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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

Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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Socially Responsible Schwag As Metaphor for SoCap09

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I loved what he said about Premal Shah - that he wanted to apply for a job at Kiva after hearing him speak. Kiva is at the intersection of money and meaning. He has recently announced a new venture, Tactical Philanthropy Advisors , an advisory firm working with wealthy individuals and families. He defined it as: "If Web 1.0

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NpTech Summary: Slow Wifi and Flickr Massage Edition

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Giving Anonymously facilitates person to person philanthropy. via the AFP Blog summarizes this news story from msnbc about nonprofits in Second Life inspired by Kiva in Second Life's Grand Opening Party at the Nonprofit Commons. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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Food Bloggers Unite for Good: Menu for Hope Starts Today

Have Fun - Do Good

*Bay Area readers: You can hear Pim and the co-founder of Kiva, Matt Flannery, talk about Fundraising for Nonprofits with the Social Web tomorrow, December 12th, at NetSquared's Net Tuesday. Menu for Hope Chez Pim food blog philanthropy The event will be at Citizen Agency's Citizen Space (425 Second St. 300 in San Francisco).

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2011 NTC Preview: Going Online for Capacity Mapping and Resource Matching: The Big Picture

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If you think that a mash-up of online tools for capacity mapping and resource matching would assist nonprofits, philanthropies, and the communities that they serve, then we invite you join us at our upcoming session at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference.

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