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What Lessons Will Pepsi Learn About Crowdsourcing for Social Good from Chase Bank Contest Fail?

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Rather than donating the money to nonprofits through a traditional corporate responsibility grant program, Pepsi will jump on the online contest bandwagon. Pepsi will have contests every month for 10 months beginning Jan. The groups say that until Chase made changes to the contest, they appeared to be among the top 100 vote-getters.

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Announcing Measuring the Networked Nonprofit Book

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She is second year engineering student and by supporting her education she will have better economic opportunities. By purchasing a book , you will not only help your nonprofit improve its program impact, but you will changing the lives for young people in Cambodia. My family is sponsoring Keo Savon , who we met this summer in Cambodia.

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Microsoft OneNote Gives Dyslexic Kids a New Learning Experience

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The Ordyslexie program, in combination with Les Ateliers du Bocage, has helped more than 1,500 dyslexic French students become more independent and confident in school. This program has improved academic performance and is loved by both students and parents. The copies are submitted on a USB flash drive or directly."

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And the Winner is. Jaffe's Join the Conversation Book Giveaway and How To Do A Giveaway Contest on Your Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Robin Yap left a comment that he was leaving for Manila to teach social media to educational technology students, so I decided to part with my cherished copy of Dave Warlock 's Classroom Blogging. He attended the Cambodian Blogging Summit and received the digital audio recorder to create language lessons for his students (offline podcasts!)

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Pottsboro Area Library: The Winner of TechSoup’s February Success Story Digital Connector Challenge

Tech Soup

section of TechSoup.org we launched a contest last month for great digital inclusion stories. "TechPerts" provide elderly patrons with free one-on-one lessons on using their smartphones, tablets, and computers. To kick off our new success stories. We called it the TechSoup ‘Digital Connector’ Story Challenge.

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Same for any prizes, contests, sweepstakes, drawings, or competitions (essay contests, spelling bees, etc. Access to password-protected content like checklists for camping with kids or sample lesson plans for outdoor educators. Offer surprise drawings and contests during the year. Plug donor skills into the work.

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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. Katya Andresen has an entertaining post about Bourbon and extracts some lessons in nonprofit marketing. Much commentary and critiques about the semi-public ballotting process.