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Great reads from around the web on August 24th

Amy Sample Ward

." Interactive: How America Gives – How America Gives – The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas – The Chronicle of Philanthropy has launched a great new tool: an interactive map of giving data in the US.

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Member Round Up: Working Together!

NTEN

The 9th Annual Games for Change Festival will be taking place on June 18-20, in New York City. The festival is the leading global event that facilitates the creation and distribution of social impact games that serve as critical tools in humanitarian and educational efforts.

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To the Tune of 8 Million

Connection Cafe

WCS is a global conservation organization that manages five living institutions in New York City, including the Bronx Zoo. In April, they took advantage of national press about an Egyptian Cobra that went missing at their reptile house (and was later recovered) by holding a naming contest for her.

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Spring Is Here! Get Outside and Meet Your NPTech Community

Tech Soup

We also have a contest in which we're giving away $7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera. The **NetSquared Victoria** team has been investigating [tools for online collaboration]([link] Check out the storify! * Tips and Tools for Powerful Storytelling. Free and Inexpensive Communications Tools | MCN (free).

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15+ Giving Tuesday Campaign Ideas (and Expert Tips) for 2021

Qgiv

Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 at the 92nd Street Y’s Belfer Center for Innovation and Social Impact in New York City. One last pro tip: Make sure you have a reliable text fundraising tool to make your text campaign successful! When did Giving Tuesday begin? How does Giving Tuesday help nonprofits?

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This and That

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

But the posting is most noteworthy for the accompanying photo of me playing my fiddle at the Speedy Tolliver fiddle contest in Arlington VA a couple years back. This week I discovered the blog of Ken Stein (no relation), a teacher in New York city. Dave King is the acting director of IT at the Kansas City public library.

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GivingTuesday 2018 Scales Generosity and Kindness to New Highs

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

According to MarketWatch , the grassroots web-based global movement past $1 billion in total online donations since it was launched seven years ago by the 92nd Street Y in New York City. . People contributed more than $125 million on Facebook , up from $45 million in 2017, using the network’s new fundraising tools. .

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