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DECEMBER 7, 2010

Charity Donations: Is there an App for that? If you think Apple should change its nonprofit unfriendly policy about in-app donations on the iPhone, please sign the petition and share with your friends. Meanwhile, I’m going Android shopping. by Rob Cottingham.

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DECEMBER 14, 2008

On December 17th, the Youtube community will participate in a video making party that celebrates charities. YouTube users are invited to make a video about their favorite charity and why they support it. Here's the how to and you can find the templates here. Here's more about this community effort.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

So in the case of a high profile story like Wikileaks and donations , Apple doesn’t need to do a lot of due diligence. But working with a subject-matter expert in nonprofit vetting, Apple improves the odds of catching any less well-known scofflaw charities or potential fundraising scams.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2008

In addition, 10% of the proceeds will benefit a charity to be nominated by the community. That's when I used Twitter for the first time for fundraising for a charity. Was that the first a charity used Twitter for fundraising?

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

Joey (I think) coined a new term, " cause washing." Joey pointed out that Facebook's donation to Donors Choose in lieu of holiday party and Google's $20 million donation to selected charities in lieu of holiday gifts to Adsense and Adwords products is not cause washing.

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OCTOBER 2, 2017

I have my go-to global organizations that do a great job at relief efforts on the ground, set up funds for long-term rebuilding, or do a terrific job of vetting local charities to support. Then, I look for local charities on the ground, many times there is a local community foundation that is stepping up. Local Charities.

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JULY 27, 2011

Flickr Photo by Soyignatus. Millennials (those young, tech savvy, and passionate younger donors) will – as I learned at last month’s Millennial Donor Summit.

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APRIL 5, 2009

Flickr Photo by DaveFishernc Charity Balls, Dinner Dances, Black Tie Charity Events, and other parties where people donate money to a charity to have fun together are nothing new. From an article in the New York Times dated April, 1896 about the Hackensack Hospital's Charity Ball) . Charity Ball 2.0

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AUGUST 28, 2017

When a natural disaster strikes, I make a donation to my go to national or global charities for disaster relief Team Rubicon, Save the Children , and/or Global Giving. I also ask for recommendations for local charities from colleagues. My heart goes out to the victims and I want to help.

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JANUARY 11, 2018

Vinay assembled charity sector thought leaders, representing organisations such as Small Charities Coalition, Comic Relief, Marie Curie, Good Things Foundation and more to discuss digital transformation for charities in the age of mistrust. We need to keep focused on that vision.

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

Last year at this time, Steve Garfield asked Amazon to add charity donations to his Amazon wish list - which included the Sharing Foundation. What charities are you on your wish list? Thanks Steve). This year, Amazon granted his wish ! It's CyberMonday!

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JULY 31, 2008

Charities & The Social Web view presentation (tags: groundswell agile communities storytelling ). Steve Bridger just posted a nice slideshow from a recent workshop.

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MAY 10, 2009

It's called Bullseye Gives, a special Facebook page inviting folks to decide how they should allocate $3 million among ten large institutional charities, including: Parent Teacher Association Feeding America The Salvation Army American Red Cross National Parks Foundation Breast Cancer Research Foundation St.

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DECEMBER 2, 2007

The question: Are there charity badges that work in Australia? encourage kids to give to charity. From my Flickr Photos. A reader who writes the Flip the Bucket Blog left a question in the comments on another blog post. Can anyone answer? I wish I had discovered it for my recent post about encouraging children to give.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Every year Social CEOs hosts an annual award where they seek nominations for the top 30 charity leaders who excel in social media. Social CEOs has also published a briefing to help charity leaders develop their social media skills.

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DECEMBER 8, 2006

via Katya's Non-Profit Marketing Blog Network for Good today launches their charity badges with some great support from Yahoo! You can select the recipient from the charities registered on Network for Good (I selected the Sharing Foundation and donations go to TSF via their NFG account). Now about the badge. s web site.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Harry's last green tip introduced the Charity Contest that allowed readers to submit a comment that included a suggestion about how to save energy or be green and the name of a charity. The winner would be the topic of Harry's video and we'd donate $20 the winner's choice of charity. Please enter the Charity Donation Contest!

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

The charities are listed above - I voted for The Nature Conservancy because Jonathan Colman asked me. TripAdvisor is donating $1 million to 5 great causes, and they're asking you to help them decide how to allocate it! Here's the description from Trip Advisor about why they are doing it.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The tool is based on health records and could transform the way doctors identify, treat and advise patients at risk of heart disease, says the charity. Source: Charity Digital News ). Source: Charity Digital News ). Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about AI for Social Good and Nonprofits.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2008

I'm introducing the the Green Charity Donation Contest! Well, I had to look no further than Little Laura's Twenty Five Days to Make a Difference for inspiration. This month she is helping Project Linus and the Pajama Project). Here's how it works: Leave a comment with your favorite being green tip.

