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22 Must-Circle Nonprofits on Google+

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Most nonprofits are still experimenting to discover their Google+ voice and hone in on a frequency of publishing content to the stream that makes Google+ both viable long-term and worth the time spent exploring Google+. Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. To me, the Google+ Stream feels like a mixture of Twitter and Facebook.

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Will the Sharing Economy Catalyze New Forms of Philanthropy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Now that we’ve had some time to reflect, I am wondering about how the Sharing Economy will catalyze new forms of philanthropy and CSR? ” TechSoup’s Lewis Haidt shared a post that challenges to think about how we can all participate with a greater emphasis on the sharing and less on the IPO. Data Philanthropy.

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Giving Tuesday is also promoting many of the ideas in Giving 2.0

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Mother's Day Donation Ideas

Have Fun - Do Good

Donate before May 5th to make sure she receives her card on time. Oxfam America Unwrapped and fund virtual gifts like a pair of school uniforms for $20 , or planting 50 trees for $30. * Your mom will receive a a handmade card made by a woman in their program in Rwanda. Cross-posted from BlogHer.com Mother's Day gift donation

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Share Files and Collaborate Online with Box

Tech Soup

Speed up collaboration by allowing users to review time-sensitive work in the cloud in real time from any device, instead of through traditional file-transfer applications and internal servers. Teach for America , The International Rescue Committee , and Kiva all use Box for content management and collaboration.

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SOCAP: The Market at the Intersection of Money and Meaning

Tech Soup

” They explore social entrepreneurship that stands the test of time. Kiva is a San Francisco based crowd-funding microfinance nonprofit that allows just under a million people to make little micro-loans to poor people around the world. A View of the SOCAP Conference from TechSoup's Booth. It was great to see him.

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Using Chris Brogan's Archimedes Principle To Leverage Nonprofits on Twitter Suggested User List

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I got up really early this morning PST time to fly to the East Coast for some trainings I'm doing. Sean points out the value of being on the list: In June the New York Times wrote about the “suggested user” list. I've been advocating this approach for a long time and in many different blog posts. The principle is about leverage.

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