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Should there be A Nonprofit and Social Change Category on Digg?

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I got a message from one of my readers, Ashley Messick, on Facebook about a recent post about Social Actions Twitter for Good Facebook Group and TwitterFeed Mashup I wanted to Digg post about Save the World with Twitter and wasn't quite sure how to categorize it when submitting. Wouldn't it be nice to have a place in Digg for nonprofit news?

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Personal Fundraising with Widgets: A Few Reflections and Campaign Update

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At our last board meeting, we discussed online fundraising strategies and I made a proposal about using the fundraising widget and a campaign. I think its really ironic that I'm often hired to create such tools, but because I have not done a fundraising widget campaign I felt I needed to plunge in. What is the checklist?

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The Perils of Popularity

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Object-Based Social Networks: 2004 Think Flickr, delicious, digg, Slideshare. NetVibes lets users pepper a personal dashboard with widgets. And with traffic that often rivals the New York Times Website, Digg lets users vote their favorite stories to the top of the site. Water cooler conversations around shared objects.

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Have We Crossed the Chasm yet? Org2.0 Cheat Sheet from Squidoo/Npower New York

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You also might to check out some widgets that combine social networking with stats like mybloglog.com. I'd also take a look at widget fundraising. Tap the Blogs. Yep, and you should also learn how to use an RSS reader so you can efficiently monitor those feeds and respond. And here's a good listener's guide. Donations with Squidoo.

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NPTimes TechnoBuzz: Telling Stories Online Makes That Vital Connection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For BlogHer, I'm on a panel with Britt Bravo and I have to present the widget fundraising case study in ten minutes. It's so cool that the cards have OKNO and Segnalo - the Italian versions of Digg and Del.icio.us. This came just in the nick of time as I'm remixing my Web 2.0 workshops for July. tools and fund raising.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

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PostRank has recently brought back its " Top Content" widget " The widget displays you top ranked posts over the last month or so. I did this and noticed some posts from October that received higher ranks but aren't included in the widget.) Should There Be A Social Actions Category on Digg?

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Guest Post by Steve MacLaughlin: Creating a Social Networking Strategy (Part 0)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They don't need to understand the latest techno widget or the nuances of StumbleUpon vs. Digg. There is still a lot of hyper-hype, but the opportunity and potential is very real. The First Step Get a champion in the organization. Your champion is going to make some of the choices and challenges ahead of you a lot easier to overcome.