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Donors needed for our friends in Japan. Will you help?

Connection Cafe

It’s just few days after the worst earthquake ever recorded in Japan, followed by a devastating tsunami and still uncertain consequences around affected nuclear plants, and many of us are thinking about how we can help. People may be thinking that because Japan is more developed the need is less. Author: Molly Brooksbank.

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Five Best Practices in Nonprofit Crowdfunding

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As crowdfunding practices mature and become an valuable part of the nonprofit fundraising toolkit, there is a need to set standards and expectations. Nonprofit crowdfunding is changing the landscape in online fundraising. If you’ve fundraised online before, ask yourself a few questions to get a baseline of what is achievable.

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API Explained: This Technology Will Transform Your Company’s Charitable Giving

Global Giving

JustGiving.com , a UK fundraising website, incorporates GlobalGiving’s UK-eligible project portfolio. allowed users to fundraise in honor of a special occasion with charitable wedding registries and birthday fundraising pages. If they offer gift registries, they could add charitable gift options with our API.

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Keys to Following Up with Disaster Response Donors

Connection Cafe

I’ve been following the fundraising response to Japan very closely and so I was very pleased to be able to sit down with Katie Beth DeSchepper of StrategicOne earlier today. For example, they’re seeing the pictures of what’s going on in Japan – it’s on their mind all the time.

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Secret Agent L: Covering the Globe with Random Acts of Kindess

Have Fun - Do Good

Laura was anonymous with her project for a year until she held a reveal party and fundraiser in July of 2010. I told her that I was going to send her a little gift for her birthday, and she said, "No, no, no, no. I have them in Japan, and I have them in Germany. We came armed with like 30 or 40 little gifts and goodies.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » I am Michael Hoffman

See3

I have never written an article in The Japan Times, though I have written articles on politics, fundraising and web marketing. I hope they appreciate the gift. Luckily, my own ranking is moving up due to writing for onPhilanthropy.com, a newsletter and blogs following the world of philanthropy and fundraising.

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Evolution of Online Donors

Care2

Some key signs that online donations have gone mainstream are the prevalence of disaster relief gifts. Only 1 in 10 gifts were given to the 9/11 disaster online vs. 1 in 3 gifts were given online/mobile to the Japan earthquake disaster. Check out these stats!

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