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Great reads from around the web on June 13th

Amy Sample Ward

Norway, and Russia, while most of its gains came in countries in the developing world, including Mexico and India." Though the social networking behemoth continues creeping toward 700 million global users, six million Americans quit the site in the month of May. That's the first time Facebook has lost U.S. users in over a year.

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Crowdfunding Controversies and How They Impact Nonprofits and Charities

Tech Soup

Rather, I found a publicity shy company, operated remotely from Russia, promoting a device unsupported by any medical or scientific evidence whatsoever." The food truck campaign I supported had mock-ups of what the food truck would look like and pictures of sample menu items. Report Back. This one is huge.

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Nonprofit Technology News for June 2013

Tech Soup

The leaders in adoption are China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico. The Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN), now being run by my former colleague and all-around superwoman, Amy Sample Ward, recently came out with a report called Nonprofit Technology Assistance Providers Sector Reach Report.

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