Nonprofits

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On March 16th, Google unveiled its new Google for Nonprofits program, an original set of tools to assist nonprofit organizations. The launch of Google for Nonprofits provides product offerings and services tailored to the needs of non-profits.  Google presents a one-stop application for all its non-profit services. If you get approved you may qualify for:

National Volunteer Week 2011 will take place April 10-16, 2011 in both United States and Canada.

Volunteers are the lifeblood of our schools and shelters, hospitals and hotlines, and faith-based and community groups.  From mentoring at-risk youth and caring for older Americans to supporting our veterans and military families and rebuilding after disasters, these everyday heroes make a real and lasting impact on the lives of millions of women and men across the globe.  (View the complete Presidential Proclamation here.)

Did you know that Volunteers want to see the organizations that they support on social media because it gives them a way to connect in a new and more engaging way?

This was a point mentioned back on March 23^rd, as VolunteerMatch presented Social Media and Volunteer Engagement; a new webinar in their Learning Center series for organizations that work with volunteers.  Engaging Volunteers, is the blog from VolunteerMatch, the Web's most popular resource for recruiting and managing great volunteers.

Wild Apricot is a young technology company out of Toronto, Canada. Wild Apricot is a web-based system for running a club, association, community, charity and other nonprofit website management, membership administration, event registration, online fundraising, all integrated into a single, affordable (from $25) system.

"Some nonprofits view social networks as a panacea for expanded membership and increased giving," says Frank Ramirez, president of KindClicks, a web service using creative capitalism to support nonprofits. "However, social networks are only a single tool within a larger integrated strategy needed to ensure future organizational sustainability."