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Opportunity Alert: Four Powerful Enhancements to the Social Actions API



Social Actions has a fantastic opportunity to make four powerful enhancements to the Social Actions API in the coming weeks:

  • Add the capacity for semantic analysis a
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Added by Christine Egger on July 29, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Social Actions Transition: Request for Letters of Interest

A short six weeks ago, Peter Deitz shared our intention to find a well-resourced and mission-aligned organization, or group of organizations, to assume ownership of Social Actions' programs. Since then, we've recei… Continue

Added by Christine Egger on July 22, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Breakthroughs in Online Fundraising: Institute of Fundraising presentation materials

I had the good fortune to share the following presentation during last week's Institute of Fundraising's National Convention in London. It's just the briefest outline of what Peter Deitz and I refer to as the emerging philanthropic web, with suggestions for how organizations might design fundraising activity for that environment.

Huge thanks to Bryan Miller for creating this opportunity (and for this kind… Continue

Added by Christine Egger on July 12, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

IFC Online session introduction: Breakthroughs in online fundraising


In preparation for next week's International Fundraising eConference (IFC Online), Penny Stephens a
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Added by Christine Egger on May 7, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Social Actions Communications: New guided tour taking shape - join in!



Just last week, Mariel Garcia wrote a great blog post here with more news about the "communication re-design" going on at Social Actions. Thanks to Mariel's stewardship, Social Actions will soon ha
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Added by Christine Egger on April 16, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Developing an integrated funding strategy for Social Actions: Part 2



Not too long ago, I wrote a post about the "integrated funding strategy development" process we recently started at Social Actions. Here's an excerpt:

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Added by Christine Egger on April 16, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Appreciation for Social Actions API latest additions

Won't surprise anyone reading this to hear how excited I am about the latest additions to the Social Actions API. It's just amazing to see the range of issues addressed, and the way people are engaged on their behalf, continue to broaden...

* EurekaFund is brand new - just now launching with one project to fund, and already catching the attention of the New York Times for its unusual and important focus… Continue

Added by Christine Egger on April 2, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Developing an integrated funding strategy for Social Actions



Those of you following the Social Actions wiki may have noticed a new set of pages dedicated to developing an… Continue

Added by Christine Egger on March 29, 2010 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments

From collection to system: suggested next steps for social action platforms

A recent exchange on Sean Stannard-Stockton's Tactical Philanthropy blog gave me an opportunity to share some thoughts on the proliferation of social action platforms and the steps we could take that would transform that collection into "an open, coherent, & sustainable system."

Below is the comment I shared, but be sure to catch t… Continue

Added by Christine Egger on March 1, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Simple, portable search tools for social entrepreneurs launch on Social Edge

It's a great time to be a social entrepreneur. It's a great time to be someone who wants to see social entrepreneurialism thrive, too.

Strong case in point: the launch of a suite of tools that make it easier than ever to find and support vetted social entrepreneurs participating in the Social Entrepreneur API.*

Announcing the Social Entrepreneur Search, tools developed by Social Edge and Exygy "for social entrepreneurs, funders, and finders (p… Continue

Added by Christine Egger on February 24, 2010 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Social Actions Communications: Benefiting from the attention of Mariel Garcia

Just before the holidays, Peter Deitz posted an announcement that Social Actions was looking for a Community Engagement Intern. That might have seemed a strange thing to do, coming from an organization that enjoys not having an org chart. If you share Social Actions' mission and it makes sense to work together towards it, by all means let's just do that and we'll figure out titles and such later (if at all). B… Continue

Added by Christine Egger on February 15, 2010 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Wisdom 2.0 Conference and more: funding campaign

Thank you for reading up on this campaign, and participating in any way. Looking forward to hearing your suggestions, too, on how to make the very most of this opportunity. Call me any time -- 248 787-4917 -- or email christine@socialactions.com or find me on Twitter at @CDEgger. Thanks!

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Added by Christine Egger on February 11, 2010 at 2:30pm — 4 Comments

The Overhead Question: (More) opportunity to reflect on the future of nonprofit assessment and reporting

This evening, I needed to do some thinking out loud about the ideas I wanted to carry to tomorrow's teleconference, "The Overhead Question: The Future of Nonprofit Assessment and Reporting." (Catch my first post with more info about the event and participants here). A summary of the twitter stream, slightly edited for formatting, follows. No, this isn't a prope… Continue

Added by Christine Egger on February 3, 2010 at 9:00pm — No Comments

The Overhead Question: Opportunity to reflect on the future of nonprofit assessment and reporting

A short eight weeks ago, Great Nonprofits, GiveWell, Philanthropedia, Charity Navigator, Guidestar, the Hewlett Foundation, and Philanthropy Action signed a joint press release espousing the limitations of relying too heavily on overhead ratios and other financial data when evaluating a nonprofit’s impact. If you agree with that premise -- I know I do -- then the declaration serv… Continue

Added by Christine Egger on January 19, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Social Entrepreneur API expands to include Global Social Benefit Incubator Alumni

I’m thrilled to share this update on one of my favorite projects: the Social Entrepreneur API, a powerful new resource for finding and supporting vetted social entrepreneurs.

Global Social Benefit Incubator™ Alumni will soon be featured in the Socia

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Added by Christine Egger on January 14, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

A surprise party for Beth Kanter: Happy Birthday, Beth!

Beth Kanter is one of my mentors, someone I learn from on a daily basis. If you haven’t already discovered her tremendous contributions to the nonprofit technology and social media fields, make a note to bookmark her site… Continue

Added by Christine Egger on January 11, 2010 at 8:30am — 4 Comments

Disruptive Philanthropy: Important resource in the works for online giving community

Lucy Bernholz, Edward Skloot, and Barry Varela have co-authored an exceptionally important paper titled "Disrupting Philanthropy: Technology and the Future of the Social Sector." "Disrupting Philanthropy" will be the latest in very short list of comprehensive resources on the online giving sector, and the first that places the question of second- and third-order changes -- the ones that will "ripple out from digitization" of the philanthropic s… Continue

Added by Christine Egger on January 8, 2010 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

Social Actions 2009 Year End Summary and Dashboard

'Tis the season for year-end wrap ups of all kinds. This year, we've prepared two summaries: Social Actions 2009 Year End Summary, a review of the community, projects, and conversations that have defined our work in 2009… Continue

Added by Christine Egger on December 18, 2009 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Artists Win This House: Crowdfunded Essay Contest Pays the Mortgage

A couple in Maine is launching an essay contest to give a home to an artist. From their website, http://artistswinthishouse.blogspot.com: We are both artists, (a musician an… Continue

Added by Christine Egger on December 12, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

CDEgger Tweets: A week in review

One of my goals for 2010 is to better sync the news passing through my twitter account and this blog. In the interim, here's a subjective and very partial summa… Continue

Added by Christine Egger on December 8, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

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