The Washington Post did a great article today that reinforces the value of nonprofits' using email as a core fundraising strategy rather then social networks. "Show me the money." That’s what nonprofits are asking of Facebook Causes pages. This organization had grown to be one of the largest Facebook Causes, with over 1 million members.

This morning the Washington Post published an article titled " To Nonprofits Seeking Cash, Facebook App Isn't So Green: Though Popular, 'Causes' Ineffective for Fundraising."    Flickr Photo by Vaguely Artistic. When I first saw the article, I thought it was the article from a year ago where they said basically the same thing.  Proclaiming

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CLEAR Training: Social Media and Mobile Phones View more OpenOffice presentations from kanter. I'm back in DC where I facilitated two workshops on social media. The first session I co-lead with Katrin Verclas which was a look at social media and mobile tools. It was a great opportunity for me to learn a little bit more about mobile tools. 

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Association Bisnow - Washington: "Over 100 execs (and another 5,000 watching online) descended on Venable's offices for Buzz2009, to hear the former Apple leader tout Twitter, at an event sponsored by SmartBrief and SocialFish. WHAT A GUY!

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KIDS MAKE THE DARNDEST READERS - Association Bisnow - Washington: "How do you turn your Twitter followers and Facebook friends into members? Yesterday, we joined 25 association types at an ASAE idea swap at the Reagan Building to talk about social media.