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Crowdfunding Controversies and How They Impact Nonprofits and Charities

Tech Soup

We've written quite a bit on the benefits of crowdfunding campaigns here on TechSoup, including a platform comparison and a webinar called The Wisdom of the Crowd(funding). In other words, nonprofits and charities that are raising money for good purposes shouldn't be punished for the more nefarious crowdfunding campaigns.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo emailed from Cambodia by Elephant, Sharing Foundation 's in-country director In this post, I share some learnings as a free agent fundraise r (an individual who uses personal fundraising to raise money for a charity) who is leveraging their personal network to support a nonprofit's programs that help children in need.

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Another Gold Star, FTW: A Look at Achievement Systems

NTEN

Early on in video games a score was awarded to a player to keep track of how well he/she had done both personally and in comparison to others. Like the Xbox Live achievement system, when you accomplish certain goals like your first checkin you get the “Newbie” badge. The badge and mayoral systems have made the check in fun.

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NpTech Tag: People Behind Tags, NpTech Timeline, Twitter, and More Widgets

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are Twitter critics in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. These stories are summarized and aggregated with some previous articles, posts, and resources about Nonprofits and MySpace here. A quick trip through nonprofit profiles in MySpace, one sees two different aesthetics - ugly and beautiful. of Internet visits.

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