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TechNet Blogs: "n order to assist with the recovery, TechSoup Japan, a program of the Japan NPO Center, is working with Microsoft, Adobe, and Symantec to aid local nonprofit organizations whose facilities are damaged in the earthquake by providing software donations. This Disaster Relief Program is administered in addition to the standard TechSoup Japan product donation program and provides free software without any administrative fees to qualifying nonprofits that have been affected by the earthquake. More information is available here in Japanese. A joint press release in English is posted in the TechSoup Global press room."

Why Facebook Photo Tags Are The New (And Possibly More Powerful) Likes | Fast Company

Why Facebook Photo Tags Are The New (And Possibly More Powerful) Likes | Fast Company

The Aunt Mabel Effect (a lesson from Digital Leap) | NetWitsThinkTank.com

The Aunt Mabel Effect (a lesson from Digital Leap) | NetWitsThinkTank.com: "I just returned from Toronto, where Blackbaud sponsored the Digital Leap conference for the second year in a row. It would be tough to relay all the great new statistics, pointers, and tidbits I picked up at the conference, so I’ve narrowed it down to my favorite takeaway, nabbed from the session led by Ted Hart on Online Fundraising Success and Social Media."

Social Media Contingency Planning: The Operational Plan | Social Media Explorer

Social Media Contingency Planning: The Operational Plan | Social Media Explorer: "But what if a disaster, natural or man-made, struck your company, building, city or country? Do you have a contingency plan for how your social media would actually operate? Nearly 80% of companies worldwide feel they are unprepared for a social media crisis. Don’t be in this majority; determine if your company is ready by considering the following."

Spontaneous text giving can transform fundraising | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional

Spontaneous text giving can transform fundraising | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional: "Donating by text has huge potential – the market is estimated to be worth �96m annually by 2014. It comes as no surprise when you consider that 89% of adults in the UK own a mobile phone and 300 million text messages are sent each day. But it is the spontaneous, mobile nature of donating by text that is the key to unlocking this new technology that allows people to donate whenever and wherever they are."

Social-Media Marketing Efforts Give a Lift to Nonprofit Campaigns : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success

Social-Media Marketing Efforts Give a Lift to Nonprofit Campaigns : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success: "Despite those who may write off social media as a fad, the numbers don't lie: Currently there are 100 million members on LinkedInOpens in a new window, 200 million members on TwitterOpens in a new window and 600 million members on FacebookOpens in a new window. And more importantly, the people engaging on social-media networks are the same people that make up fundraisers' donor bases."

Goodbye QR Codes, Hello Near Field Communication?

Goodbye QR Codes, Hello Near Field Communication?: "Another day, another technology being called “THE” thing to have this year. Discussion around Near Field Communication (NFC) technology in smartphones has been bubbling for months if not years, coming to a head recently with Google’s official support of NFC and their dropping of QR code support in the Google Places service."

Public voting begins for Toyota contest | MNN - Mother Nature Network

Public voting begins for Toyota contest | MNN - Mother Nature Network: "he public voting round began yesterday when Toyota featured the first five finalists on the company’s official Facebook page. Each day through August 16, 2011 five new nonprofits will be featured. At the end of each voting day, the nonprofit with the most votes will be awarded a new Toyota vehicle."

A nonprofit thinks small: a $25 computer the size of a thumb - CSMonitor.com

A nonprofit thinks small: a $25 computer the size of a thumb - CSMonitor.com: "he nonprofit group Raspberry Pi is aiming the inexpensive device at less affluent school children and others who would benefit from having an ultra-small, ultra-cheap computer available to them."

Fundraising via Facebook

Fundraising via Facebook: "Six charities have joined the Commonwealth Bank in a facebook fund raising campaign – to be launched today – Community Seeds, where all you need to do is 'like' one of the selected organisations and the bank will donate $1 to that charity for each vote.

There is a pool of $175,000 to be shared among the charities chosen by staff at the bank, which include Bowel Cancer Australia, Alzheimers Australia, A Start in Life, HeartKids, OzHarvest and SANE Australia."

Ken Burnett - What’s on your wall?

Ken Burnett - What’s on your wall?: "So for many years I’ve advocated that fundraisers should stick up on their walls in large letters a short repertoire of pithy and powerful definitions. Like the definition of sincerity (see below). And the five assumptions of fundraising and the 11 pillars of fundraising wisdom. These last two of course can be found on and downloaded from SOFII. Go there now, please, and stick them on your walls."

Our view: New nonprofit website will hasten Erie's renewal - Editorial - GoErie.com/Erie Times-News

Our view: New nonprofit website will hasten Erie's renewal - Editorial - GoErie.com/Erie Times-News: "Mark your calendars for June 1. This is the date for the debut of helpinahurry.org, a new website that will link together Erie's most treasured resource, our people."