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	<title>Comments on: SantaCause social media experiment: Christmas gifts that give twice</title>
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		<title>By: Michael Ben-Nes</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Ben-Nes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 11:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the feedback. I believe non-profit fundraising is at the brink of a revolution. GiveStream lets nonprofits and their supporters engage with one another on a daily basis in both social and fundraising activities.
I encourage all non-profits to give it a try.
I can also be found at michael (at) givestream (dot) com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the feedback. I believe non-profit fundraising is at the brink of a revolution. GiveStream lets nonprofits and their supporters engage with one another on a daily basis in both social and fundraising activities.<br />
I encourage all non-profits to give it a try.<br />
I can also be found at michael (at) givestream (dot) com</p>
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		<title>By: amaruggi</title>
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		<dc:creator>amaruggi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Michael it seems like a good program, I&#039;ve also included at link to the How Does it Work Page.  http://gca.givestream.com/howdoesitwork.php

Also for our readers, here is an explaination of this program. 

&quot;Our GiveStream shop connects you to hundreds of your favorite online retail merchants, where you may already be shopping. These merchants donate a percentage of your purchases - ranging from 1-50%, with most between 3-5% - which are passed along to our organization. These contributions happen automatically when you shop, at no additional cost to you or us.



There are two ways to shop. 

If you want to shop at your favorite merchant&#039;s website, just click the tab marked Stores and locate that particular merchant&#039;s banner. When you click on the banner, you will be redirected to that website, and all your purchases will automatically generate contributions to our organization. You can see the percentage of sales each merchant will contribute listed on its banner. Choose the stores that donate more, and make an even bigger difference for our organization! 

If you are looking for a particular product, use our product comparison search engine to find the lowest prices among all the participating merchants. The search engine covers millions of products from leading retailers and enables you to find the best deals by comparing prices, donation rates and related items. So you can get a great deal and help our cause at the same time! 
Strength in Numbers 

Your online giving can add up quickly, especially when you and others in our community use our tools regularly! For example, if you book an airline ticket through Example Airlines for $500, our organization gets 5%, which would be $25. When ten people do that, it becomes $250 generated for our programs. And that&#039;s just for one of many types of purchases.&quot; 

I hope this helps, I&#039;ll also tell Santa Cause on Twitter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michael it seems like a good program, I&#8217;ve also included at link to the How Does it Work Page.  <a href="http://gca.givestream.com/howdoesitwork.php" rel="nofollow">http://gca.givestream.com/howdoesitwork.php</a></p>
<p>Also for our readers, here is an explaination of this program. </p>
<p>&#8220;Our GiveStream shop connects you to hundreds of your favorite online retail merchants, where you may already be shopping. These merchants donate a percentage of your purchases &#8211; ranging from 1-50%, with most between 3-5% &#8211; which are passed along to our organization. These contributions happen automatically when you shop, at no additional cost to you or us.</p>
<p>There are two ways to shop. </p>
<p>If you want to shop at your favorite merchant&#8217;s website, just click the tab marked Stores and locate that particular merchant&#8217;s banner. When you click on the banner, you will be redirected to that website, and all your purchases will automatically generate contributions to our organization. You can see the percentage of sales each merchant will contribute listed on its banner. Choose the stores that donate more, and make an even bigger difference for our organization! </p>
<p>If you are looking for a particular product, use our product comparison search engine to find the lowest prices among all the participating merchants. The search engine covers millions of products from leading retailers and enables you to find the best deals by comparing prices, donation rates and related items. So you can get a great deal and help our cause at the same time!<br />
Strength in Numbers </p>
<p>Your online giving can add up quickly, especially when you and others in our community use our tools regularly! For example, if you book an airline ticket through Example Airlines for $500, our organization gets 5%, which would be $25. When ten people do that, it becomes $250 generated for our programs. And that&#8217;s just for one of many types of purchases.&#8221; </p>
<p>I hope this helps, I&#8217;ll also tell Santa Cause on Twitter.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Ben-Nes</title>
		<link>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2007/12/07/santa-cause-social-media-experiment-christmas-gifts-that-give-twice/comment-page-1/#comment-41228</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ben-Nes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is a new alternative for online fundraising, take a look at GiveStream ( http://www.givestream.com). It offers a set of free and easy-to-use online fundraising and community-building tools that help nonprofits create their own branded easy giving center.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a new alternative for online fundraising, take a look at GiveStream ( <a href="http://www.givestream.com)" rel="nofollow">http://www.givestream.com)</a>. It offers a set of free and easy-to-use online fundraising and community-building tools that help nonprofits create their own branded easy giving center.</p>
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