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Great reads from around the web on October 25th

Amy Sample Ward

" Facebook app causes raises $16m – "Causes, the popular Facebook charity application, has raised another $9 million in funding and introduced gift cards to let people donate online without using a credit card. Chris Anderson explains how this new paradigm reflects the inevitable course of capitalism.

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NCVO and TAG Conference Presentations and Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Right before Thanksgiving I ended up getting sick and have been behind in posting my conference slides and reflections. The week before I went from Boston to Miami to Romania and flew back to Boston via Miami to present at the TAG Conference. Do it because we want to improve the quality of applications. at the big picture level.

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Birthday Campaign Reflection: Will Your Nonprofit Embrace Free Agent Fundraisers?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm An Embedded Free Agent Fundraiser My most recent social media fundraising experiment was a birthday campaign that raised $6225 from 161 donors using Facebook Causes Birthday application to benefit the non profit organization, The Sharing Foundation. It's not easy to do because it requires balancing action with reflection.

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Reflections: Social Media and NGO/CSR Workshop in India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You can find my materials and slides on the workshop wiki - CSR and NGO workshops, but always like to do a reflective wrap up post. It always helps me improve practice. Teaching in an international context. I love designing and delivering trainings on social media and the added challenge of working outside of the US.

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