, 2009

Attendees learned how to work with specific data sets (FEC), track congressional activites using GovTrack.org , and keep tabs on state legislatures through projects like Knowledge As Power , which enables citizens of Washington State to track that activities of their state legislature. said Greg Elin of the Sunlight Foundation.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2006

Pope I just stopped by to offer a followup on the Veeker/YouthNoise project, VeekTheVote 2006 that you featured above. Pope Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 60) Search « Featured Article from Care2 News Network (our own little digg) | Main | Hey Voters, Will You Be My Friends on Myspace? November 6, 2006 | Kemble K.

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