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Great reads from around the web on December 25th

Amy Sample Ward

Fundraising Sources for Social Entrepreneurs – December 2009 Edition – "Each month Ashoka compiles a list of fundraising and other resources for Ashoka Fellows. These opportunities are typically open to all sorts of social entrepreneurs as well. Download the December 2009 version of this list here.

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Vote With Your Purse 2.0: Women's Online Giving, Offline Power

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is a section on how to use Sprout and Chipin in for fundraising -- so I'll take this opportunity to mention my ChipIn Case Study about sending a young woman to college and my personal fundraising wikispace. I'm honored to a few of my resources included.

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10 Questions to Get You Started Using Social Media for Your Nonprofit or Do-Good Project

Have Fun - Do Good

If you have a do-good project, or a small nonprofit that you want to promote, fundraise for, or build an online community around using social media, your first step is to create a plan. Wikispaces , PBworks ) Using more tools isn't necessarily better. Unfortunately, there isn't an easy answer to that question.

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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

Marketing, Fundraising, and Philanthropy So far, there will be at least four bloggers live blogging at the Council on Foundations conference. And speaking of celebrities and fundraising , Frogloop, tells us how to leverage them to raise more dollars for nonprofits. Trish Perkins offers up a list "cool free tech tools."

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Connecting with Your Community

Tech Soup

With a mix of donated tools like Wikispaces and free services like Facebook, your organization has more readily accessible channels to get its message out, boost its fundraising and help recruit volunteers. For a great example of a Wikispaces wiki used for social media action, check out We Are Media.

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PowerMyLearning: Free Online Education Games and Videos for Nonprofits and Libraries

Tech Soup

I know Elisabeth and am not surprised that she successfully fundraised $7 million to launch this service with support from the likes of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Broad Foundation, and The W.K. They’ve had lots of experience seeing what works and what doesn’t. Kellogg Foundation.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm creating a powerpiont for the Webinar and an accompanying wikispace, but wanted to put out this blog post for any feedback. A nonprofit organization that provides support for homeless in Northern, CA found references to homeless people on restaurant blogs and used what they learn for a fundraising campaign. So, now is the fun part.

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