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Four Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Question Facebook’s Integrity, Longevity, and ROI (Return on Investment)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Time for them to launch an Ad Grants Program for Nonprofits like Google Grants. I believe this so much in fact, that I started a Page called “ Call to Action: Launch an Ads Grants Program for Nonprofits “ Hope you become a Fan – er “Like&# it. It’s time for them to give back.

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Data Digest: Open Data for Africa Platform, Silent Data Revolution in MENA and Data Strategies

Tech Soup

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. Libya, Djibouti and Jordan have also granted restricted access to micro data to selected individuals and organizations.

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Blackbaud Grantmaking: Examining the Past, the Present, and the Future

sgEngage

If you are a grantmaker, you know how important it is to have a reliable and efficient software system that can help you manage your grants, track your impact, and collaborate with your stakeholders. MicroEdge was established back in 1985 and released their Grants Management Software “GIFTS Online” in 2009. It’s a win win!

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Why I Use Twitter

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Twitter.com is all the rage among geeks, although it has more hype than users at this point. I’ll admit that, for the longest time, I was exasperated by the Twitter hype. A few months ago, I was one of 12 judges for a MacArthur grant program in Chicago. with all of its free-speech, global-collaboration ramifications.

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Live Blog Post from MacArthur Foundation: Virtual World Event on Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's a quick summary of my notes: In Fanton's welcome, he noted that it is easy to get caught up in the novelty and hype of virtual worlds, but whatever the complexities, "we think they will grow and become integrated into our daily lives." We have to do due diligence in grant making, so we know who to trust.

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Betting on Braincake: Interview with Jen Stancil

Museum 2.0

We based the grant on inquiry, and that’s why we got it from PBS. We tell them: here’s a global forum for you. Have you gotten any negative feedback about it being too superficial or hyped for a research program? I don’t think it’s a lot of hype. And they’re already behind globally. The way the Web 2.0

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What is Twitter, Really? And Can it Do Anything for Museums?

Museum 2.0

There's twittervision , twitter's most popular mashup, which shows tweets (twitter entries) real-time on a global map. There's a more measured article about twitter from the MIT Technology Review that gets beyond the hype to talk about twitter's functionality. If you’ve never seen twitter, take a moment and check it out.

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