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My Facebook Birthday Cause: Thank You (and Some Unsolicited Feedback To Causes)

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In less than 24 hours, I've raised $806 to help children in Cambodia using a new feature in Facebook Causes. After donating $26 to FreeGeek to honor Amy's 26th birthday, I went poking around Causes to see if I could install the application. The folks at Causes are controlling the installation. And, yes they did !

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The Secret to Going Viral: Harnessing the Kevin Bacon Effect

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— My diligent research has proven that the word “viral” will come up within 42 seconds of talking with any nonprofit organization interested in marketing their cause online. How can each of you take your cause viral, whether it’s an exciting announcement, a newly released YouTube video, or the nonprofit you represent?

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Target Facebook Challenge: Ten Large Charities Compete for Votes To Divide the $3 Million Pot

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companies, and even foundations to give away money. Today's New York Times article by Stephanie Strom describes some of the most recent online contests, including the Case Foundation ’s Giving Challenge, a contest conducted through Causes. This contest was based on the total amount raised.

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

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Beth's Birthday Cause I was listening to a story on Marketplace on NPR this afternoon with Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell who reviewed their 2008 financial goals and graded themselves on their accomplishments. Ask people to donate to a cause instead of gifts. January: Have a January birthday? And, yes they did !

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

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These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change? Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! Learn from innovators how to leverage the web for good!

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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

Tobias Eigen from Kabissa presented at the Web2fordev: Remixing the Web for International Development. Google announces " Broadcast Your Cause, " a nonprofit channel on YouTube. OpenPlans is a platform for social activism to bring groups together to promote causes, make plans, and get things done. It isn't dumb dumb.

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The NMC Symposium for the Future: Prepping for Virtual Keynote about Nonprofits in 2020

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I think that this connectedness will thread together both individuals and make the boundaries of nonprofit organizations very porous - so that we'll have colonies of organizations working together on issues/causes versus isolated islands. Scott knows his team’s strength is in telling the story and making it easy for others to raise the money.

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