Idealist.org and Reddit launched a joint venture today: IdealistNews.org , a social news site geared towards nonprofits. You're You're probably familiar with the concept of social news through sites like StumbleUpon and Digg : users post links to stories, other users rate the posts by voting them up or down. IdealistNews.org could very well become a terrific, and time-saving, central aggregator of nonprofit news and commentary These ratings help determine how the links are displayed, through filters like "Top", "Rising", and "Most Controversial", on IdealistNews.org . (I

Tags: General News Non-profit technology nptech Google research searc On the Internet, our challenge is not simply to find information, but to sift out the truly useful and reliable information needed to complete a task or accomplish a goal. Three new specialized search tools are available (or will be soon) to help save your organization time in tracking down public records, demographic data, research and statistics....(

Tags: Care2 New Communities like Facebook, Twitter, and Ning are great networks to help brand your nonprofit, engage with your supporters, and connect with potential new members. But there’s no question you need to invest time in finding those people who are passionate about your nonprofits issues. With cause-based communities like Care2 (the company who started the Frogloop blog) however, it’s easy for

Tags: Care2 New Largest Online Social Action Community of 10 Million "Do Gooders" Adds Fundraising and Advocacy Experts Allyson Kapin and Stephen O’Keefe, Who Bring Decades of Experience at Helping Nonprofits Succeed Redwood City, Calif. – 8211; January 13, 2009 - Strengthening its commitment to helping nonprofit organizations tap into Care2’s millions of civically-active members in their online fundraising, advocacy and email marketing, Care2 proudly announced two new additions to its Nonprofit Services team.

Why is there no global search engine for good news? Bad news happens fast and travels fast, while a good story can take much longer to blossom and bear fruit. Even the last item on the late evening news - the one that is intended to make us forget the previous 25 minutes of bad news - well, even that has recently dropped off the end of the bulletin. It Imagine… a humungous aggregator of all the positive good that millions of people have done today. The tiny, but not so insignificant acts of kindness and philanthropy, which if joined together would add

Facebook's announcement of Public Profile Pages means nonprofits will be able to "share all types of content with an unlimited number of users" and Facebook users will be able to comment on their posted content. It's a giant step forward for nonprofit outreach on Facebook....( read more ) ...Tags:

quot; Ask Your Lawmaker " is a project of the Capitol News Connection , and they sum it up nicely in 3 phrases:  1. Tags: free tools NPTech ChipIn capitol news connection Advocacy widget online tool I love widgets. The idea of having portable, dynamic, and (often) free web content simultaneously on your own site and on your friends' and supporters' sites and blogs excites me.

Also, for those of you who have been following the campaign to ask Starbucks to serve hormone-free milk, Food and Water Watch reports more good news: Starbucks has upped its rBGH-free milk supply from just 27% to 51% of its total milk supply since the beginning of 2007. Guess what? Your advocacy made a difference.

Tags: Company News mobile giving sms text wikipedi Donate $10 to the Wikimedia Foundation just by sending a text message Wikipedia is one of the best known websites on the Internet, but did you know it’s actually run by a non-profit called the Wikimedia Foundation ? Thanks to the generous support of donors over the years, Wikipedia has been able to keep their invaluable service running for us all to use.

If your nonprofit is active in social media, you already know the importance of closely monitoring what’s being said online about your organization and your cause. Set up a few key Google Alerts, and your listening task becomes a whole lot easier....( read more ) ...Tags: