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This article points to the growing success of online fundraising. It’s still not a big proportion of total fundraising, but it’s making progress. One dilemma is that most visions of fundraising are based on Web site principles that haven’t changed in the past 4 or 5 years. But broadband has reached the tipping point during 2003 and into 2004. What ...

I noticed that CodeBlueNow! says it’s powered by GetActive software. They evidently are a software company that specializes in software for social and political activity. Their positioning statement is: Engaged, supportive members are the key to an organization’s success Organizations thrive when members make a personal connection They say they offer “solutions” for: Messaging Advocacy Fundraising Content Management” Membership Management ...

Scrappy Nonprofit Start-Up Takes on Big Medicare Bill :: PNNOnline :: I like the sound of this. A nonprofit has started up to take on the politics of the Medicare drug benefit bill. Seems like good activism to have in the void of leadership and lack of ways for citizens to participate in health care change. Right now AARP is ...

This article is a look at the process and prospectus of a decentralized social software scheme. The author wants individuals to design their own profiles, and host them locally. This eliminates the feeling that the social software sites are forcing profiles to fit into a mold. The connectivity of the new system comes in the form of a search function ...