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Crowdfunding Controversies and How They Impact Nonprofits and Charities

Tech Soup

We've written quite a bit on the benefits of crowdfunding campaigns here on TechSoup, including a platform comparison and a webinar called The Wisdom of the Crowd(funding). The food truck campaign I supported had mock-ups of what the food truck would look like and pictures of sample menu items. Report Back. This one is huge.

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Frank Barry, Guest Post: 4 Facebook Tips for Nonprofit Success – See What Others are Doing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Then they can comment, share and/or like your wall posts which then shares it with all their friends – now that’s viral. As a matter of fact you’ll notice that the LIVESTRONG representative is talking with the people, sharing things, commenting, liking wall posts and more. Comment on their wall posts. They are fully interacting.

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Gender, Race and Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Toward the end, a young man, who worked with urban kids of color on media and music, commented that he didn’t really know how to get access to the kinds of things available, and he noticed how few people of color were in the room. But their number pale in comparison to, say, the plethora of, say, network sniffing tools, for instance.

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Platforms break open!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

emphasis mine) &# ooooooh… During the NTEN call on Connect, they had mentioned that they were only going to publish sample code in C# and Java. The Kintera API looks, quite honestly, seriously wimpy in comparison to either Convio or Salesforce. at 8:50 pm { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Katrin 10.15.07

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: "Really, How Many.

ASU Lodestar Center

We welcome your comments and feedback. The main point of comparison is information on volunteering from the Current Population Survey (CPS), conducted by the U.S. The size and the money behind it make a big difference in generating a sample that the Census Bureau can really stand behind. One in three. But is it right?

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Free Ranger Rick

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Email: appeals-comment@facebook.com and ask them to let Ranger Rick exist on Facebook! In addition, some comparisons of the pros/cons between Facebook and Myspace policies and the larger organizational policy issue related to embracing Web2.0 social networking sites. social networking sites. This profile has existed for about a year.

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Listening Curriculum: Draft - What you think?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are many other readers - here's a comparison of features from Wikipedia. Wrangling your RSS Feeds by Amy Sample Ward 4. Set up your Listening Radar and Response System Your radar will have different components: Ego Feeds: Search on your organization's name, url, or other specific identifier. Here's a few: Bloglines.