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Are Crowd Funding Platforms the New Patrons of Independent Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. Some of the tools needed to do this work are obvious: a camera, microphone, headphones, tripod, laptop, and maybe a light. At that time I made a blog and raised $2,000 using Chipin.

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10 Common Misconceptions Nonprofits Have About Bitcoin Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A single donor donated $56 million worth of Bitcoin to 60 nonprofits at the start of 2018 – on Reddit! Major crypto gifts haven’t slowed down, with multi-million dollar pledges happening in December and January so far. Getting setup with a cryptocurrency exchange account is similar to opening a bank or brokerage account.

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Why Celebrity iCloud Hacking Should Matter to Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

Some of those images were released on sites like Reddit, Imgur, and 4chan in an attempt to sell them for bitcoin , the virtual currency, and then shared far and wide. My colleague Ariel has more info on staying safer online and how pledging to do so is the first step. Do you have tips on staying safe online?