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Are Crowd Funding Platforms the New Patrons of Independent Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. The Little Golden books from my childhood, non-fiction books that revolutionized my perspective of the world and novels that I rarely take the luxury of reading. January 21.

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Which Crowdfunding Platform Is Best for Your Organization?

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based projects, pledges are processed by Amazon Payments. Indiegogo is quite a bit more flexible than Kickstarter, giving you the option to choose an "all-or-nothing model or to keep your pledges whether you not you reach your goal. If a project succeeds, Kickstarter will charge a 5% fee to the funds collected.

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Which Crowdfunding Platform Is Best for Your Organization?

Tech Soup

based projects, pledges are processed by Amazon Payments. Indiegogo is quite a bit more flexible than Kickstarter, giving you the option to choose an "all-or-nothing model or to keep your pledges whether you not you reach your goal. If a project succeeds, Kickstarter will charge a 5% fee to the funds collected.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Several of her regular readers including Deb Roby have pledged to match her donations to their favorite charity. Why not give a small donation to help a school in Africa, like Epic Change's projects or find a project in a corner of the world that is meaningful to you. If you're a blogger, you can run a comment for a donation contest.

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