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Funny and Fun Fundraising with Crowdrise, a Big Vision Podcast Interview

Have Fun - Do Good

"I believe Moosejaw is relatively successful because we made it fun, in the same way we're making giving back fun with Crowdrise. You're probably most familiar with Norton (pictured left with Robert) from his roles in films like Fight Club , American History X and 25th Hour , but he's also a committed social and environmental activist.

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What’s the Secret to Social Media Success? Cute Animal Theory

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We know that people would much rather look at pictures of cute dogs than think about downers like climate change. was invented because people want to share cute pictures of their cats. I even did a series of interviews of nonprofit social media professionals and their dogs and its all available on a fun wiki. Cute Dog Photos!

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A goodbye to Facebook and LinkedIn?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It has been fun, in many ways, but I’ve not figured out the utility for me in terms of my work, although others have had a better time of it. Want to show somebody a video or a picture you posted to your profile? Your pictures, videos and everything else is stranded in a walled garden, cut off from the rest of the web.

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Odds and Sods

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I have to admit I’m a sucker for cute pictures of kittens. I think that the whole LOL* lpidgin phenomenon is based on a very specific sort of fun. It’s really worth a read. I’m convinced that I have a sense of humor. Really, I am. Except, well, I just don’t get this LOL* pheonomena.

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Web 2.0 Experiments, snafus and stumbles

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Although I do have to admit its fun to know what a very old friend is listening to on Pandora.) I really could have skipped the pictures of two of my work colleagues necking. :) Kinda fun though. Creepy part: do I really want to know what’s on my ex-girlfriend’s MySpace page? What have I learned in all of this?

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Linux, Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, and Me

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Week 1 I should have taken pictures – unboxing a new laptop is a lot of fun. I have been, unfortunately, a bit hampered by the fact that my satellite modem died last week – so we’ve been on dial up at home (and broadband at the “local&# cafe). But here’s Ubuntu week 1, not edited or smoothed out.

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3 Reasons to Invest in Nonprofit Fundraising Tech Integration – Even During a Recession

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Matthew Dubins, founder of Donor Science Consulting, performed an exhaustive study of the impact of the Great Recession of 2008 on Canadian nonprofits and came to the following conclusion: “…during a recession, it is? It’s exhausting, inefficient, and certainly not fun work. Research backs that up. extremely important ?to