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Save the Children Alternative Gift Catalog: Amazing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Just adding to the meme of alternative gift giving ideas that Steve Garfield started last week. As with my previous post, this is an open invitation to any shop for a cause or gift the gift of a donation to a charity service or project to leave a comment. What is your favorite alternative gift-giving site or program?

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Join Benetech in the Skoll Foundation’s 2014 Social Entrepreneurs Challenge!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

To communicate his thoughts, he uses an alternative augmentative communication device. Zach Bryant The change happened when Zach was in high school and his Assistive Technology teacher introduced him to Benetech’s Bookshare library. I don’t wait for my books for new classes; I search the library and find them myself.”

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20+ Nonprofit Tools You Need to Get Your New Nonprofit Up and Running

Get Fully Funded

If you want greater security than Drive offers, Dropbox and Box are popular alternatives. The tool tracks gifts in real time, so you always know how much money you have raised. It also sorts gifts by campaigns and keeps track of gifts designated to a particular purpose. Ask before signing up!

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My Give List: Pay It Forward Book GiveAway (Two Free Copies of Tribes)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the last 24 hours since the project launched, there's been a firehose of ideas for giving that don't require getting out your checkbook or credit card and cringing. Don't get me wrong - giving money to charitable causes is a good thing - but if you looking into your wallet makes you want to cry, there are alternatives.

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37 Spring Fundraising Ideas for Small Nonprofits

Whole Whale

It’s also a time for gifts and new clothes, making this a great chance to raise funds or donations of new clothing, especially for children. Host a Passover seder as an alternative to the rubber chicken dinner or spaghetti supper. Local libraries may also be open hosting egg-hunters for a good cause.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's some inspiring stories, tips and resources: Some Inspirational Stories Last week I wrote the Columbus Foundation's recently launhced Match Day 2.0 , a giving stimulus plan created to matching gifts to PowerPhilanthropy organizations and raise $1 million in 48 hours to support local needs in their community.

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What Should Happen to Underperforming Nonprofit Organizations?

Museum 2.0

When the dotcom crash started killing off companies in the early 2000s, my DC housemates scavenged strange gifts from vacated offices. What''s the alternative to this waste? House your program in an underutilized library. Yes, the market corrected for the dotcom bubble. But it did so in a way that was wasteful and chaotic.