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Do online fund-raising contests squeeze out foreign charities?

The fact that many companies are adopting Voice over Intenet Protocol (VoIP) also means that there are many VoIP services fighting over the market. This has led to various protocols, packages, and services that are sometimes incompatible with each other. This issue had been a major concern for small businesses. While they may want to adopt VoIP for their communication needs, due to their cheaper costs, these compatibility issues hinder them from fully entrusting their operations to such a service.

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As the N2Y4 Mobile Challenge Conference comes to a close, the NetSquared team wants to send a huge "Thank You!" out to all the participants in the Challenge, the Featured Projects, the Project Champions, the volunteers, Net Tuesday Organizers, TechSoup Global staff, the Sponsors, and all of the members of the NetSquared Community who have followed along online or in person in one way or another.

Really, thank you.  Without the power of this community we couldn't have pulled this off - and it's been REALLY fun!

The N2Y4 Mobile Challenge called for innovative mobile applications supporting social good.  There were many excellent ideas (check out the Project Gallery!) and the top 15 Featured Projects were selected through a Community Vote.

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The French American Charitable Trust (FACT) Social Justice Award has just been announced here at NetSquared's N2Y4 Mobile Conference. A panel of judgest reviewed all the N2Y4 Featured Projects for their potential to address social justice issues.  The five awardees* are…

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The Yahoo! Green Award is back for a third year at the NetSquared Conference.  Yahoo! is committed to empowering our communities to make a positive impact on the environment, and has reviewed the project submissions included in the “Environment & Energy ” Cause Area of the NetSquared Global Project Gallery on the NetSquared Web site looking for the most innovative green technology project to receive a $5,000 Yahoo! Search Marketing award.  And the winner is…

DatAgro Receives the Yahoo! Green Award!

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Thank you all for your support.  SlaveFREE has been honored to be part of this amazing conference.  If you haven't voted yet, please keep in mind that SlaveFREE has 1 million consumer-activists ready to get behind a common label and demand.  If you are looking for a clear, consise project that works, please go to www.SlaveFREE.com

Thanks for your consideration.

Joel:)

I recently had the folks behind the oldie but goodie, The Raising of Money (circa 1983, since updated) reach out with a nice offer for you - a free electronic copy of their first edition here.

It’s been around awhile, but like all good wisdom it still holds up.

Here’s a promo of the book from their marketing folks:

Every seasoned fundraising professional knows two things: First, face-to-face cultivation of personal relationships is the proven path to attracting large investments—the gifts that can be game-changers for your organization.  Second, board members and other volunteers are the best messengers, especially once they’ve made their own investments in the cause.

They also know that tying those two threads together can seem a daunting challenge. Even the most dedicated volunteers often shy away from direct involvement in raising money.

So for decades, fundraising pros have relied on a “little blue book” to inspire and inform their boards: The Raising of Money, 35 Essentials Every Trustee Should Know, by Jim Lord.

In just 108 brief pages, this “executive summary” gives board members the fundamentals of raising money. And the lessons it contains are every bit as relevant today as when it was first published in 1983:

* Work from the perspective of the marketplace, instead of the organization’s internally defined agenda and “needs.”

* Focus on providing satisfaction and fulfillment for the donor, rather than “selling” them what the organization has to offer.

* Authentically involve people in the life of the organization. (The best way to attract top-notch volunteers and donors, especially now.)

And most important of all: Kindle the spirit of philanthropy.

“Our mission is to provide people with opportunities to do great things … to challenge and inspire them … to involve them in enterprises that will make life better for our generation, and future generations. If we can succeed in this, we won’t have to be too concerned about raising money. “

Again, the first edition of The Raising of Money is available to you, dear blog reader, as a free download at http://www.theraisingofmoney.com.

Hey great news!!!!!! SAP business object is available on techsoup for non profit companies, go ahead and download , check it out.