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Things We Like (October 2008)

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Pledge money to purchase online game tokens, which you can send to anybody. Mercy Corps' Action Center to End World Hunger. Along with RealClearPolitics , it keeps political junkies better fed than a zombie in WalMart's brains aisle. Pumpkin cookies ! Play2Cures , from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Altruism gets nary a mention.

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Convio 2008 Innovator Awards

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Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program. Honorable Mention: CauseForce and Project Bread - The Walk for Hunger. They created a creative online check-in process that allowed people to check in for the event online and pledge to complet fundraising post-event. Special Events Fundraising.

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Convio 2008 Innovator Awards - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program Honorable Mention: National Parks Conservation Association Winner: Freepress for their StopBigMedia.com campaign Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. Komen for the Cure race.

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How To Use Information You Already Have To Personalize Constituent Experiences Online

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We recently sent out a thank-you email to thank our community for successes during Hunger Action Month in September. We used a "pledge to donate garden produce" to invite those folks interested in our Teaching Garden to a special open house event at the Food Bank. In 2008, CAFB distributed more than 17 million pounds of food.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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How do we do make change if we keep doing things the same way?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Maybe the answer is some kind of quarterly bounty which, as soon as financial pledges reach a certain amount, the publication goes to open license (or maybe that’s when the next issue is commenced). Maybe the answer is for a single donor to step forward and fund the next half dozen issues. I really don’t know.

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