HaywoodCountyNews.com: HCC students design Web sites for 2 nonprofits

HaywoodCountyNews.com: HCC students design Web sites for 2 nonprofits: "CLYDE – Haywood Community College's Web Markup and Scripting class recently unveiled two web pages designed by students for two Haywood County nonprofit organizations.

Representatives of Spotlights Youth Theatre and REACH of Haywood County were both presented the designs by a blended class of traditional students and Haywood Early College students."

OLPC taps CFO Kane as president and COO - Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology:

OLPC taps CFO Kane as president and COO - Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology:: "One Laptop Per Child reports it has appointed Chuck Kane president and COO.

According to the Cambridge-based nonprofit, Kane will be responsible for operational matters and third-party negotiations. OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte will focus on fundraising and promoting the project to governments worldwide, OLPC said."

Sugar on Windows looking inevitable | Education IT | ZDNet.com

Sugar on Windows looking inevitable | Education IT | ZDNet.com: "Now that Walter Bender has resigned from OLPC, Technology Review featured an article on the group’s new president, Charles Kane. The article makes it very clear that OLPC, under the direction of Kane and Nicholas Negroponte, will definitely be seeking to deploy Windows on XOs and future products from OLPC."

Harvard Political Review - Lending and Leading

Harvard Political Review - Lending and Leading: "Matt Flannery is the CEO and Co-founder of Kiva.org, a popular website that allows individuals from around the world to loan as little as $25 at a time to entrepreneurs in the developing world. In just two years, Flannery's vision has exploded, helping to facilitate over 30,000 “microloans” funded at a total value of over $22 million. In an interview with HPR, Flannery discussed not only how Kiva itself brings about social change, but also how it represents a fundamentally new means through which such change may take place."

The Press Association: Bocelli charity video for download

The Press Association: Bocelli charity video for download: "are To Live will be available through the ActionAid website www.actionaid.org.uk for digital download from May 5.

Organisers of the project said it is the first commercial music video whose price is determined by what individual consumers want to pay.

All proceeds will go directly to international development charity ActionAid,"

How non-profits are using social networking to raise money and awareness -- chicagotribune.com

How non-profits are using social networking to raise money and awareness -- chicagotribune.com: "Online social networks used to be just gathering places for friends and long-lost acquaintances. Then the marketers arrived, followed by politicians and job recruiters, all looking to tap into a growing mass of young people who are spending much of their time on the Web. Now, non-profit organizations are testing ways to raise money through these networks, betting that the Internet's viral nature will open fresh avenues for fundraising and marketing."

Evans School hosts Microsoft forum about corporate giving - The Daily of the University of Washington

Evans School hosts Microsoft forum about corporate giving - The Daily of the University of Washington: "Last night, the Evans School of Public Affairs hosted a forum on corporate social responsibility as part of an ongoing course offered at the Evans School that features lectures from various leaders of business and industry.

The lecture featured two representatives from locally based corporate giant Microsoft: Jane Broom, senior manager of the company’s Puget Sound community affairs, and Jennifer Wolcott, the manager of employee engagement. Students asked the speakers about how their companies have contributed to the communities and regions in which they operate."

miramichileader.com - School, Kinsmen helping in developing countries

miramichileader.com - School, Kinsmen helping in developing countries: "A non-profit group, Kiva (Swahili for 'agreement' or 'unity') is the world's first and perhaps only online 'micro-lending' organization, meaning participants in the group loan small amounts of money to selected entrepreneurs.

James M. Hill teacher Tyson Theriault said the 26 students in his World Issues 120 class became involved with Kiva when a representative of the Miramichi Kinsmen asked if the school would be interested in participating."

The NonProfit Times - Email Donor Lists Growing, Open Rates Dropping

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Email Donor Lists Growing, Open Rates Dropping

Open rates for email campaigns and fundraising messages have declined for the past three years, but those who have provided an email address are starting to churn out at a slower rate. And, those who give online are giving more than in previous years.

And, just because you send an email and it's opened, don't expect any action from about 60 percent of the recipients.

Those are a few of the findings of a study of online activities across a three-year period of 21 large organizations by the nonprofit technology organization NTEN in Portland, Ore., and consultants M+R Strategic Services, with offices in eight cities and based in Washington, D.C. The new report covers two years and is coupled with an earlier study."

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."

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 ::

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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."

OpenSocial apps now available to Orkut users in India | The Social - CNET News.com

OpenSocial apps now available to Orkut users in India | The Social - CNET News.com: "And now, the latest in social network developer platform announcements: Orkut, the community site owned by Google, has rolled out a directory of applications to its users in India and will continue to expand geographically over the next few weeks.

India, along with Brazil, is one of Orkut's main hubs of popularity; in Brazil, it faces many of the same issues that massive social networks like Facebook and MySpace do in the U.S. Despite having been developer in-house in Google's Mountain View, Calif.-based headquarters, the site has never really taken off stateside. Meanwhile, rival MySpace is currently launching an India-centric portal that will compete with Orkut."