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Great reads from around the web on August 15th

Amy Sample Ward

Like ‘how many times can I invite my Facebook friends to a fundraising event before it’s considered spam?’ Wikipedia Rolling Out Article Rating System – What Do You Think? – "Love it or hate it, you can't say Wikipedia is slow to innovate. ’ Well, now’s your chance!

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Need a copy editor? Look in the mirror

M+R

This doesn’t mean you need to turn your copy into a Wikipedia article. The greatest enemy of a direct response email is the spam filter. If you are addressing breaking news, a piece of legislation, a court case, a research finding, make sure you give enough background so it make sense to someone who has not heard of it before.

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The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 Consultants and Vendors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. However if you, as a well-meaning representative of an organization, try to inject your side into the debate, your edits might be summarily deleted and you may be accused of violating Wikipedia rules in quite harsh terms.

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The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 Consultants and Vendors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. However if you, as a well-meaning representative of an organization, try to inject your side into the debate, your edits might be summarily deleted and you may be accused of violating Wikipedia rules in quite harsh terms.

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Spam Filters Arent Blocking my Emails, Are They? - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

» Tuesday Aug 08 2006 Spam Filters Arent Blocking my Emails, Are They? Tuesday, August 8, 2006 at 11:38AM | by shannon Source: Wikipedia/Yotophoto.com When you send out a newsletter or email blast, you probably figure that your message will be seen by everyone you send it to, right? That might not be the case. com , Inc.

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NpTechTag Summary: NpTech Blog Buzz, NGOS at Demo 07, and Moulin

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The offline wikipedia, Moulin. Personal Fundraising and Open Source Deductions Article in the Seattle Times about personal fundraising, Hoping To Help Darfur $1 at a Time that focuses on Darfurwall.org that has successfully raiased $30,000 in very small donations - $1 per person. Check it out. Other blog coverage here.

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