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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for these tips, Beth, I&#039;ve added the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=563945754&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;FaceBook/ ChipIn&lt;/a&gt; app and put the code on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://avifvolunteers.blogspot.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Blog&lt;/a&gt; too but I know I need to do more. Its just soooooooooooo frustrating that GuideStar is central even to Network for Good i.e they/ Yahoo etc still currently do not&lt;br /&gt;
process donations to organizations unregistered in the US.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We&#039;re still not on the GuestList :-(&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Congrats on what you&#039;ve done though, Beth.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:16:11 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Go for it .. it is really easy</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;There are also a few other widgets as well - like chipin.com&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:03:20 -0600</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Beth Kanter</dc:creator>
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 <title>Great tip</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for this!  It could be put to so many good uses.  Now I&#039;ll have to see whether someone as technically challenged as myself can wade my way through the steps. [maybe I&#039;ll print it out first]&lt;br /&gt;
Best wishes&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;McEwen  Whitterer on Autism&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://whitterer-autism.blogspot.com&quot; title=&quot;http://whitterer-autism.blogspot.com&quot;&gt;http://whitterer-autism.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
e-mail; &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:m.mcewen-asker@att.net&quot;&gt;m.mcewen-asker@att.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:23:00 -0600</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>mcewen</dc:creator>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nonprofitmarketingblog.com/comments/get_a_charity_badge/&quot;&gt;Via Katya&#039;s Nonprofit Marketing Blog&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.networkforgood.org/&quot; title=&quot;Network for Good &quot;&gt;Network for Good&amp;nbsp; &lt;/a&gt;has launched their &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.networkforgood.org//pca/PcaLandingPage.aspx&quot; title=&quot;charity badges &quot;&gt;charity badges &lt;/a&gt;with some great &lt;a href=&quot;http://promotions.yahoo.com/giving/index.php?loc=NFG&quot; title=&quot;support from Yahoo!.  &quot;&gt;support from Yahoo!.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;Check out Katya&#039;s charity badge at the left side of her blog to raise money for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mercyglobal.com/home.htm&quot;&gt;Mercy Ships&lt;/a&gt;.
&lt;p&gt;Katya&#039;s cause, Mercy Ships, operates hospital ships in the worldâ€™s poorest nations. These are floating operating rooms. Top doctors and surgeons from all over the world work for the organization which provides free services to thousands who had no access to medical care. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&#039;ve been experimenting with &lt;A href=&quot;http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2006/11/a_few_more_exam.html&quot;&gt; personal fundraising widgets&lt;/a&gt;over the last month and managed to raise over $800 to help send a young Cambodian woman to college!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Network for Good charity badge is newest entry in this category of online fundraising tools available to nonprofits and their supporters to raise money.  These badges or widgets make it easy to launch a personal fundraising campaign on your blog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Katya&#039;s description of how it works ...&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;you can upload personal photos and text, link to your own video, and fundraise for any of more than one million charitiesâ€”including the ones you work for!&amp;nbsp; In designing the badge, we put the spotlight on the individual fundraiser for two reasons: first, the number one reason people give is because someone asks them (especially someone they know) and second, people like to create things with their personal imprint.&amp;nbsp; The badge enables this, plus it tracks donations in real time so people can see the difference they are making.&amp;nbsp; Network for Good processes the donations and transfers the funds directly to the nonprofit.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.networkforgood.org//pca/PcaLandingPage.aspx&quot; title=&quot;On our site&quot;&gt;On our site&lt;/a&gt;, you can build a badge for your nonprofit and give it to your supportersâ€”or let them create their own.&amp;nbsp; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Better yet, create it through Yahoo!â€™s &lt;a href=&quot;http://promotions.yahoo.com/giving/index.php?loc=NFG&quot; title=&quot;Network of Giving campaign &quot;&gt;Network of Giving campaign &lt;/a&gt;and your nonprofit could receive up to $50,000 in matching funds, plus billing on Yahoo!â€™s web site.&amp;nbsp; Great publicity! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt; So far, it works on nearly all blogs and some social networking sites, and we also have a simple text version you can put in your email signatureâ€”but itâ€™s not yet working everywhere.&amp;nbsp; Itâ€™s a Beta work in progress!&amp;nbsp; Try it out and share your triumphs and frustrations here or at our &lt;a href=&quot;http://badgesforgood.blogspot.com/&quot; title=&quot;badge blog&quot;&gt;badge blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;It is very easy to set up and put on your blog.&amp;nbsp; I &lt;a href=&quot;http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2006/12/network_for_goo.html&quot;&gt;just set one up&lt;/a&gt; for my favorite Cambodian charity, the &lt;A href=&quot;http://www.sharingfoundation.org&quot;&gt;Sharing Foundation.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; If you&#039;re doing any blog fundraising for a charity in the next few weeks, why not check it out.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You might also receive some matching funds from Yahoo!
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 <pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:31:36 -0600</pubDate>
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