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What color is your nonprofit's blog?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Examples:  C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition Un Dispatch Easter Seals Autism Blog Indiana Art Museum. Green: Aggregate Content Blog. Lime Green:  Community Blog. Life on Mars. Relay for Life Blog.   See also Katya's advice. WXPN Music Blog. Global Warming News - NWF. Netsquared.

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Meet Connie Reece: Using Social Media to Strike Back At Ike

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last December, I watched Twitter turn into a sea of frozen green peas to support Susan Reynolds in her fight against breast cancer and to raise money for research in her honor. And then, on December 6, 2007, everything changed when my friend Susan Reynolds was diagnosed with breast cancer. Connie Reece. tools and technology.

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4 Tips for Beating Bailout Election Malaise: Give, Laugh, Appreciate, and Look for the Open Door

Have Fun - Do Good

There are so many ways to give: money, skills, time, advice, a kind word, a listening ear. Today my husband and I learned that the wife of a friend, who was diagnosed with cancer not that long ago, has just a few days to live. Life is short and surprising. Life is short and surprising. Keep a Gratitude Journal.

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NpTech Summary: Red T-Shirt Day - Supporting Monks, YouTube Nonprofit Channel, and Web2forDev Conference Reports

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is also a groundswell of support all over the Internet, from bloggers ( one blog at a time ) Facebook , Flickr , Online Petitions , mobile phones , and Second Life. The Mashable write up has a freudian typo and describes the Cancer Society and March of Dimes as "high-profit" organizations. Hurry the deadline is today!

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

An easy way to support the Nature Conservancy if you're on Facebook is to install (Lil) Green Patch. Another option, is to sponsor a woman who wants to make a better life some place in the world. October is also breast cancer awareness month, so why not make a donation ? Or support an organization that does recycling.

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Balancing People, Profit & Planet: An Interview with Reem Rahim of Numi Tea

Have Fun - Do Good

Reem Rahim is the Co-founder and Vice President of Marketing of the Oakland-based green business Numi Tea. So all kinds of things that really helps improve the quality of their life. You're actually improving wages and the quality of life for people who are disenfranchised. How did it change your life?

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[VIDEO] Raising More Money By Asking (And Answering) Better Questions

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So the general proposition or principle in fundraising, which I learned decades ago, but does bear repeating, is that if you ask for money, you get advice, and if you’re asked for advice, you get money. . ” And the volunteer said, “Oh, I’m not asking for money, I just want to get your advice.

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