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Giving back in 2011
As the holiday season approaches we thought it was a good moment to update you on some grants we're making to support education, technology and the fight against modern day slavery.
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AccuFund Receives Award for Customer SatisfactionAccuFund, Inc., provider of financial reporting and accounting software for non-profit, municipal and government organizations, today announced it has received the Campbell Award for Highest Customer Satisfaction. The award is based on customer feedback in an independent nationwide survey conducted by research firm Campbell Rinker. The firm polled 1,987 users and purchase decision-makers of accounting software at U.S. nonprofits, finding a high proportion of AccuFund customers would recommend the AccuFund Accounting Suite to others. Random Acts of Kindness App Encourages Real-Time ReportingThe "Everyday Boom Boom!" (EBB!) is any underground act of guerilla goodness performed by an individual. The Boom Boom! App allows users a platform to acknowledge and celebrate these acts of kindness while on-the-go - or wherever they may run into clandestine kindness! Viral Video Can Be Customized for Nonprofits' Free Use
Providing non-profits with an innovative and free marketing tool, a short film directed by award-winning filmmaker Tiffany Shlain (Connected) and featuring music by Moby can now be customized to showcase any organization's latest campaign or call to action.
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Crowding-Out Charitable Contributions in CanadaIn a study by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) the authors, James Andreoni of the UCSD Department of Economics and A. Abigail Payne of the McMaster University (Canada) Department of Economics, look at how goverment grants affect organizations fundraising efforts. We have included the NBER Working Papers Series abstract of the study and a link to the complete report. Goodwill Wins National Communications Award for Internal WebsiteThe Society for New Communications Research (SNCR) has awarded Goodwill Industries International with an Excellence in New Communications Award for its internal website, MyGoodwill, which has had more than 20,000 unique visitors so far this year. Professionals who work for the 165 local, independent Goodwill agencies in the United States and Canada use MyGoodwill to gain valuable information that increases their effectiveness at work and their agencies' ability to provide job training programs and career services to people in their communities. Sojo Studios Debuts Innovative Facebook GameTilling a fertile new field where online game lovers can feel driven to Play for Good TM, Sojo Studios today announced the preview launch of WeTopia (http://apps.facebook.com/ |
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About the Author: Kurt Martin is a Founder and Group Publisher of Progressive Media Group (PMG) and the Publisher of Nonprofit Technology News. During his 4 years as Publisher of The NonProfit Times, he grew the imprint from a single newspaper to a community of websites, online job boards, email newsletters and digital editions of the print editions. Prior to taking the role of Publisher he was the East Coast Sales Manager for Broad Daylight, Inc. a knowledgebase company. He also held management roles in advertising and ciruclation sales at American Banker/Bond Buyer (Thomson), Faulkner & Grey (Thomson) and SourceMedia (Investcorp.) Kurt graduated from Montclair State University with a B.A. in Political Science and Public Administration. |