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AUGUST 20, 2013

Charity Water. In a simplistic, success story approach, Charity Water perfectly demonstrated how to convey what their cause is about in a restrained time frame. Now – as we see in the video – Charity Water funding means Sarpan and the other women in Engereda village have water taps right at home. v/bJm0XD7zgUA.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Richard Sved has worked and volunteered in the charity sector for over 20 years. Prior to setting up his own company, 3rd Sector Mission Control , he led the fundraising function for two national charities. Richard’s key strengths lie in charity strategic planning, income generation and communications.

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APRIL 21, 2020

For example, Leonard DiCaprio helped launch America’s Food Fund, a charity created to help low-income families, the elderly, those facing job losses, and children who rely on school meals. He surpassed his goal raising over £20 million pounds for the charity on his Just Giving Page. . Don’t know any celebrities?

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FEBRUARY 11, 2008

What about making a donation to a charity in honor the special someone in your life. Give a Virtual Gift on Facebook and Support Breast Cancer (or another charity) : Thinking about sending a virtual gift, maybe a teddy bear, flowers, hearts, or whatever? Do you have a special techie in your life who works for a nonprofit?

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Refurb & her owner obliged – so long as the recipient donated $10 to an animal protection charity. Before you could even say Meow, the pair had raised nearly $1000 for animal charities. This is a great example of reaching out with some interesting information and familiarising your charity with a relevant audience.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

Before the pandemic, Rhodri Davies, head of policy at Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), authored the 2019 white paper, “ Machine Made Goods: Charities, Philanthropy, and Artificial Intelligence ,” describing the opportunities. “If

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NOVEMBER 6, 2007

I'm working on a piece for the BlogHer Holiday Guide about encouraging children to contribute causes and charities. Winners of the Creative Commons Photo Contest, 2006. In our family, I involve my kids in various fundraising activities - from Cambodia to Creative Commons.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The Skills Platform and Zoe Amar have created the Social Media Toolkit to aid professionals within the charity and third sectors. The aim of the toolkit is to equip the charity sector’s already brilliant professionals with the right foundations, tactics and inspirational case studies to use social media effectively.

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DECEMBER 23, 2008

Tyson's strategy has inspired bloggers and other companies to use this technique to give to charity. Yesterday, I caught a story on NPR about charity giving trends and social media use. Here's a few examples. Mizfit is donating a dime per comment to a local women's shelter.

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

Giving Days organized by local communities are being adopted by many more communities than ever before and a stronger understanding how these efforts can help build the capacity of nonprofits to embrace social media and online giving, engage more donors, and raise awareness of charity giving. The Giving 2.0

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DECEMBER 17, 2008

Today, I learned that QIK will be celebrating their one-year anniversary with a party and charity drive. I became a huge fan of QIK and I was floored with @broy , one of the founders took the time to answer some of my questions on twitter and my blog. If you read this blog and are going to the QIK party, buy lots of schwag!)

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NOVEMBER 22, 2007

Network For Good has a round up charities you can donate to that are providing assistance. The victims of Cyclone Sidr in the southwestern region of Bangladesh have immediate needs for relief items, including food and non-food items, emergency shelter, basic health care, clean water and more.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Happy Giving Tuesday , a national movement to add a day of charity and doing good founded by the 92nd Street Y, the United Nations Foundation and Mashable, and supported by many nonprofits and corporations as well as individuals to jumpstart the giving season in the US. … Read More

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Participants include @GivingTues, @magusgalmarini (Agus Galmarini of the Gates Foundation) @ArielAzoff (Social Impact at Medium), @ meansandrew (Head of Philanthropy & Civic Innovation @Uptake ) and me. The results are in for the 2016 Giving Tuesday!

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

The good folks at Razoo offered me two gift $50 cards , one to make a donation to the charity of my choice and the other to give away. I gave it to my daughter, Sara. I asked her, “If you could give a donation to any charity to support whatever cause you feel is important, what would it be?” Faber is a Philanthroteen.

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DECEMBER 9, 2007

Shaping Youth recommends supporting Age of Conversation to Benefit Variety, The Children's Charity. You can always give the gift of giving by sending a gift card to someone who can select a charity at Network for Good or Global Giving. Rather shop till your drop with a portion of the proceeds going to charity? Support Children.

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AUGUST 26, 2014

Is success of the Ice Bucket Challenge a happy accident for ALS and the people who suffer from the disease or is the first example of the power of crowd charity? Can other nonprofits reproduce it? My answer: yes and no. The Ice Bucket Challenge has raised over $88.5

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