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Why Can’t the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector Scale Generosity? #givedaylessons

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What Happened on Give Local America Day? Early on Give Local America Day , reports of slow page loads and server crashes started to trickle in from a couple of community foundations hosting Giving Days using the Kimbia platform. The Give Local America Day is a centralized campaign all on one day using the same platform.

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Good Food Revolution: Will Allen of Growing Power

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He is also a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, and in February 2010, he was invited to the White House to join First Lady Michelle Obama in launching, "Let's Move!" - her signature leadership program to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity in America. I also saw a more recent profile of him this spring on Food Forward.

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How Many Hours Per Week Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Social Media?

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If your nonprofit does international development in Asia or Latin America, try Hi5 or Quepasa. As with Facebook in 2007 and Twitter in 2008, the early adopters began experimenting with location-based communities in 2009. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits on Amazon.

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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. The next day, a big order of diapers came in from Amazon – and they thought it must be her that donor that left the comment.

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The Future of the Nonprofit Office: Working from Home v2.0

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Look for Amazon, Rackspace, Google, and Microsoft to continue spending a lot of time and effort in this area, liberating us from our hardware prisons. . Grant Howe brings more than 16 years of experience to his role as VP of research & development for Sage North America's Nonprofit Solutions business, based in Austin, Texas.

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Favorite Do-Good Books of 2008

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Her, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide was on my Favorite Do-Good Book of 2007 list. If you're going to purchase a copy on Amazon, buy it though the Three Cups of Tea site so that Mortenson's organization will get up to 7% of the proceeds.

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Guest Post by Gaurav Mishra: The 4Cs Social Media Framework

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Netroots community is built around progressive politics in America. Amazon and Netflix are able to offer us recommendations based on our (implicit) browsing, (implicit) buying and (explicit) rating behavior and comparing it to the behavior of other people like us. The social object can be a person, a place, a thing or an idea.