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5 Great Social Fundraising Platforms

Social fundraising is on the rise and these 5 sites are a great place to get your feet wet:

1. Crowdrise

About: “Crowdrise is about giving back, raising tons of money for charity and having the most fun in the world while doing it. Crowdrise is way more fun than anything else aside from being all nervous about trying to kiss a girl for the first time and her not saying something like ‘you’ve got to be kidding me.’”

Pricing: Free accounts with no monthly charge and 5% + $2.50 transaction fee...

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Nonprofit Benchmarks 2011: Online Fundraising

As I described in our previous post, ‘Nonprofit Benchmarks 2011: Email’, M+R Strategic Services and the Nonprofit Technology Network recently released their ‘2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study’ covering a broad range of digital issues regarding NPOs. The study has a lot of great information that I intend to breakdown and analyze in a few manageable posts....

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Friday Afternoon Twitter Flush: Reviewing @tweepi @FriendOrFollow & @untweeps

Is your Twitter stream getting an little overwhelming? If so, or if your just looking to improve your @Klout score or kill some time on a rainy day, one thing to consider is purging your Twitter list of people you are following, but who for whatever reason are not following you back (shocking right?)....

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DCTech – A Look at Women in the DC Tech Community

DC has a vibrant entrepreneurial and information technology scene. It therefore comes as no surprise that the DC Tech meetups have been drawing as many as six hundred attendees at every get together. Not only good networking opportunities – these events are almost like job fairs/conferences – where fellow DC-techies learn about funding,...

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Taking A Second Look at Arlington National Cemetery and Online Records

Every 10 year old in America knows where our nation’s heroes find their final resting place-the hallowed grounds of Arlington National Cemetery. Just outside of Washington, the National Cemetery contains the gravesites of some of our countries most revered and honors those who have served in our name.

However,...

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