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Money talks: Why tuning into the Giving Pledge matters 

Candid

As the saying goes, “Money talks,” and there’s no better example of this than the Giving Pledge and its effect on the social sector. To date, 241 individuals with a cumulative net worth easily surpassing $1 trillion have made the pledge—a public commitment to give the majority of their fortunes to charity.

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9 Social Media for Social Good Sites You Should know About

NetWits

Crowdrise came on the scene with a big splash in 2010. Jumo is another social media for social good platform that entered the mix in 2010. The core benefit of Jumo is it’s ability to surface news and information about the causes and charities you support in a central location. 1) Crowdrise – [link].

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Rethinking Books: Buy A Good Book for A Good Cause

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In his words: The notion of the paper book as merely a package for information is slowly becoming obsolete. Ashton pledged to donate 10,000 mosquito nets to MNM if he got there first, and his pledge catapulted him to success. There must be other reasons on offer, or smart people will go digital, or read something free.

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The Best Donation Platforms for Nonprofits

Whole Whale

Their founders cover the overhead cost to keep the Forever Free Pledge going, and as such they’ve been able to share the wealth with the Malala Fund, Girl Scouts, StoryCorps, and March for Our Lives. Founded: 2014 Give Lively builds tech for peak fundraising experiences on both the donor and nonprofit side.

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Foundation Transparency – Foundation Center’s Surprising Glass Pockets Website

Tech Soup

Chronicle of Philanthropy published a great announcement of the project a few months after its launch in 2010. Looking Inside Foundations: Who Has Glass Pockets List provides an easy way for foundations to see what their peers are doing in terms of online information disclosure. Governance Policies & Information.

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Live blogging from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit: Successfully Going Mobile

Amy Sample Ward

millions PCs in Q4 2010. Millennials want basic information and tools for action. 79% of respondents volunteered in 2010, and they prefer to do it in groups. For example, a bike-a-thon in Texas has a Ride for Life app so that people can keep track of pledges and fundraising, see where others are, etc. Why mobile?

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Using Salesforce to Cultivate Donor Relationships

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Prior to founding Cloud for Good , I worked for a nonprofit organization that loved to collect information. It was a great tool to analyze quantitative information but it did not enable me to manage relationships between the information I tracked; Excel is “flat”. They could not access the information when they needed it most.