The Ice-Bucket Racket - NYTimes.com: "Ever since the ice-bucket challenge swept the Internet this summer, raising more than $115 million for A.L.S. research, a legion of imitators has sprung up to try and cash in themselves. In the approaching holiday season, as fund-raising appeals swell, we can now smash a pie in our faces, snap selfies first thing in the morning or take a photo of ourselves grabbing our crotches, among other tasteful gestures, to express solidarity with various worthy causes. But the failure of these newer gimmicks to enjoy anywhere near the same popularity as the frigid original demonstrates the peculiar and finicky nature of our altruism — a psychological puzzle that both scientists and economists are trying to decipher."
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Monday, November 17, 2014
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Google launches public fundraising campaign to fight Ebola | UK Fundraising
Google launches public fundraising campaign to fight Ebola | UK Fundraising: "4
Google is inviting the public to donate to help fight Ebola. For every dollar donated it will donate $2.
The company has already donated $10 million to support NGOs including InSTEDD, International Rescue Committee, Medecins Sans Frontieres, NetHope, Partners in Health, Save the Children and U.S. Fund for UNICEF. The money will be donated to Network for Good, which will distribute the funds to the NGOs.
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Google is inviting the public to donate to help fight Ebola. For every dollar donated it will donate $2.
The company has already donated $10 million to support NGOs including InSTEDD, International Rescue Committee, Medecins Sans Frontieres, NetHope, Partners in Health, Save the Children and U.S. Fund for UNICEF. The money will be donated to Network for Good, which will distribute the funds to the NGOs.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Gates and World Bank Back Tech Aided Access for the Underbanked - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly
Gates and World Bank Back Tech Aided Access for the Underbanked - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly: "Imagine living without a connection to a bank or financial institution. Your check from your employer must be cashed at a check-cashing store, where they charge 5 percent of the check amount. You cannot shop online, do not have access to credit, and are likely terrified of being robbed. If you need to send money to a child living in another state or family member living in your country of origin, you are charged 5-8 percent to send funds to them, and they then pay another 5-8 percent to cash the money order. Luckily, new technology is on the horizon to help millions gain monetary protections and increase credit opportunities, leading to small business expansion and more hope for those trying to climb out of poverty."
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Millennial Meltdown: What Nonprofits Should Learn From The Political Disconnect
Millennial Meltdown: What Nonprofits Should Learn From The Political Disconnect: "vast non-commercial response to the holiday shopping season that will simultaneously – its planners hope – expand charitable coffers and continue to build a new network for giving that counters the year-end explosion of consumerist buying and selling.
GivingTuesday is the admirable three-year-old collaboration of the 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation that now includes more than 10,000 nonprofits in its enthusiastic year-end campaign for social good. "
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GivingTuesday is the admirable three-year-old collaboration of the 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation that now includes more than 10,000 nonprofits in its enthusiastic year-end campaign for social good. "
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Monday, November 10, 2014
Atlantic Philanthropies Is the Latest Nonprofit Subject to Email ‘Phishing’ Attacks - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas
Atlantic Philanthropies Is the Latest Nonprofit Subject to Email ‘Phishing’ Attacks - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "So had the foundation, which has announced plans to cease operations by 2020, resorted to giving away its assets blindly to help it spend down?
Quite the contrary. The foundation was victim of a phishing attack, a criminal attempt to use an established brand name to lure Internet users into providing personal information like Social Security or bank-account numbers. In the past 18 months, the foundation has dealt with seven such attacks."
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Quite the contrary. The foundation was victim of a phishing attack, a criminal attempt to use an established brand name to lure Internet users into providing personal information like Social Security or bank-account numbers. In the past 18 months, the foundation has dealt with seven such attacks."
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How #GivingTuesday Can Help Your Nonprofit Reach PhilanthroKids or Generation Z Donors | Beth’s Blog
How #GivingTuesday Can Help Your Nonprofit Reach PhilanthroKids or Generation Z Donors | Beth’s Blog: " GivingTuesday is done it again with its K-12 Philanthropy Curriculum, a set of lesson plans that teachers can use to help their students participate in GivingTuesday by raising money for a local nonprofit."
