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Great reads from around the web on March 30th

Amy Sample Ward

." <b>nononprofitspam</b> <b>wordpress.com</b> – Check out this new blog and campaign from nptechers like Deborah Elizabeth Finn and Peter Campbell targeting an issue many of us in the nonprofit sector may not think exists, or maybe ignore: nonprofit spam. "Our " Lights.

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Does your nonprofit, like this meat, need some help?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Today, I received an email with a reference to hamburger meat and at first I thought it was more spam. program announcing their "grant contest" for local non-profit groups raising funds to positively impact their community in some way. Flickr photo by zen??? But soon realized it was from Hamburger Helper???s

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Online Community Meetup: The Five Steps to Growing an Engaged Online Community

Tech Soup

By getting people to share through online items that would become viral, like e-cards, petitions, contests, and so on, Care2 was able to and continues to grow its community; the proof is in their membership of 15.9 It followed up on that success by creating the Petition Site the following year.

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10 Elements of an Effective Nonprofit or Do-Good Blog

Have Fun - Do Good

Moderate your comments if you are concerned about inappropriate remarks, or spam. Hold and participate in online contests, challenges, blog carnivals and memes. You'll build community and provide a useful information filtering service for your readers. Facilitate commenting Allow commenting.

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Using Social Networking Tools - Advice, Brief Case Study, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Define something small and tangible - whether it be a flickr photo contest or exploring the content related to your organization's issue and identifying 10 friends or contacts. Myspace avoids spamming so the members usually blocks people from adding them directly unless you know them personally or their email.