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19 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Kiva Cards. Natural Resource Defense Council Green Gifts. American Rivers Gifts. charity: water Donation Cards. David Shelrick Wildlife Trust Orphan Adoptions. Defenders of Wildlife Adoptions. Heifer International Gift Catalog. Mercy Corps Gifts. Nature Conservancy Gifts of Nature. Nonviolent Peaceforce Peace Bonds.

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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Kiva Cards. Kiva Cards let your recipient choose an entrepreneur to support. You can send your Kiva Card by email, snail mail, post it to your Facebook friend’s wall or print and deliver it yourself. Natural Resources Defense Council :: Green Gifts. Mercy Corps Gifts. Nonviolent Peace Force :: Peace Bonds.

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22 Must-Circle Nonprofits on Google+

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As a follow-up to Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits and 22 Must-Circle Nonprofit Bloggers and Resources on Google+ , below are 22 nonprofits that are regularly using Google+ effectively to engage and inspire the Google+ community. As traffic continues to grow , new tools and functionality are added almost daily. The Field Museum.

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I just made an educational microloan!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Kushal described Vittana as "Kiva for educational loans." This is what I think about when I dream about Raising the Floor with technology: finding ways to meet society's most pressing problems with the brains and resources of the tech community. Tags: Chakrabarti microloans Vittana Kushal Kiva. It makes a lot of sense to me.

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Implementing Lean Startup in Mission-Driven Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Lean method advocates for creating a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), testing it in small ways and building on what was learned to create something that really addresses audience needs and minimizes wasted effort and resources. One example Christie gave was describing the origins of Louder.

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Great reads from around the web on November 11th

Amy Sample Ward

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Women Rule the Philanthropic Roost!

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The Power of Curation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Gansky calls these “Mesh” businesses ([link] that leverage data and social networks to allow people to share resources conveniently (a car sitting idle, an extra room in your house). This insight hit home for me when serial entrepreneur Lisa Gansky talked about innovative businesses like CouchSurfing ([link] Zipcar, and AirBnB.

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