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Money talks: Why tuning into the Giving Pledge matters 

Candid

As the saying goes, “Money talks,” and there’s no better example of this than the Giving Pledge and its effect on the social sector. To date, 241 individuals with a cumulative net worth easily surpassing $1 trillion have made the pledge—a public commitment to give the majority of their fortunes to charity.

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9 Social Media for Social Good Sites You Should know About

NetWits

Crowdrise came on the scene with a big splash in 2010. Jumo is another social media for social good platform that entered the mix in 2010. By pledging an amount (say 25 cents) per Tweet for a defined amount of time (say 1 month) you can show your support for a cause you love. 1) Crowdrise – [link]. 3) Jumo – [link].

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Great reads from around the web on November 16th

Amy Sample Ward

We continued in 2010 with a second list, and now we're readying a third. … Now, about three months later, the pledge has not yet visibly inspired new major gifts or attracted additional signatures — Mr. ." " Tags: roundup bookmarks email facebook list philanthropy postalicious resources womenwhotech.

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Spotlight on We Can End This with Scott Henderson

NetWits

It's official kickoff went down at South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive 2010 much like the Pledge to End Hunger did in 2009. We Can End This is a yearlong initiative focused on sparking innovation and broader engagement in the movement to end hunger in America.

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Open content business models

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

There was one interesting model was asking for pledges, and if the pledges got up to a certain amount, the content would be produced. The problem of how do you fund the actual writing of content was not really addressed, and I think that is one of the harder nuts to crack.

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Free and Open Source tool #14: SugarCRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Just came across a deal-breaking feature-not-yet-implemented in CiviCRM and I’m wondering if it’s easily implemented in Sugar (long-term pledges to a capital campaign). Anyway, SugarCRM is basically “enterprise class&# CRM, and is worth a look. { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Thomas 04.20.08

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Live blogging from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit: Successfully Going Mobile

Amy Sample Ward

millions PCs in Q4 2010. 79% of respondents volunteered in 2010, and they prefer to do it in groups. For example, a bike-a-thon in Texas has a Ride for Life app so that people can keep track of pledges and fundraising, see where others are, etc. Why mobile? Smartphones vs PCs – Smartphone sales beat PC sales with 100.9

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