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Great reads from around the web on July 8th

Amy Sample Ward

is a new nonprofit in Austin, Texas and it’s bringing you the first world wide film festival only for nonprofit and cause-driven organizations. " Traveling Geeks - "The Traveling Geeks are an informal group of technology influencers and bloggers rooted chiefly in the San Francisco Bay Area. Find me on Delicious for more!

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The Rise of #Hashtags

NTEN

The hashtag, as defined by Twitter , was created because Twitter provided no easy way to group tweets or add extra data. Just as you might tag a Web bookmark in a social bookmarking site such as the now defunct Xmarks.com and Del.icio.us When we attended the Texas Nonprofit Summit in 2010, the hashtag was #TXNS.

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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

Today, many people in Austin, Texas saw firsthand what Twitter can do with a few dedicated people and a great idea. Fail Whale Bookmarks (Magnolia). Fail Whale Group on Facebook. Fail Whale Group on Flickr. Here's the idea: We get this question a lot at Every Dot Connects ??? ???What Community Fail Whale Art.

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Lame spam of the day: Raw spam merge text

Robert Weiner

Saved as a favorite|bookmarked!!}, {I really like|I like|I love} {your blog|your site|your web site|your website}!| I stumbledupon it {I will|I am going to|I’m going to|I may} {come back|return|revisit} {once again|yet again} {since I|since i have} {bookmarked|book marked|book-marked|saved as a favorite} it.

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You Know You Want Our Tchotchkes

Connection Cafe

Before we jump into the laundry list, Convio's Facebook page is your one-stop shop for upcoming Convio events - bookmark it for future reference! This conference is NEXT WEEK in Austin, Texas (corporate home of the Convio mothership ). Nonprofit Group Meet Up Hosted by Convio. SXSWi - South by Southwest Interactive.

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[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

Bloomerang

One of the most common situations we see here, at Funding for Good, with groups that are 4, 5, 6, 7-years-old, they’re starting to apply for grants, you know, they’re upping their fundraising game, and they’re trying to share the impact from their first years. Is it an evidence-based curriculum or process?

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[VIDEO] The Early Bird Guide to Epic End of Year Fundraising

Bloomerang

At least wait an hour because we’ve got some good year-end tips for you from my good buddy, Rachel Muir, joining us from beautiful Austin, Texas. 12 months later, both groups gave the same number of gifts, but those that get the extra thank you gave a total of $450,000 more that year. So I have this like bookmarked.

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