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10 Best Practices for Planning Successful Crowd Funding or Giving Day Campaigns | Beth’s Blog
10 Best Practices for Planning Successful Crowd Funding or Giving Day Campaigns | Beth’s Blog: "Giving Day Campaigns and Crowd Funding Campaigns Are Than Dollars Raised
When nonprofits marry tried-and-true fundraising techniques with social media and online networks, they are able to tap into the power of crowd funding."
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When nonprofits marry tried-and-true fundraising techniques with social media and online networks, they are able to tap into the power of crowd funding."
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Friday, November 07, 2014
Top 30 charity chief executives on social media announced
Top 30 charity chief executives on social media announced: "Charity chief executives are communicating more effectively through social media, according to Simon Blake, who judged the top 30 leaders.
Blake (pictured) who is chief executive of Brook, announced the charity chief executives who had made this year’s list at an event last night, and said the overall quality of the nominees had “developed so much since last year”.
“The confidence with which chief executives seem to be using social media had grown,” he added. "
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Blake (pictured) who is chief executive of Brook, announced the charity chief executives who had made this year’s list at an event last night, and said the overall quality of the nominees had “developed so much since last year”.
“The confidence with which chief executives seem to be using social media had grown,” he added. "
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Thursday, November 06, 2014
Charitable Gifts of Bitcoin: Tax, Appraisal, Legal and Processing Considerations | Planned Giving Design Center
Charitable Gifts of Bitcoin: Tax, Appraisal, Legal and Processing Considerations | Planned Giving Design Center: "Charitable Gifts of Bitcoin: Tax, Appraisal, Legal and Processing Considerations
Article posted in Intangible Personal Property by Randy Fox on 4 November 2014| comments
audience: National Publication, Bryan K. Clontz, CFP®, CLU, ChFC, CAP, "
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Article posted in Intangible Personal Property by Randy Fox on 4 November 2014| comments
audience: National Publication, Bryan K. Clontz, CFP®, CLU, ChFC, CAP, "
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Thursday, October 30, 2014
Red Cross launches mobile app on disasters | The Jakarta Post
Red Cross launches mobile app on disasters | The Jakarta Post: "The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has launched an Android-based mobile application that helps users anticipate natural disasters and share disaster-related information.
The app, called Mass Rapid Assessment (MRA), was launched during a seminar on IT-Telekom and people's disaster preparedness and resilience in South Jakarta on Thursday."
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The app, called Mass Rapid Assessment (MRA), was launched during a seminar on IT-Telekom and people's disaster preparedness and resilience in South Jakarta on Thursday."
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Red Cross Uses Texts as a Weapon in West Africa Ebola Fight – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Red Cross Uses Texts as a Weapon in West Africa Ebola Fight – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "Red Cross Uses Texts as a Weapon in West Africa Ebola Fight
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is using mobile communication to help stem the spread of Ebola in Sierra Leone, sending out millions of text messages a month carrying health tips to the country’s residents, NPR reports."
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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is using mobile communication to help stem the spread of Ebola in Sierra Leone, sending out millions of text messages a month carrying health tips to the country’s residents, NPR reports."
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Why Doesn't Your Company Have a Social Media Voice Document? - SocialFish
Why Doesn't Your Company Have a Social Media Voice Document? - SocialFish: "People in your organization are going to be connected to social media somehow. It’s inevitable. You can either ban them from speaking on behalf of the company, or teach them that should they be in that position – that there is a right way.
How can we expect uniform education across the company? A Social Media ‘Voice’ document. Or is it a tone document? Let’s look at this distinction, by Gather Content:"
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How can we expect uniform education across the company? A Social Media ‘Voice’ document. Or is it a tone document? Let’s look at this distinction, by Gather Content:"
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