TechSoup Digital Storytelling Event

TechSoup Digital Storytelling Event: "Every organization has a story to tell. But yours doesn't have to be a bland, corporate-sounding video or canned sound bite. Even with limited resources, time, or skills, your nonprofit can tell a compelling story that captures the importance and impact of your cause — and we've got an event that will show you how! Mark your calendars for TechSoup Global's Digital Storytelling Online Event! This free event will take place across three separate platforms: Webinars, forums and Second Life. The webinar portion will take place over two days: Wednesday, September 30 and Thursday, October 1. Following the two days of webinars will be a two-week Community Challenge with accompanying discussions in the TechSoup forums."

Nonprofits Paying Price for Gamble on Finances - NYTimes.com

Nonprofits Paying Price for Gamble on Finances - NYTimes.com: "Homeowners and businesses were not alone in taking on piles of debt over the last decade. Nonprofits of all sizes did the same, and now they, too, are paying the price."

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Test Response To Web As If It’s Mail

If you test everything from envelope color to live stamps on your direct mail, why wouldn’t you take the same care with your Web site?"

Tweet, Tweet, Ka-Ching: Twitter is Changing the Way Nonprofits Make the Ask | All Up in Your Business | Fast Company

Tweet, Tweet, Ka-Ching: Twitter is Changing the Way Nonprofits Make the Ask | All Up in Your Business | Fast Company: "Can non-profits raise awareness, increase membership, and--most critically--“make the ask” successfully on Twitter? Can a 140-character message deliver the visceral wallop of, say, heart-wrenching footage of starving children covered in flies or the sad eyes of a neglected and abused animal? The answer is yes."

Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) Group News | LinkedIn

Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) Group News | LinkedIn: "New applications and technologies are being developed at a rapid pace. This brave new world of touchscreens, aggregated data, and pastel AJAX-based social networking sites, is partly fueled by consumers' desires for faster, lighter, and often cheaper (if not free) technologies."

Global Voices Online » Can social media help make microfinance sustainable?

Global Voices Online » Can social media help make microfinance sustainable?: "As the internet age hit, microlenders began looking for ways to replicate the Grameen Bank's success online. With the rise of social networking, especially peer-to-peer media, these lenders found their answer. The question, however, remains: Will social media help create a sustainable market for microfinance?"

K-State Collegian - Technology acts as avenue for seclusion or charity

K-State Collegian - Technology acts as avenue for seclusion or charity: "This generosity inspired the Thompsons to start the nonprofit group Giving Anonymously. Giving Anonymously, through givinganon.org, allows individuals to help their neighbors by having an anonymous check sent to their residence. Also, if you just have the spirit to help and are not sure who you can assist, the Web site has a database of those looking for assistance. Through the Internet and pure kindness, Giving Anonymously has demonstrated the strength of empathy in a social networking society."