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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Receive monthly updates 1 Comment | by Share Article Reader Comments (1) What sold me on this project was how you & John used existing tools to connect regular citizens with a non-profit on the fly. February 20, 2009 | David Morton Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Very succinct, and (hopefully) replicable. com , Inc.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2006

Wikipedia's definition of widget also points to some popular, cultural, and technical, including: A comic book character and copyrighted image. Other terms used to describe a Web Widget include Gadget, Badge, Module, Capsule, Snippet, Mini and Flake. A reference to gadget in the Delta Airlines Logo.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2006

" These ideas might include pilot projects, commercial products and leadership initiatives that will improve the flow of information and news in the public interest. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 60) Search « How can nonprofits make money off of this? Post a Comment | by Share Article in Misc. All rights reserved.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Special Events Fundraising Honorable Mention: CauseForce and Project Bread - The Walk for Hunger Winner: National Philanthropic Trust for the Susan B. November 20, 2008 | Jordan Viator Copyright © 2008, Care2.com They promoted the campaign through social media sites and raised $300k online within two months. All rights reserved.

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APRIL 22, 2009

We try to keep it light, informal, and funny -- providing helpful resources and interesting links, and being responsive to our followers, while also using it as a way to crowdsource and get buy-in and guidance on new projects. www.MHPonline.org April 22, 2009 | Rick Bernardo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved.

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MARCH 4, 2008

What were your goals going into the project? March 4, 2008 | Carol Rados Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Carie Lewis , internet marketing manager at HSUS, explains how the nonprofit organization pitched the low cost campaign and shares advice to other nonprofits looking to do the same. March 4, 2008 | Carie This girl is on the ball!

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MARCH 3, 2008

What were your goals going into the project? March 4, 2008 | Carol Rados Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Carie Lewis , internet marketing manager at HSUS, explains how the nonprofit organization pitched the low cost campaign and shares advice to other nonprofits looking to do the same. March 4, 2008 | Carie This girl is on the ball!

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Response: Why Project Agape’s Causes > Second Life by Allan Benamer at Non-Profit Tech Blog on September 18, 2007 I’m having a REALLY tough time endorsing nonprofit ventures in Second Life simply because of one metric which is often overlooked: marginal cost of participation in a virtual world doesn’t decrease quickly enough.

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

Project Bread won the “Special Events Fundraising” prize for growing online donations 200% in two years, exceeding $1 MM in 2007. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com and see how many weeks of food, for a family of four, your donation could provide. Families were encouraged to “fill up a fridge” for a poor family.

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APRIL 14, 2009

This article was written by Jen Nedeau, Project Manager at New Media Strategies and blogger. April 15, 2009 | Gwynne Kostin Copyright © 2008, Care2.com With a little practice and interaction online, you can turn a crisis that appears to be a steep mountain into a rolling hill. Reader Comments (4) Great tips, Jen.

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MAY 4, 2009

Thanks to the Internet, open data efforts, and open source software projects, a variety of free and low-cost tools are now available that allow NPO/community group staff to dive into mapping. May 24, 2009 | Not for Profit Marketer Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Only one team can prevail – who will it be? You be the judge, NTC!

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MARCH 4, 2009

” 10) Find Your Voice And Know Your Audiences: While it’s important to determine the kind of voice you want your website content to project it’s also critical that you tailor each web section to your target audience. My post can be read at [link] May 2, 2009 | param Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Sometimes, its worth contacting a local university or technical college to see if your video would fit as a student project. Thats why we typically provide a registration module and track this info for our clients. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com They can get a donated or subsidized videographer and/or editor.

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MAY 15, 2009

Organize projects, such as a volunteer beach cleanup activity. In the Google Earth case studies, the projects all had real world impact but they remained focused on that, and not on just using everything that maps can do. May 15, 2009 | Anne Dougherty Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved.

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MAY 7, 2007

Also - we had a complete strategy around this project, from building the profile to building the friends list. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 60) Search « Care2 in the Press: Dawn Gets Greener With Care2 | Main | New M+R Study: Online Fundraising Tactics -- What Works? We did a lot of outreach and built the page in steps.

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AUGUST 16, 2008

I have used Youtube in some of my projects and so far I seen great results. Good work February 25, 2009 | Mario Erazo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com July 31, 2008 | Jordan Viator Hatef, Your article is very informative, especially for new social media users like my self. All rights reserved.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Make it easy and meaningful Network for Good offered these perennial tips in their holiday tips last season (paraphrased below): Make the gift real – tell donors in concrete terms the impact their gift will make (think Oxfam Unwrapped and the Heifer Project’s gift guide ). Hope staff at npos find it useful. Great article!

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Make it easy and meaningful Network for Good offered these perennial tips in their holiday tips last season (paraphrased below): Make the gift real – tell donors in concrete terms the impact their gift will make (think Oxfam Unwrapped and the Heifer Project’s gift guide ). Hope staff at npos find it useful. Great article!

