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Microsoft Grand Opening Benefits Charities
Microsoft is opening its first store in the Buffalo region, reports Buffalo Business First, and it is inviting three local non-profits to the grand opening. If the charities get 100 supporters to check-in at the event they will receive $5,000 Microsoft hardware.
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Give to the Max Hampered by Glitch
According to KAALtv.com, the website for Minnesota’s Give to the Max day experienced a technical glitch and shut down for five hours. While the shut down may have hampered some donors, others than chose to go directly to the non-profit’s website to give.
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Calgary's New Local Fundraising App
Last year Calgary’s Charity App Challenge brought together several local non-profits and software developers to build a mobile application over two days, the result is now available, reports the Calgary Herald. The app pledgeCalgary launched two weeks ago and lets users create quirky fundraising adventures and share them via social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.
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Gamifying Giving
According to 83Degrees a new Florida startup hopes to Gamify giving. The website, Pledge Your Bets, lets users bet on challenges with the winnings going to a selected charity.
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Amazon Offers New Donation Program
Amazon has a new portal smile.amazon.com that lets shoppers select a charity to direct funds to, reports NBC News. After selecting the charity you want to support Amazon will donate 0.5 percent of whatever you spend to that charity.
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Third Party Fundraising Gains Traction
According to the Huffington Post, technology has made it easier for non-profit to raise funds via third party fundraising. Companies such as RallyBound lets nonprofit give their supporters tools to create fundraising campaigns of their own.
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Mobile Web is a Priority
Mobile web needs to be a priority, reports NP Tech for Good, because experts are predicting that by the end of 2014, the majority of supporters and donors will be viewing websites, email communications, blogs, and social media content on smartphones and tablets.
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Bing Power Facebook Searches
According to the Fundraising Coach, the web searches conducted in Facebook are controlled by Bing not Google. In order to appear in Facebook searches your organization needs to set up webmaster tools in Bing too.
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Building Websites for Charity
For the second year in a row, Cedar Rapids technology experts participated in Operation Overnight, reports KCRG News. During Operation Overnight tech professionals build websites for organizations who otherwise wouldn’t have a strong online presence.
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Crowdsourcing Matches Volunteers with Charities
Atlassian, an Australian software developer, has developed a new website MakeaDiff.org, reports Associations Now. The website will use crowdsourcing to match charities and other nonprofits with technology experts to help them achieve their goals.
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