Thursday, April 24, 2008

Grand Forks Herald | GF, EGF: Do you have a million hours to spare?

Grand Forks Herald | GF, EGF: Do you have a million hours to spare?: "Grand Forks Mayor Mike Brown wants city residents to spend a million hours volunteering during the next 12 months, and Wednesday he unveiled a new system to take the guesswork out of it all.

Using a Web site created by nonprofit groups, the mayor hopes to link volunteers with nonprofits that need their labor."

NewsGallery - Australian charities turn to Facebook generation for survival

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NewsGallery - Australian charities turn to Facebook generation for survival: "'I'm in no doubt that the tools of the social web are going to be a crucial part of online life for nonprofits in Australia as they are in the USA,' Ms Kanter said.

'Whether it's for fundraising, lobbying, membership support or straight our campaigning, the social web opens doors that were previously closed to smaller nonprofits. It levels the playing field.'

Ms Kanter was rated in the Top 10 speakers from over 100 presenting at the recent US Nonprofit Technology Conference in New Orleans."

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

PC World - Business Center: Top OLPC Executive Resigns After Restructuring

PC World - Business Center: Top OLPC Executive Resigns After Restructuring: "Drastic internal restructuring at the One Laptop Per Child Project has led to the resignation of one of the nonprofit's top executives from the effort.

Walter Bender, the former president of software and content at OLPC, has left the organization to pursue 'new activities,' an OLPC spokesman, George Snell, said on Monday."

Jessica Biel Starts Social Network to Match Nonprofits and Donors :: PNNOnline ::

Found this on PNNOnline

Jessica Biel Starts Social Network to Match Nonprofits and Donors :: PNNOnline ::: "Actress Jessica Biel is involved in the launch of Make the Difference Network, and the site that connects people to nonprofits will be run by her father Jon Biel and social entrepreneur Kent McBride. MTDN.com makes cutting-edge Web technology readily available to participating nonprofits and matches nonprofit organizations with potential donors."

Social networking, malaria and philanthropy partnership

Social networking, malaria and philanthropy partnership: "Philanthropy just got easier and a lot more accessible to the public thanks to the social networking power of the Internet and a ground-breaking partnership between a young British entrepreneur, a global health think tank and an African medical research institute.

Debuted April 20 to offer individuals a meaningful way to mark World Malaria Day (Friday, April 25), its creators hope www.MalariaEngage.org will do for African research what YouTube did for sharing videos and what eBay did for trading things - open it up in a creative and engaging way to the vast global community through the World Wide Web."