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		<title>Lessons, Challenges, &amp; Tips for “Crowd Sourcing for Innovative Social Change”</title>
		<link>http://www.whatgives.com/2010/03/17/lessons-challenges-tips-for-%e2%80%9ccrowd-sourcing-for-innovative-social-change%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kerriebrynn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips & Tools]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amy Sample Ward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beth Kanter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[David J. Neff]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Holly Ross]]></category>
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This weekend at South By Southwest I participated in the interesting discussion between Beth Kanter, Kari Saratovsky, Holly Ross, David J. Neff, and Amy Sample Ward about &#8220;Crowd Sourcing for Innovative Social Change&#8220;. The definition and benefits of crowdsourcing were thoughtfully expressed by each of the featured panelists and there were tons of great examples [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Right Up! Get Your Volunteers!!</title>
		<link>http://www.whatgives.com/2010/03/16/step-right-up-get-your-volunteers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatgives.com/2010/03/16/step-right-up-get-your-volunteers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MjM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disney announced an exciting volunteer program for 2010.  In partnership with the HandsOn Network of “action centers” that link volunteers with local projects, Disney offered a free pass to one of its happiest places on earth in exchange for a day of volunteering.  They promised a million – one million – passes would be given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hardly Normal in the Beacon &#8211; Day Three</title>
		<link>http://www.whatgives.com/2010/03/15/hardly-normal-in-the-beacon-day-three/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatgives.com/2010/03/15/hardly-normal-in-the-beacon-day-three/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MjM</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[South by Southwest]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beth Kanter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For his final show from the Beacon at South by Southwest, Mark Horvath from invisiblepeople.tv spoke with influential nonprofit blogger and author Beth Kanter on crowd sourcing and Causemedia Group (WhatGives!? parent company) CEO Chris Noble on how to gain the support of local businesses for local charities.
[Note: to see the interviews in their entirety, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hardly Normal in the Beacon &#8211; Day Two</title>
		<link>http://www.whatgives.com/2010/03/14/hardly-normal-in-the-beacon-day-two/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatgives.com/2010/03/14/hardly-normal-in-the-beacon-day-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MjM</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beacon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kari Saratovsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LifeChurch.tv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Horvath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Citizens]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Terry Storch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today in the SXSW Beacon Lounge, Mark Horvath had the opportunity to speak with people who come from different arenas in the social media world, but share a single purpose: to find and build communities that are involved at the local level.
[Note: to see the interviews in their entirety, go to the WhatGives!? Ustream channel.]
Kari [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Go to a Conference? Especially SXSW?</title>
		<link>http://www.whatgives.com/2010/03/14/why-go-to-a-conference-especially-sxsw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatgives.com/2010/03/14/why-go-to-a-conference-especially-sxsw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noble</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the simple answer.
These are two of my favorite people.  I see one or both of these faces almost every day, like this:

And only a few times a year can I see them like this:


Got it? OK.  Here&#8217;s the longer explanation. I started writing it this morning, before seeing my friends.
(Go ahead and skip it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Social Media Tips from SXSW For You and Your Nonprofit</title>
		<link>http://www.whatgives.com/2010/03/14/5-social-media-tips-from-sxsw-for-you-and-your-nonprofit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatgives.com/2010/03/14/5-social-media-tips-from-sxsw-for-you-and-your-nonprofit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kerriebrynn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South by Southwest]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Solis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Brogan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia roy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shauna Causey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sloane Barrent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being in Austin at SXSW Interactive has given me the opportunity to talk to some amazing people in the social media space.  I’ve chatted with some of the most influential internet celebs, marketing masters, and social media pros such as PR Sarah Evans, Sloane Barrent, Shauna Causey, Chris Brogan, Brian Solis, Julia Roy, and Jolie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hardly Normal in the Beacon &#8211; Day One</title>
		<link>http://www.whatgives.com/2010/03/13/hardly-normal-in-the-beacon-day-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatgives.com/2010/03/13/hardly-normal-in-the-beacon-day-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MjM</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chris Brogan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hardly Normal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Pulver]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Skip1.org]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning we kicked off Mark Horvath’s star-studded, live-streaming, straight-talking, Beacon-Lounge-ified talkfest at SXSW.  Jeff Pulver and Chris Brogan each took a chair on stage and shared their insights about how nonprofits need to embrace transparency and the art of listening in order to raise money and awareness.
Jeff Pulver (founder of Pulver.com; producer of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foursquare Check-in for Charity Begins Today at SXSW</title>
		<link>http://www.whatgives.com/2010/03/12/foursquare-check-in-for-charity-begins-today-at-sxsw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatgives.com/2010/03/12/foursquare-check-in-for-charity-begins-today-at-sxsw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JoeWaters</dc:creator>
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Joe Waters is the Director of Cause Marketing for Boston Medical Center and a  prolific blogger in the &#8220;Cause Marketing&#8221; field.  Joe has developed and  executed cause marketing programs with several local and national  companies, and is a well known speaker on the intersection of business,  philanthropy and marketing.  Joe has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The CauseLab, &#8216;Cause You Should&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.whatgives.com/2010/03/11/the-causelab-cause-you-should/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatgives.com/2010/03/11/the-causelab-cause-you-should/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MjM</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GoodZuma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most exciting opportunities at South by Southwest this year is Scott Henderson’s CauseLab on Monday, March 15th.
I got hooked on his WeCanEndThis.com campaign for no other reason than Okie loyalty.  Currently, Oklahoma and Vermont are in the lead in this virtual canned food drive to receive truckloads of food for local Feeding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your SXSW Wish is Our Command</title>
		<link>http://www.whatgives.com/2010/03/10/your-sxsw-wish-is-our-command/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatgives.com/2010/03/10/your-sxsw-wish-is-our-command/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MjM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Load up the station wagon, we’re heading east to South by Southwest!  This weekend a bunch of the Causemedia Group gang will be invading Austin along with a few thousand others, determined to see absolutely everything before they collapse from exhaustion and too much barbecue.  (Is there such a thing as too much barbecue?)
Chris Noble, [...]]]></description>
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