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NpTech Roundup: Grasshoppers and Ants - Social Fundraising Off Season

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. possibly related classroom projects??? from DonorsChoose.org at the bottom of posts, so that readers can find opportunities to take action to help classrooms around the world.

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NpTech Tag: Stop Cyberbulling Day is Today!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Hot debates follows in another post on charity evaluation and metrics over at Tactical Philanthropy blog suggested that we forget on a metric to measure "Total Good Accomplished" and focus on real measures. Slide Show from the Founder of Digg about Crowd Generated Media. Others suggest that numbers alone don't tell the story.

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Fun and Public Humiliation As A Social Fundraising Strategy: A Brief History

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2006, Sarah Bunting, who writes the blog Tomato Nation , a culture and humor blog, offered to shave her head if her blog readers donated to DonorsChoose.org , a site that allows donors to purchase school supplies for needy classrooms. He called out Kevin Rose of digg fame to shave his head for charity. Gary Vaynerchuk.

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