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

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Ed Schipul is a colleague from the NetSquared Community that I have had the pleasure of knowing for two years now. The fundraiser is where group of volunteers grew mustaches and asked their friends to support the charity, the Texas Children's Hospital Center. Flickr Photo from DenneyTerrio. " I did. in its inaugural year!

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Which Crowdfunding Platform Is Best for Your Organization?

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It is open to creators from all backgrounds – from charities to video game developers to artists. 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!).

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

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The Hacker Helper project is closely aligned with our NetSquared vision of bringing communities together to solve social problems – including nonprofits, beneficiaries, activists, technologists, concerned citizens. This project aims to speed up cancer research. Hackathons are most often fast projects that last one to three days.

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Which Crowdfunding Platform Is Best for Your Organization?

Tech Soup

It is open to creators from all backgrounds – from charities to video game developers to artists. 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. Special Plan for Nonprofits: No.

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Have Fun - Do Good

Examples: For World AIDS Day, avatars wore shirts with red ribbons and for Breast Cancer Awareness month they wore shirts with pink ribbons. now, and VolunteerMatch will hook you up with constantly updated opportunities in your own zip code." • Charity Badges , "Got a cause that's close to your heart? nonprofit volunteer nptech net2

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

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The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. We'll share big ideas for using social media for nonprofit program delivery and some good tips for crowdsourcing for social change. Submitted by Doug Ulman.

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Tweet-vivors: Social Media Conquers Cancer. And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun!