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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. Amy Sample Ward , filling in for Britt Bravo, writes about several awards and competitions including the UK Catalyst Awards and Simon Fairway's pointer to the digital makeover contest. Digidave of Spot.Us

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NPTech Summary: Happy Holidays!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here some thoughts from the NTEN blog about ways to use twitter for your organization, although some nonprofit technology experts do not find twitter useful professionally. The five top nominees are Causes, DonorsChoose, ZeroFootprint, Kiva, and OneLaptop Per Child. Details here. Here's a few useful resources on Twitter and Nonprofits.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. Laura Quinn in her introductory post on the Open Content for Nonprofits NTEN Affinity group points to an article. on the interplay of newspapers and internet content.