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Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America spread #GoSilent across the web for Memorial Day

Amy Sample Ward

Just before noon, I decided to go online and see what those in my networks were sharing from their own celebrations or reflections, and immediately found the #GoSilent campaign from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). It pulled me in, and then everywhere I looked online I saw it was pulling in others! A simple commitment.

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50 Nonprofits Every U.S. Politican Should Follow on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

They are active in our communities, in our schools, and have valuable knowledge and experience that our nation’s elected officials could learn from and be inspired by, and yet very few U.S. Campaign to End Obesity :: @ ToEndObesity. Coalition for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans :: @ CIAV. Human Rights Campaign :: @ HRC.

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Maybe one is that Giving Tuesday becomes an official national holiday or becomes an annual event like Cyber Monday. My annual charity:water September Campaign celebrates my anniversary, but it is part of a larger movement of people who care about providing clean water for the world. What is the definition of success?

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Are you celebrating Giving Tuesday? These NTEN Members are!

NTEN

Giving Tuesday is a movement to create a national day of giving to kick off the giving season added to the calendar on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. The second annual GivingTuesday is on December 3rd and we''ve found 124 NTEN Members that are participating!

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Good Magazine Wants You To Do Good!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" So, it comes as no surprise that every holiday season the magazine chooses nonprofit partners and runs a fundraising/subscription campaign. 826 National is a family of seven nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping students, ages 6-18, with expository and creative writing. Here's how it works.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

The Iraq War was raging. Billy was formerly director of partnerships at Meetup.com and had shown the power of it during the 2004 presidential campaign. Net Tuesdays became a series of national and international face-to-face meetings connecting industry and nonprofit techies. " The year was 2005. The buzzword then was Web 2.0,

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Mother's Day for Peace

Have Fun - Do Good

Friday, May 11th will be the 3rd annual Mother's Day "Peace of the Pie" National Action Day as part of The Peace Alliance's campaign for a U.S. Campaign supporters are asked to bring pies to their local Congressional offices and let their Congresspeople know that "Peace wants a Piece of the Pie" (the federal budget).