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Slacktivism: Can Cartoons Raise Awareness or Just Make Us Feel Good?

NetWits

In an effort to raise awareness for child abuse, thousands of Facebook users changed their profile photos to one of their favorite childhood cartoon characters (full disclosure: mine was Underdog.) Most of my Facebook friends had jumped on the bandwagon by Saturday night, as you can see by the screen shot below collected from my news feed.

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The 2010 NTC Scholarship Campaign: Your Chance to Embarrass the Entire NTEN Staff

NTEN

The 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference is off to an terrific start. We're going to raise another $10,000 (matched dollar for dollar by Convio) for the NTC scholarship campaign this year -- and send another 57 people down to Hot-lanta. . Ladies and gentlemen, I can proudly report that we are on a roll. . Spread the Word.

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Free Webinar November 10: 4 Simple Steps to Raising All the Money Your Nonprofit Needs

Tech Soup

Join Sandy Rees and GiftWorks on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. Sandy Rees, CFRE, is a fundraising coach who has a passion for showing nonprofit staff and boards how to raise money and build support for their missions. Subscribe to their blog feed to find out more! Eastern time for a free fundraising webinar.

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Great reads from around the web on October 25th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Women Give 2010 is the first report to compare philanthropic giving between men and women across all income levels based on a nationally representative sample.

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The 2010 NTC Scholarship Campaign: Your Chance to Embarrass the Entire NTEN Staff

NTEN

The 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference is off to an terrific start. We're going to raise another $10,000 (matched dollar for dollar by Convio) for the NTC scholarship campaign this year -- and send another 57 people down to Hot-lanta. Ladies and gentlemen, I can proudly report that we are on a roll. Spread the Word.

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Writing for Fundraising: Fundraising Appeal Writing Tips for Non-Profit Professionals

The Storytelling Non-profit

I’ve been writing fundraising copy since 2010. If there’s one thing that I’ve learned in 11 years of writing and millions of dollars I’ve raised, it’s that writing for fundraising is its own genre. But as I tell my students and clients regularly, writing to raise money is a learnable skill that you can master.

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Great reads from around the web on January 24th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You may recall that the NTEN community recently helped us raise over $15,000 to host more local events throughout 2012. " Is email going out with 2011?

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