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Great reads from around the web on October 25th

Amy Sample Ward

" Facebook app causes raises $16m – "Causes, the popular Facebook charity application, has raised another $9 million in funding and introduced gift cards to let people donate online without using a credit card.

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Level Up and Change the World: Gamification Apps

Tech Soup

These apps have the power to help nonprofits and charities reach a whole new audience and raise awareness about their mission. As part of the App It Up 2: Transforming Communities project, we had the opportunity to explore how charities and nonprofits are using gamification. Gamify Your Organization.

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Ice Bucket Challenge: Can Other Nonprofits Reproduce It?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Is success of the Ice Bucket Challenge a happy accident for ALS and the people who suffer from the disease or is the first example of the power of crowd charity? Can other nonprofits reproduce it? The Ice Bucket Challenge has raised over $88.5 My answer: yes and no. million. I chronicled some of these back in 2008.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Video games are big — bigger than Hollywood in terms of revenue, as a $66 billion global industry. The neuroscientists at the Gazzaley Lab at University of California, San Francisco, have shown that games can improve our cognitive function. You can register here. Players, who collectively average about 30 years old in the U.S.,

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TechSoup joins the #ALSIceBucketChallenge

Tech Soup

While there has been some high-profile efforts to raise awareness and money, most recently by former football player Steve Gleason and his Team Gleason House , research efforts and awareness have been low compared to the other fatal diseases. Although as of this writing, the accidental campaign raised 31.5

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140 Smiles

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's the summary of what they do: Founded in 1982, Operation Smile, headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, is a worldwide children’s medical charity whose network of global volunteers are dedicated to helping improve the health and lives of children and young adults. I hope you will send them a little twitter love too.

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Have Fun Do Good Link Love: Volunteerism on TV, Theatres Using Social Media & Tons of Contests

Have Fun - Do Good

NEWS I'll be speaking about podcasting at the Community Technology Network Meetup in San Francisco on October 22nd. You could win a $5,000 or $2,500 donation in your name to the charity of your choice. Join DonorsChoose's 2009 Social Media Challenge to raise money for education. Enter the 2009 America's Giving Challenge.