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Jocelyn Harmon: People, Words, Technology & Truth: How I Have Fun, Do Good

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As Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Network for Good , she is privileged to lead the team to help over 5,000 nonprofits raise more friends and funds online.

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Good Magazine Wants You To Do Good!

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Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. 826 National is a family of seven nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping students, ages 6-18, with expository and creative writing.

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Giving When You're Unemployed: It Could Make You Happier and Wealthier

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A March 2008 report in Science magazine, Spending Money on Others Promotes Happiness , found that, "spending more of one's income on others predicted greater happiness both cross-sectionally (in a nationally representative survey study) and longitudinally (in a field study of windfall spending)." Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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Foko Madagascar: It Takes A Village To Raise An Idea

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The project was funded by Rising Voices , the outreach arm of Global Voices. The Foko project is participating in the United Nation Billion Tree Campaign and will plant 1,000 trees a day over a ten-day campaign. You can support the effort here ) Cross posted at BlogHer.

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Women in Nonprofit Technology Who Rock: Adding to Fast Company's Most Influential Women in Technology List

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The list included BlogHer founders Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins, and Lisa Stone. is the social media strategist for the National Wildlife Federation. Connie Reece advises nonprofits on social media strategies and is the visionary behind the Frozen Pea Fund. Wendy Harman. is the social media strategist for the Red Cross.

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Gift the Gift of Charity: Make A Contribution to any of these Fabulous Organizations

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Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. Support the only national sexual assault hotline. Paul Hyland saw a presentation at NPowerDC.

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Nonprofits and NGOs Celebrate International Women's Day

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Fellow BlogHer Contributing Editor, Beth Kanter, writes about the fundraising Twitter campaign for CARE happening in conjunction with the film in her post, Tweetathon To Honor International Women's Day and To Spread The Word About A Powerful Noise Live. The Global Fund for Women also has an online toolkit to help you host a house party.