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PhilanthroTech: How Nonprofits Are Using Crowdfunding

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Toddy. Note from Beth: I’m headed down to Austin, TX for SXSW where I will have the pleasure of facilitating a workshop on measuring social media with KD Paine with case studies by David Neff and Carie Lewis. Austin is hosting its own giving day, called Amplify Austin , on March 4, 2013.

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NetSquared Local Events in the First Half of August

Tech Soup

Their “meetings” come in diverse and innovative formats like Philadelphia’s Crowdsourcing Change , Vancouver’s Coffee Klatsch or a Happy Hour in Austin or Minneapolis. Austin, TX: Austin 501 Tech Club & Netsquared Happy Hour. Image: Parallel Session F , creative commons licensed on Flickr.

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SXSW Interactive Scholarship Opportunities

NTEN

Flickr: Alexdecalvelo SXSW Interactive is offering 5 scholarships to attend the 2012 conference. Scholarship recipients will be responsible for providing their own transportation to and from Austin, as well as providing their own lodging while in Austin. Applications are due August 26th, at 11:59 PM PST.

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Fail Whale Fan Club, Social Media Blood Drive, and Happy Birthday Mike Chapman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

David Neff mentioned that the Austin, TX Social Media Club was doing a TweetUp Blood Drive. Today, many people in Austin, Texas saw firsthand what Twitter can do with a few dedicated people and a great idea. Fail Whale Group on Flickr. Photo by Summer TX. The idea came from Mike Chapman who was celebrating a birthday.

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Nonprofit and Grassroots Film Festival: Submit and Win!

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Flickr: Endlessstudio You and your cause have been using video to capture and share stories about the work you do and the change you're making, right? This nonprofit film festival, the first of its kind, will take place at the end of July in Austin, Texas. Check out Lights. Check out Lights.

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Zoetica’s Charity Challenge

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Credit: Awesome artwork by Faith Goble used from Flickr on a Creative Commons license. You will have to get yourself to Austin on March 13th and find a place to stay. When we started Zoetica, as its founders – Beth Kanter , Geoff Livingston , and Kami Huyse – we wanted it to be a different kind of company.

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New on SSIR: Innovating at the Speed of Communities

Amy Sample Ward

—– The Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference takes place Febrary 28-March 2 in Austin, TX, and I’m SO honored to be a keynote speaker! Photo credit: Flickr Rhys’s Piece Is ).

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