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Survival of the Resonant

alexsteed — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:56:14 -0400

The following is a shout-out to all of my peeps in the business of online community management / outreach, many of whom have expressed, in one form or another, a moderate sense of terror regarding job stability in the present financial crisis. Considering I am not an economist, and that I have a mere bachelors degree in political science and philosophy from a state university, one might want to take the following with a grain of salt but... I do have a bit of hope regarding the opportunities provided by this somewhat grim economic environment.

A New Nonprofit Marketplace: We Care

amysampleward — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:43:16 -0400

There are many different 'charity mall' providers for nonprofits and shoppers to choose from, and the launch of We-Care.com adds one more to the mix!

The funcation of a charity mall portal is to provide a co-branded space where nonprofits can direct supporters to make many of their ordinary online purchases while supporting the organization.

1% club

wrijneveld — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:34:08 -0400

In the Netherlands an online market place was started for private initiatives in development: The 1% club. They use almost all web 2.0 tools thinkable. I believe in this instance many more 'official organisations' could learn a lot from them with regard to use of interactivity and open initiative.

They look a bit like Kiva, but the difference is that they are not an organisation. They rather match organisations with donors.