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Changing the Present, Give Meaning, and Personal Fundraising Campaigns

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I learned about it from the site Changing the Present , a donation portal that also lets you set up a wish list of causes to support in lieu of gifts for the holidays or other occassions. Stop the genocide in Darfur, that???d Last week I blogged about an Ipod/Toilet paper holder over at Netsquared. This one records a message or music.

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Machinima Festival and NTC Video Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

is a new art form that re-uses commercial video-game environments to make animated films. Combining aspects of animation, game development, puppetry, graffiti, fan fiction, and improvisational theater into a moving image art form, machinima represents the latest frontier of digital popular culture. in kenzo, machinimatographer~

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Guest Post by Stacey Monk: Dogooders Won’t Change the World (Alone)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here’s what’s pissing me off: The reason I have to fight every time to do these stories [like Darfur] is because the truth is that it’s hard to get the majority of Americans…to care. ” (not in video). That dude John Burn [an earlier presenter] was up here saying that ‘Twitter makes it easy to find stuff that pertains to you.’

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Be A Voice for Darfur: Great Example of A Multi-Channel Campaign. Fighting for the Arts With Social Media. E-Metrics Panel Presentation. ROI and Nonprofit Technology Presentation. Where Are The Gen-Y Bloggers Who Write About Nonprofits and Social Change? Thinking Strategically About Social Media. Twitter Demographics.

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Reflections on Mixed Reality Events in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In-world speakers from nonprofits who spoke about their work included Evonne Heyning from Camp Darfur, Barry Joseph from Global Kids , Lori Bell from the Library Alliance , and Marc Sirkin from LLS. Also, we should ask people not to take photos or chat during the presentations as the sound of cameras snapping made the audio hard to hear.

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Notes from Care2/OneWorld/Interaction Fundraising Seminar - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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You can check out a wrap up of their presentations by clicking here. Care2 OneWorld.net Interaction Here are the articles that were featured during todays presentation: Procastinators Guide to Year-End Fundraising by Mark Rovner, Sea Change Strategies, and Care2. MySpace.com: A Place for Donors? Is It Worth It?