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JANUARY 9, 2008

I launched a bloggers campaign as part of the Sharing Foundation's America Giving Challenge. I turned to one of my favorite nonprofit marketing bloggers and colleagues, Marc Sirkin , for some advice and help with the America's Giving Challenge for the Sharing Foundation. Sharing Foundation Khmer Literacy Program. Everyday Giving Blog.

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DECEMBER 27, 2007

The America's Giving Challenge will award $50,000 to the project that gets the most unique donors. If we are four of the top causes to get the most unique donors, we'll win $50,000 for the Sharing Foundation as part of America's Giving Challenge.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2008

The final, official results have arrived for America's Giving Challenge and I'm happy say that we came in first place for global causes ! My America's Giving Challenge Dairy. Day 1: We're Entering the America's Giving Challenge. America's Giving Campaign: Bloggers Roundup - Thank You. Special thanks to Michele Martin!

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FEBRUARY 1, 2008

I was so busy online working my social media and social networks that I failed to notice the article from the New York Times about the America's Giving Challenge titled "Charities Vie for Prizes in Online Giving Experiment."

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JUNE 30, 2009

My only regret is that I didn't get a good shot of the cello going through the x-ray machine! My only regret is that I didn't get a good shot of the cello going through the x-ray machine!

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DECEMBER 29, 2007

Roger Carr has said it much better than I can in his post directing his blog readers to the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge fundraiser set up by Michele Martin. Thank you Michele and Roger! I'd also like to point over to Bob Uva's blog post about the supporting the Sharing Foundation. I met Bob through Facebook.

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JANUARY 27, 2008

Via Roger Carr's blog post at Everyday Giving , Dr. Mani was introduced to the Sharing Foundation and became a donor to the America's Giving Challenge campaign. Mani, I am grateful for your support of the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge. He also retwittered to his network. He lives in India.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Exercise Snacking Week – Good Morning America. 10 Creative Ways To Incorporate Quick Bursts of Exercise – Thrive Global. Try Exercise Snacks – Get the Gloss. 7-Minute Exercise Snack – New York Times. How To Stay Fit WFH – Exercise Snacking – Inc.

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JUNE 4, 2018

Check out this year’s agenda and nonprofit track starring Teach for America, DonorsChoose.org, Relief International, PATH, Global Fund for Women and more. The first 800 eligible nonprofit leaders will receive a full scholarship (a greater than $1000 cost savings)! The simple application to request a scholarship is here.

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MAY 8, 2016

What Happened on Give Local America Day? Early on Give Local America Day , reports of slow page loads and server crashes started to trickle in from a couple of community foundations hosting Giving Days using the Kimbia platform. The Give Local America Day is a centralized campaign all on one day using the same platform.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

The quote that stood out for me that sums it all best and it is from the founder of Code for America’s founder, Jennifer Pahlka , “What if we felt about government the way we feel about our iphones?”

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

Dan Michel, Digital Marketing Manager, Feeding America Twitter: @dpmichel. Dan is the Digital Marketing Manager for Feeding America where he oversees the execution of their external digital strategy which includes social media. Social Media Measurement is this month’s theme on the Zoetica Salon hosted on my blog Facebook page.

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MARCH 7, 2012

Another colleague, Shonali Burke , shared with me an amazing way to honor women you admire on March 8th as part of Oxfam America’s International Women’s Day (March campaign. This year, show your appreciation for the inspiring women in your life by sending them Oxfam America’s free International Women’s Day e-card.

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DECEMBER 13, 2007

Here's my initial thinking. I need your help. What else should I consider? I'll be blogging about all my lessons learned over the next 50 days, so you'll benefit too. I'll also be asking people to donate (minimum $10), ask their friends and networks to donate, and help me promote this cause.

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MAY 11, 2010

Photo by HeyDee Almost a year ago, Allison Fine and I finished a reflection paper on the lessons learned from the first America's Giving Challenge from the Case Foundation. This year, we are experimenting with incorporating social media techniques as part of the evaluation process for the second America’s Giving Challenge.

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JULY 27, 2015

I just returned from doing two days of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit training in Mexico City with Oxfam Mexico and participants from offices throughout Latin America, South America, and Caribbean. The use of personal brand on social media was a concept that we needed to adapt for Latin America.

