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A Couple of Do Good iPhone Apps

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You'll find reviews of iPhone apps from the Olympics , National Center for Missing Children , the San Jose Museum , and others. One of the more exciting iPhone apps to appear in the last month or so is CauseWorld that uses a new form of "embedded" giving that I dubbed " Foot Traffic Philanthropy." New York Philharmonic.

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A Kiva.org for Native American Entrepreneurs?

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As our nation grapples with its problems, American Indians are uniquely situated to lead with finding solutions." --Rick Williams, President & CEO of the American Indian College Fund on his blog, In a Good Way. Kiva is going to be experimenting with loans to entrepreneurs living in the United States. Cross-posted from BlogHer.com.

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Social Media for Nonprofits SF Conference Recap

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On Friday November 4 , 300 nonprofit and social good professionals gathered at the Marines’ Memorial Hotel and Club in San Francisco for Social Media for Nonprofits – a national conference series on the use of social media for social good. Which tools are you using and why? Let us know in the comments.

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NpTech Roundup: Grasshoppers and Ants - Social Fundraising Off Season

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Global Giving's " Giving Made Green " launched last week and was written up in the New York Times. WeWorkForFree is a design community that allows it's members to upload and share their portfolios in order to raise money for international programs that benefit developing nations around the globe. Shiny Object Syndrome.

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Got the Winter Blues? Giving May Cheer You Up

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Maya Angelou In December 2007, the New York Sun article, Why Giving Makes You Happy reported that: "According to the Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, a survey of 30,000 American households, people who gave money to charity in 2000 were 43% more likely than non-givers to say they were 'very happy' about their lives.

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