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Tales of faux donors scamming charities

Robert Weiner

Then I went to work, and a friend of mine who was also a big Star Trek fan called me from New Hampshire to say “did you hear about Deforest Kelly?!? I’ll never be able to prove my premonition aside from the fact that when my friend told me the news, I immediately nearly blew out her eardrum telling her what had happened.

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6 Proven Ways to Grow Your eMail List using Facebook [w/ Slides]

Connection Cafe

Photo Contests. Photo contest can be a powerful way to build your email list, as long as the incentive is huge. For example, PetSave New Hampshire (below) offered a weekend getaway for the winner and their dog (a huge incentive). People joining this list are likely to support the organization by volunteering or donating.

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Accessibility: 5 Lessons for a Better Nonprofit Website

Connection Cafe

Feature photo: Used by permission with grateful acknowledgement to Evan Strong and Jesse Billauer of Life Rolls On (Venice Beach, CA). Check out New Hampshire Association for the Blind: #3 Avoid too many steps and fields on donation forms. Hear this, friends. Try moving back from your monitor and use the squint test.

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RootCampSL: Machinima Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last Sunday, I drove like a bat out of hell from my Sharing Foundation board meeting in New Hampshire to my computer so I could log in to the RootsCampSL session on "U sing Machinima for Social Change and Political Action." My Flickr Set: RootsCamp SL Machimina Session.

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Good News! Starbucks Signed an Agreement with Ethiopia

Have Fun - Do Good

They created a Flickr petition where they asked people to post a photo of themselves with a sign that says, "I support Ethiopian coffee farmers." I'm sure there are many other steps they took that I don't know about, but still, it seems like using blogs, video and photo sharing helped. Pretty cool stuff.