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

One email to David Cush, the CEO of Virgin America and he graciously agreed to help out. Porter Gale Porter Gale is former VP of Marketing at Virgin America. Getting the place ticket was easy. Finding the perfect bone marrow match for Amit Gupta is the real challenge. Go ahead, give G+, Facebook or your Tumblr a workout.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

This year, I'm sitting out the America's Giving Challenge , but this group volunteers, parents of Cambodian adopted children, and board members took the plunge into Facebook. Tags: america giving challenge.

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MAY 27, 2015

Code for America , one of the organizations that we worked with, is already implementing outcome assessments. Code for America tracks their impact on open governance ecosystems by monitoring a range of results, including the number of apps created by fellows that are sustained by municipal administrations.

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DECEMBER 15, 2007

Sina and her two sisters. Sina , age 16, is an orphan and head of her family, and takes care of two younger sisters.

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APRIL 16, 2012

With strong roots in prior national giving events and contests such as Twestival Local and America’s Giving Challenge , we wanted Twive to have the same fun spirit of those early ground-breaking giving events. Cities across America will compete to win their share of $30,000 in award money for a locally-serving nonprofit.

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

(Since Google didn't include a link on the page, I've included a list with links below) I'm curious how they came up with the list - a small committee within Google or did they crowdsource names internally?

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

This will be my first visit to South America and I could not have asked for a more joyous introduction to social good and social media in that country.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2013

The Best Quick Videos about Lean for Social Good: Code for America, SamaUSA and Girl Develop It. At the Lean Impact launch parties we we invited several social good leaders to share how they have used Lean Startup methods in their organizations, including SamaUSA, Code for America and Girl Develop It.

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JANUARY 17, 2018

Her book is based on traveling the country and visiting and interviewing dozens of social entrepreneurs who started nonprofits such as Teach for America, City Year, DonorsChoose, charity:water, and others. Her book shares useful guidance about so many questions that keep those of us in the social sector up at night.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

I can not resist playing with online data mapping tools, so I gave America Gives a spin. Well, a few weeks after it is collected as opposed to after form 990s have been release after year or so. This data, if analyzed, might reveal some predictive trends.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Encouraging nonprofits to embrace this mode of fundraising was the point of the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge , one of the first giving contests launched back in 2007 where I was a first place winner raising funds for Cambodian children.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Luis’s family and other High Andean families have little access to education and training, dramatically limiting their job opportunities despite living in one of the fastest growing adventure tourism destinations in South America.

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JULY 2, 2012

The teacher introduced me as a visitor from America and asked if there the children wanted to ask me any questions. How many beaches does America have? At the Sujaya School, I visited a second grade art class. They were busy drawing planets or rockets. I drew a map on the black board of the US and showed them California.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

.” In Steve Rubel’s Ad Age post, ” The Revolution Won’t Be Televised; It Will Be Instagrammed ” points out some underlying trends that might make some of the hype less hype: Smartphone use has become pervasive, siting recent research reports from Pew Internet for America Life research.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

At the age of 13, my grandfather left his country and ended up as a refugee in America. Despite harsh conditions, he made a new life in a new country, but never forgot his homeland. A branch of my family tree is from the Ukraine. Now, almost 100 years later, I have an opportunity to give back to my ancestral homeland.

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

Facilitated by Lucy Bernholz, the panelists discussed how data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models affect poor and working-class people in America. The point is that algorithms are scaling inherent bias – and should not be used as crystal balls to predict what civil society needs, but be a mirror of civil society.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2008

But many other people across America won't have that luxury. According to the Food Research and Action Center , more than 36 million people lived in households in America struggling against hunger in 2007. Hunger isn't just a problem in America.

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MAY 20, 2014

Read about that in “ How nonprofits are cashing in on the crytocurrency trend ” 3.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

to hear presentations about multi-channel campaigns , including the deck above from Rebecca Willett of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The above presentation comes from the NYC chapter of NTEN’s 501 Tech Club.

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

The “ Because I’m A Girl Campaign ” was to draw the world’s attention to educating girls worldwide by getting supporters to “raise their hands” on October 11th.

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JULY 1, 2010

Enjoying a great view of Manhattan's skyline on the roof of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. (L How Nonprofits can Leverage Geolocation Services by Beth Kanter. ::::::::::::::::::::::::: Special thanks to our wonderful hosts, Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

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