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Great reads from around the web on December 25th

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). UnConference and holiday discount | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – NonProfit 2.0 Unconference is coming to Washington, D.C.,

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Tips to Humanize Your Social Media

Care2

Unconference this really resonated with me when Paul Young of charity: water said in his keynote, what if your online communications (website, social media, fundraising appeals) looked like how you talked. There has been a lot of great discussion over the past year about organizations striving to be more human. Is it positive?

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Women Who Tech: Tools and Apps to Energize your Base

Amy Sample Ward

This is great for use in your Twitter messages but also in emails or even text messages. Your interested followers may actually be checking twitter during their lunch break, or in the evening, and not when you’re at work at posting! This may be other organizations/partners, donors, volunteers, fundraisers, event attendees, etc.

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Notes from SOCAP09: Thoughts on Micro-Donations, Crowd-Sourcing, Radical Collaborations, and Mobile Tech

Tech Soup

On Thursday, I attended the unconference/open space portion of SOCAP09 (Social Capital Markets 2009). That is really the reason we even do face-to-face these days, as much of the content at conferences is pretty much the same conversation again and again, at least in the nonprofit tech world (Twitter or Facebook?

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Thank You For Making The Networked Nonprofit Launch A Hit!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We had a lot of fun with the Ustream live stream and Twitter chat where we discussed the themes from the book and answer questions. Role of Free Agent Fundraisers. The Fundraiser. So, the virtual launch party was also a fundraiser. unconference on Friday morning in Washington, DC. What a send off! Social Culture.

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Summer Conference Roundup (June - August 2012)

Care2

Frogloop fans in the DC area are encouraged to register for a free morning workshop on Multichannel Fundraising Strategies -- hosted by our friends at Big Duck and the National Wildlife Foundation, and being held at our own Care2 DC office on Thursday, June 14th (9am - 11am). Fundraising Day in New York New York, NY. Jun 12 - 14.

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Nonprofit 2.0 Reflections: Sharing Practices Around Listening and Free Agents

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Conference , especially the “ unconference sessions “ in Washington, DC on Friday. Many in the audience were colleagues that I have met through my blog over years and have helped me with Cambodian fundraising, like Roger Carr. They do not view social media as fundraising strategy. Wendy Harman from the Red Cross.