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Finally, if they need to spend $50 for a premium Tumbler design or $25 a year for Flickr Pro, they have the green light to do so. We aren’t there yet, but we are close… and these new ways of giving will transform philanthropy and nonprofit budgets ( think mobile wallets ).
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Each radio program/live call allows 5,000 listeners and topics range from social media to philanthropy. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter. Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and others are coming soon!
Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. To begin on Tuesday, November 27, the campaign aims to inspire increased philanthropy, conscious consumerism, and volunteerism during the holidays. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter.
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Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and others are coming soon. This tool is a simple way to create graphics of inspirational quotes or powerful stats that can then also be shared on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Google+. PicMarked photos would make a good Flickr slideshow as well. TechSoup.org :: techsoup.org. Screenr :: screenr.com.
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They're like tags on Flickr, only added inline to your post. If, however, there was a standard #hashtag for philanthropy/non-profit art like #philart (stands for philanthropy art) or #npart (stands for non-profit art), then I think we would see everyone in this industry getting a lot more out of Twitter (e.g.
Flickr Photo by Zen. Kellogg Foundation, is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Foundation Review , the peer-reviewed journal of philanthropy. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle.
Flickr photo by Geoff Livingston. We wrote an op-ed for the Chronicle of Philanthropy on the age of automation and it implications for fundraisers, Leveraging the Power of Bots for Civil Society on SSIR Blog and The Robots Have Arrived: How Nonprofits Can Put Them To Work on Guidestar.
Flickr Photo By PetroleumJelliffe. Phil Buchanan is President of the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP). Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. He blogs frequently on the CEP Blog.
Flickr , Robert F. The three of us - Geoff Livingston, Qui Diaz, and Beth Kanter - are working on a special project, dubbed “Philanthropy 2.0? The Philanthropy 2.0 Whitlock This post originally ran on Mashable , and is co-authored by Qui Diaz , Beth Kanter and Geoff Livingston Do you believe in social causes?
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Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? A Blast from the Past Gavin has posted some really early photos of the founding meetings for Aspiration, NTEN, and the NSNT on flickr. the integrated philanthropy model in honor of National Corporate Philanthropy Day. Tactical Philanthropy weighs in on the debate.
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Flickr Photo by Mburpee. Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place last week in Seattle. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.
Flickr Photo by Su Lin. But the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University says we are experiencing the second slowest recovery since 1971. Note from Beth: Here’s a guest post from my colleague Steve MacLaughlin that is a great example of “ data informed fundraising.” ” A Fundraising Cliff?
Flickr Photo by Geoff Livingston. She leads social innovation, philanthropy, and causes at Twitter and Blogs at Claire.us.com. Note From Beth: Frank Barry from BlackBaud kindly agreed to write a guest post showcasing some of the best presentations caught on video at the BlackBaud’s Conference last week. Meet Claire.
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Flickr Photo: Travlr After I sent out a message announcing our Drupal Webinar Series , my in-box filled up with "Isn't the first one of those scheduled for Inauguration Day? Join The Chronicle of Philanthropy's inauguration Flickr group. Tags: NPTech inauguration flickr twitter google maps iPhone. Aren't you going?"
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Micro-philanthropy -- that ambiguous term that refers to all things socially networked, small-scale, and charitable -- will have matured. These are important traits to develop, and will make fundraising easier as micro-philanthropy matures. Their ideas could very well lay the foundation for an effective micro-philanthropy campaign.
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blogger fundraising education bloggerschoose philanthropy Photo of Children's Garden from spacecadet's Flickr stream. If you would like to support any of these projects, just click HERE , or click on the "donate to my challenge" button on the sidebar of this blog. This photo has an Attribution 2.0 Creative Commons license.
Qui Diaz:Livingston, recently did research for the Philanthropy 2.0 next, with LOLseals campaign, they made it as easy as possible for people to participate, used the Flickr API to allow people to upload from their website instead of going to Flickr, etc. Themes that people want to learn: new metrics structures can bubble up.
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flickr: Beach650 Most days, we're hiding from the rain in our Portland, OR office. November 8-9 in Kansas City, MO : The 18th annual Philanthropy Midwest Conferenc e will feature Anna speaking about Mobile Fundraising Made Easy with Mobile Citizen. But this fall, NTEN staff is traveling all over the country to various NPTech events.
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