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Great reads from around the web on June 29th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). – Amy Schiller – The Atlantic – “Charity is for patsies. ” Which Social Networks Are Growing Fastest Worldwide?

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Must-Read Reports for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Many of these reports are published on an annual basis, so please be sure to bookmark this post and I’ll keep the the list updated as new reports are released. 3) 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report :: Download. 10) 2011 Nonprofit Sector in Brief: Public Charities, Giving and Volunteering :: Download.

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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005.

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Great reads from around the web on January 6th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). For one thing, they hand partial control over charity brand names and trademarks to users who are often unknown to the nonprofit groups they support.

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Great reads from around the web on January 15th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Between now and January 22, people who add the application can vote up to five times for five individual charities. Thanks for all that you are doing, ARC!

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Great reads from around the web on October 18th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Lasa launches Big Society online survey – "The charity Lasa is conducting an online survey, called Big Society, Big Deal? ."

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15 Lessons Learned from Donating Online to 32 Nonprofits

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The 32 nonprofits were bookmarked for a donation and selected because they were effective at grabbing my attention and sparking an inspiration to give through their tweets. Ten of the 32 nonprofits (31%) included a call-to-share the donation on social networks on their “Thank You” landing page. Greenpeace.

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