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Those days are long gone: Creating a website, which used to be a weekend project by the president’s niece, has become a large endeavor involving various vendors and consultants. September 14, 2007 | TheMySpaceConsultant Copyright © 2008, Care2.com I believe that we will soon see a class of web 2.0 All rights reserved.

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JULY 14, 2008

I have used Youtube in some of my projects and so far I seen great results. Good work February 25, 2009 | Mario Erazo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com July 31, 2008 | Jordan Viator Hatef, Your article is very informative, especially for new social media users like my self. All rights reserved.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Those days are long gone: Creating a website, which used to be a weekend project by the president’s niece, has become a large endeavor involving various vendors and consultants. September 14, 2007 | TheMySpaceConsultant Copyright © 2008, Care2.com I believe that we will soon see a class of web 2.0 All rights reserved.

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JULY 10, 2008

He grew up in Tennessee, got a history degree from Harvard, worked in Manhattan for the Edison Project, then bought a home in Toronto where he rests and plays with his wife and their two sons ages 11 and 7. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com To create a new comment, use the form below. com , Inc.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2008

So if a charity needed to build a well, for example, they could set that project for the month on Facebook, and really rally people behind that one specific project. Ruth, Religion Newswriters Association December 3, 2008 | Ruth Portnoy Copyright © 2008, Care2.com How did you get your money from the Causes section?

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FEBRUARY 13, 2008

So if a charity needed to build a well, for example, they could set that project for the month on Facebook, and really rally people behind that one specific project. Ruth, Religion Newswriters Association December 3, 2008 | Ruth Portnoy Copyright © 2008, Care2.com How did you get your money from the Causes section?

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AUGUST 7, 2007

The very cool Causes application by Project Agape enables anyone with a Facebook account to support and engage their Facebook networks to support a "Cause" - be it "Save the Seals!," 60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It? " "End Global Warming!

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JULY 24, 2007

The very cool Causes application by Project Agape enables anyone with a Facebook account to support and engage their Facebook networks to support a "Cause" - be it "Save the Seals!," 60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It? " "End Global Warming!

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NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Some groups like The Sudan Genocide Intervention Project and Dennis Kucinich chose to hide the number of friends they had. Its just a case of how to tap into it in a cost effective way March 17, 2008 | Steve Harold - Hypnotherapy Copyright © 2008, Care2.com How many comments do nonprofits have? All rights reserved.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Some groups like The Sudan Genocide Intervention Project and Dennis Kucinich chose to hide the number of friends they had. Its just a case of how to tap into it in a cost effective way March 17, 2008 | Steve Harold - Hypnotherapy Copyright © 2008, Care2.com How many comments do nonprofits have? All rights reserved.

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JANUARY 23, 2008

Through the Regeneration Project, she’s pushing the religious community to buy wind and solar power electricity, reduce energy consumption in their buildings, and preach about our moral obligation to protect the earth. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

September 9, 2008 | Andrea Hill Interesting project. November 22, 2008 | Marian Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 60) Search « Is It Worth It? The fact that everyone currently viewing the ad sees the change is a bit disappointing: arguably, the whole thing could just be canned. Still, its engaging! I see its in Israel.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Re-project online income now. We are seeing organizations whose income projections are the product of happier times. Sincerely Victor February 8, 2009 | victorseo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 60) Search « Patch-Through Call Services – Finally Ready for Prime Time? Don’t stint on cultivation. All rights reserved.

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JULY 18, 2007

September 9, 2008 | Andrea Hill Interesting project. November 22, 2008 | Marian Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 60) Search « Is It Worth It? The fact that everyone currently viewing the ad sees the change is a bit disappointing: arguably, the whole thing could just be canned. Still, its engaging! I see its in Israel.

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APRIL 21, 2008

Campaign Stats: 6 employees and 2 interns, all working on other projects were responsible for the successful campaign launch with over 100,000 online participants who created 1,000 avatars online. The total staff involved six employees and two interns who were also working on other projects. The time invested, is hard to say.

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APRIL 21, 2008

Campaign Stats: 6 employees and 2 interns, all working on other projects were responsible for the successful campaign launch with over 100,000 online participants who created 1,000 avatars online. The total staff involved six employees and two interns who were also working on other projects. The time invested, is hard to say.

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APRIL 16, 2008

There’s been a significant shift as nonprofits go from thinking of the Internet as a stand-alone project to a core part of their fundraising and marketing programs. November 5, 2008 | pavlo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Seriously tho, great interview! Hope youre doing well! March 13, 2008 | Carie Wow! Really amazing.

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MARCH 4, 2008

There’s been a significant shift as nonprofits go from thinking of the Internet as a stand-alone project to a core part of their fundraising and marketing programs. November 5, 2008 | pavlo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Seriously tho, great interview! Hope youre doing well! March 13, 2008 | Carie Wow! Really amazing.

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MARCH 13, 2009

Attendees learned how to work with specific data sets (FEC), track congressional activites using GovTrack.org , and keep tabs on state legislatures through projects like Knowledge As Power , which enables citizens of Washington State to track that activities of their state legislature. said Greg Elin of the Sunlight Foundation.

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