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Ed Schipul Grew A Mustache (and beard) For His Cause: Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ed Schipul is a colleague from the NetSquared Community that I have had the pleasure of knowing for two years now. He was one of 81 people who donated to my campaign to send two young Cambodians to college last October. Flickr Photo from DenneyTerrio.

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Which Crowdfunding Platform Is Best for Your Organization?

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Project creators offer rewards and incentives for donations to thank backers for their support. Kickstarter makes it clear that it isn't for direct charity or cause funding, but about project creation. You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared (where Ushahidi won its first challenge!). Kickstarter.

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Which Crowdfunding Platform Is Best for Your Organization?

Tech Soup

Project creators offer rewards and incentives for donations to thank backers for their support. Kickstarter makes it clear that it isn't for direct charity or cause funding, but about project creation. You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared. – to raise money for your cause. Kickstarter.

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Let The Change Blogging Meme Hit The Road.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I just donated a small amount to his effort! The meme isn't necessarily limited to individuals as David Neff at Fispace mentions - corporate bloggers like Tyson Foods will donate 100 pounds of food for every comment made here. This fall, DC will be one of 35 cities visited by NetSquared???s What's that? s Alex Steed.

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NPTech Summary: Happy Holidays!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ed Schipu l, who grew a mustache for children with cancer last week, created a peavator. It all started when Susan Reynolds , a social media maven and artist, was diagnosed with breast cancer and started a blog to write about her experience and used twitter to fight her cancer. We'll be back before 2008 with a roundup of 2007.

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NpTech Summary: Red T-Shirt Day - Supporting Monks, YouTube Nonprofit Channel, and Web2forDev Conference Reports

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There's a roundup of coverage on his Netsquared blog , including pointers to live blog posts like this one. Google announces " Broadcast Your Cause, " a nonprofit channel on YouTube. More from Britt Bravo on Netsquared blog. He also shares the key points of his presentation here. Fundraising 2.0 It isn't dumb dumb.

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Yahoo! for Good

Have Fun - Do Good

Answers, "Raise awareness for your cause." Example: Al Gore asked, "What do you think it wil take to reverse the effects of climate change?" • Flickr , "Show how rewarding it is to volunteer, to highlight issues that need extra attention, or to show pride in your cause." Organize donations, get-togethers and rallies.

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