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Save the Children Alternative Gift Catalog: Amazing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Just adding to the meme of alternative gift giving ideas that Steve Garfield started last week. What is your favorite alternative gift-giving site or program? Save the Children. As with my previous post, this is an open invitation to any shop for a cause or gift the gift of a donation to a charity service or project to leave a comment.

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

of America v. The Chafee Amendment allows authorized nonprofit entities like Benetech to create accessible versions of copyrighted books without the need to request permission from publishers (or pay a royalty) and then to distribute these versions exclusively to people with qualifying disabilities. Universal City Studios, Inc.,

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34 Clever Summer Fundraising Ideas

Whole Whale

Take a look at how HikeFor.com is helping Donate Life America raise funds. We love the New York Public Library’s Anti-Proms , which provide an alternative, safe space regardless of sexuality, gender identity, and any other reason for NYC teens. Use a crowdfunding strategy or strategic peer-to-peer asks. Host a Prom for a Purpose.

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Hone Your Craft: The Art of Nonprofit Storytelling

NonProfit Hub

Whether it comes in the form of a book, a comic, a movie or a video game, we all have stories that we like and ones that we decidedly dislike. Even stories about alternate worlds and mystical creatures get us caught in the feels. This article was originally published in Nonprofit Hub Magazine. Everyone has a favorite story.

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Most Popular Leadership Posts So Far This Year

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Most Popular Post In his new book, Fail Fast or Win Big: The Start-up Plan for Starting Now , author Bernhard Schroeder gives you the edge he believes you'll need to be an entrepreneur who can launch a profitable business—in 90 days or less. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind.

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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

America didn’t seem like such a mess in the foreign media. That said, I often joke to friends that when I retire from online activism/communications I am going to open a print book and stationary store that serves martinis, plays Pandora, and offers free handwriting classes. By early December I was anxious, angry, and hopeless.

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Research Friday: Social Impact Bonds: A New Tool for Scaling Impact

ASU Lodestar Center

Alexis de Tocqueville, a French early nineteenth century political thinker and scholar known for his book Democracy in America , often pondered questions of societal well-being, or social policy. SIBs provide an alternative to traditional philanthropy, government contracts, and low profit corporations. Alexis de Tocqueville.

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