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Great reads from around the web on August 24th

Amy Sample Ward

" Interactive: How America Gives – How America Gives – The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas – The Chronicle of Philanthropy has launched a great new tool: an interactive map of giving data in the US.

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Book Giveaway: Mazarine Treyz, The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising

Amy Sample Ward

I had all kinds of preconceived notions about what I would find in Jakarta, but nothing prepared me for the massive skin diseases, people with all of their skin flaking off, people who had leprosy so badly that most of their fingers and toes were gone, and their skin was so mottled it looked like it was sliding off their bodies.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Here are my slides from the presentation. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. http ://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/world/americas/21text.html?_r= As always, you can also review the speaking notes by downloading the file for your own review. Social Media in Disaster Response. link] Hurricane_Katrina_disaster_relief.

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#11NPD: Rethinking Movement Buildling

Tech Soup

Moderated by NTEN membership director, former NetSquared organizer, and friend of TechSoup Amy Sample Ward , "Rethinking Movement Buildling" brought together three luminaries from organizations whose stock-in-trade are movements to promote social change. Case in point: Obama for America, the 2008 Obama election campaign effort.

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Guest Post by Rebecca Leaman: Social Media for Non-Profits: 26 Great Slideshare Presentations You Can Use

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

ROI of Listening: America Red Cross Case Study (Beth Kanter). Twitter.org: What, why, who and how for Nonprofit Organizations using Twitter (Amy Sample Ward). Getting The Word Out About Your Cause With Blogs, Podcasts & Social Networks (Britt Bravo). Googe 101 for Nonprofits (Mike Heslin / Google).

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

Bloomerang

And we’ll be sending out the recording as well as the slides later on today. . And I’ll let you bring up your beautiful slides, and the floor is yours, gentlemen, so take it away. . Also, a little shout out to our colleague Kevin Wilson who’s managing the slides for us at Harvey’s office. So good news.

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[VIDEO] Where to Find Potential Donors to Support Your Cause

Bloomerang

And just a couple of quick housekeeping items, just want to let you all know that we are recording this session and we’ll be sending out the recording as well as the slides later on today. I’ll let you bring up your slides here are and you can talk to us all about finding those donors. I can use my unicorn slide today.

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