Philanthropy Front and Center-Atlanta: Do Good™

Philanthropy Front and Center-Atlanta: Do Good™: "Do Good™

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has launched the Do Good™ Channel on its web site. It is powered by good2gether™, a new service that connects people to causes through a broad network of high-traffic websites. good2gether™ enables nonprofits to enter volunteering opportunities, events and in-kind donation needs (at no charge) once – then distributes their information across the entire network, to everyone's benefit."

The Santa Barbara Independent Tech Mogul Brings Laptops to Kellogg Kids

The Santa Barbara Independent Tech Mogul Brings Laptops to Kellogg Kids: "D.J. Perry’s third-grade class at Kellogg Elementary School in Goleta buzzed with excitement on Friday, December 5, as students clicked away on their new XO-brand laptops. The textbook-sized computers were provided to the school by UCSB’s Technology Management Program and its new partnership with One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that aims for education through technology for the world’s poorest children."

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Nonprofit Communications » Blog Archive » Going from a Print Newsletter to Email: What to Leave Behind: "Going from a Print Newsletter to Email: What to Leave Behind
Posted by Kivi Leroux Miller on Dec 16, 2008 in E-Newsletters, Nonprofit Communications, Print Newsletters |
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Going from a Print Newsletter to an Email Newsletter - Webinar This Thursday - Get the Details

It seems like every nonprofit I’ve talked to in the last few months is either dropping their print newsletter entirely or carefully considering ways to cut back on the expense of publishing it (e.g. publishing fewer pages or printing fewer copies)."

Innovative Giving: The Nature Conservancy and (Lil) Green Patch | An Itinerant Mind | Fast Company

Innovative Giving: The Nature Conservancy and (Lil) Green Patch | An Itinerant Mind | Fast Company: "Innovative Giving: The Nature Conservancy and (Lil) Green Patch
| posted by Saabira Chaudhuri

(Ed. Note: This is the first of six stories about innovative ways to give back during this holiday season. Check back tomorrow and the rest of the week for the next installments.)"

Google Blasts WSJ, Still 'Committed' to Net Neutrality | Epicenter from Wired.com

Google Blasts WSJ, Still 'Committed' to Net Neutrality | Epicenter from Wired.com: "Google is taking some heat this morning from a Wall Street Journal piece that argues the company is abandoning its support of network neutrality in an attempt to make sites like YouTube faster than the competition.

The WSJ claims Google has approached major internet service providers 'with a proposal to create a fast lane for its own content.'"

Public Service - Socitm to merge with charity body

Public Service - Socitm to merge with charity body: "Socitm has announced its merger with the Charity IT Resource Alliance (CITRA), a non-profit membership organisation supporting IT professionals in the third sect"

New Haven Nonprofit Needs 150 Monitors - washingtonpost.com

New Haven Nonprofit Needs 150 Monitors - washingtonpost.com: "Phil Shapiro
PC World
Sunday, December 7, 2008; 7:19 PM

In this season of giving, one of the best ways to compound your giving is to assist organizations providing community support year round. One such organization is Concepts for Adaptive Learning, located in New Haven, Connecticut. The reasons why this organization deserves our support are chronicled in this Hartford Courant news article and in this New Haven Register news article."

Singapore licenses are online! « Creative Commons Singapore

Singapore licenses are online! « Creative Commons Singapore: "Singapore licenses are online!

In all the enthusiasm after we finally made it and among the million other things each one of us is involved in we neglected to communicate the merry news on this blog. Yes, after some delay, the Singapore versions of the Creative Commons licenses are now online and available for all Singapore-based authors to use. Just head over to http://creativecommons.org/international/sg/ for an overview of the licenses."

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Brief History and Meta Analysis of Fundraising With Twitter

Great material re Twitter fundraising From Beth Kanter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Brief History and Meta Analysis of Fundraising With Twitter: "Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Brief History and Meta Analysis of Fundraising With Twitter

Last August, I saw the impact of Twitter's velocity first-hand with a fundraising experiment. I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex. I wondered whether or not those results would be replicable? Right before Thanksgiving, the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. The campaign used the power of retweeting to spread the message across twitter users.

As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more sign that fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. Lucy points to some implications for organizations to consider:"

The Unofficial Guide to Friendfeed Part 2: Getting Started

The Unofficial Guide to Friendfeed Part 2: Getting Started: "In part 1 of this series on Friendfeed, I brought up a list of reasons which I had found made Friendfeed quite possibly the best social network / news discovery service I have ever used.

Today I’d like to give you some ideas (in order) of how to get started on Friendfeed."

The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Live Discussions

Transcript of a Live Chat from Chronicle of Philanthropy

The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Live Discussions: "How Charities Can Raise Money With Twitter and Other Social-Networking Tools
Tuesday, November 25, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern time
Twitter, Facebook, and other online social-networking tools offer ways for nonprofit organizations to build connections with supporters and donors."

The NonProfit Times - "How About A Microblog With Your Microbrew?

From Nonprofit Times TechnoBuzz

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "How About A Microblog With Your Microbrew?

By Susan Sobel Finkelpearl

To all nonprofit communicators, organizers and marketers making your way in today’s turbo-charged new media landscape: I feel for you. One day the buzz is, “Start a blog,” the next day word on the street is, “Get on Facebook and MySpace” to stay afloat. Some of you may have heard stories of nonprofits joining the virtual world, Second Life, to garner new members and funds. That might have you simply scratching your head."

Ledger-Enquirer.com | 11/25/2008 | Group hopes to give Wii systems to soldiers

Ledger-Enquirer.com | 11/25/2008 | Group hopes to give Wii systems to soldiers: "Voice-activated laptops reconnect the wounded with the world, allowing them to maintain contact with their deployed unit and family members not at the bedside, and developing self-confidence by showing they will continue to be engaged and productive despite their injuries.

Dubbed “Wii-habilitation,” the use of Wii game systems in medical settings can have a powerful effect on a wounded soldier’s recovery, too."

IRS Raises Questions About Charity Status of Mozilla Foundation - Philanthropy.com

IRS Raises Questions About Charity Status of Mozilla Foundation - Philanthropy.com: "IRS Raises Questions About Charity Status of Mozilla Foundation

Technology experts are drawing attention to the fact that the Internal Revenue Service is raising questions about the Mozilla Foundation’s tax exempt status."

World news Feed Article | Politics' next step? Donations go high text

World news Feed Article | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Mobile giving is currently limited to nonpartisan, charitable organizations, such as the United Way, and politicians must clear a few technical and regulatory obstacles. But that could happen before the next presidential election.

'There's some things we'll have to work out for campaign finance, but I think in four years we'll have done that,' said Jed Alpert, CEO of Mobile Commons, one of the five mobile application service providers that help organizations implement mobile giving."