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Learn how establishing documented fundraising systems will set your organization on the path to sustainable funding. Pamela is author of “Five Days to Foundation Grants” and the creator of Simple Development Systems, a member of the AFP, a contributing member to CharityChannel & a guest panelist of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. - Service Resources

The life of American hero Martin Luther King Jr. offers many teaching opportunities. In this week's Lesson Planning article, Education World presents cross-curricular and cross-grade lessons teachers can use to share King's life and legacy with students. Included: More than 20 lessons! - Service Resources

Contains ideas to help you create and generate MLK Day of Service projects. Whether you are developing a single site with a few projects or creating partnerships to develop multiple sites throughout your community, the following tools will assist you. - Service Resources

Great list of reasons why MySpace is still relevant and what its place is in nonprofit social media history. - Service Resources

Mentoring children of prisoners is a key component of Big Brothers Big Sisters’ goal to reach more kids, especially those who may face significant risk factors. - Service Resources

Includes links to bill language and describes the way CNCS is implementing the Act. - Service Resources

Recorded versions of calls and presentations to help with planning an MLK Day of Service - Service Resources

Social networking site for projects working on MLK Day events. - Service Resources

From here, subscribe to any of the US Govt channels including NASA, EPA, IRS, etc. Find out what the U.S. Government is doing with new media! - Service Resources

This wiki has been created to share ideas on how to utilize social media also known as Web 2.0 to drive student service and civic engagement on college campuses. - Service Resources

Ning is a powerful tool that allows you to not only create a dynamic, easy to update website, but its functionality allows your community to create accounts, share information, connect with you and other people in your community and work collaboratively. This webinar is brought to you by TechSoup and the Corporation for National and Community Service. - Service Resources

Find audio, video, images, and content to share freely on your website, blog, or other places in order to promote your nonprofit or service project. - Service Resources

Gear Up for Giving is a month-long series of social media tutorials from the Case Foundation, to help nonprofits and their supporters understand how to use key tools and techniques to create awareness, catalyze civic action and cultivate new supporters and donors for their causes. - Service Resources

The purpose of planning grants is to support the development of AmeriCorps programs so applicants are better prepared to compete for a multi-state AmeriCorps grant in the following grant cycle. These grants are awarded for 12 months. They may not be used to support AmeriCorps members. Due October 19, 2009. - Service Resources

This article from TechSoup introduces us to the world of cloud computing and provides a list of reasons and green benefits for nonprofits who are bold (and brave) enough to consider a seismic shift in how they manage their technology. - Service Resources

This short, simple post helps nonprofits understand that these mediums are just tools. Reminds them they need to know what they want to accomplish and provide steady content. Suggests that nonprofits commit to just one tool at first. - Service Resources

Millennials are the largest generation in American history. Born between 1978 and 2000, they are 95 million strong, compared to 78 million Baby Boomers. They are independent—politically, socially, and philosophically—and they are spearheading a period of sweeping change in America and around the world. No one knows the Millennials like Eric Greenberg. In Generation We, Greenberg explains the emerging power of the Millennial Generation, shows how they (and their supporters from other generations) are poised to change our nation and our world for the better, and lays out a powerful plan for progressive change that today's youth is ready to implement. - Service Resources

Over 50 discrete modules that can be used with young adults engaged in service projects, either as part of a formal service-learning program, or to bring a learning and reflection element into an existing service program. - Service Resources

Blog post from Holly Ross of NTEN reminding people that social media takes time and persistence. - Service Resources

This article briefly covers some of the many avenues nonprofits can use to tell their story on the social web. - Service Resources

Social Edge is a site where social entrepreneurs, philanthropists and other practitioners of the social benefit sector connect to network, learn, inspire and share resources. The site strikes a balance between the visionary and the practical, and include discussions, online workshops and other features. - Service Resources

Echoing Green invests in and supports outstanding emerging social entrepreneurs to launch new organizations that deliver bold, high-impact solutions. - Service Resources

Research and slide show to make the case that, if you’re not participating in social media, you’re not really online. - Service Resources

See all blog posts on nonprofit topics from bloggers like Beth Kanter and Britt Bravo. - Service Resources

This toolkit is intended primarily for senior leaders (e.g. executive directors, directors of finance, development directors, regional directors) of small to medium nonprofit organizations with multiple programmatic areas or multiple geographic sites. It may also be useful for leaders of larger nonprofits in those cases where this knowledge does not exist already among the organization's staff. Smaller nonprofits with a single program area and a single geographic site are unlikely to require true-cost analysis as offered in this toolkit, which focuses on allocating financials across multiple areas. - Service Resources

Cross-Cultural Solutions was founded in 1995 and is a recognized leader in the field of international volunteering. Each year, over 4,000 people volunteer abroad with CCS in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe in the areas of caregiving, teaching, healthcare, and community development. - Service Resources

Tom's of Maine will award five 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations with $20,000. Apply by August 30, 2009. - Service Resources

In hopes of encouraging business and philanthropy to strengthen the capacity of their nonprofit partners to more effectively manage volunteers, The UPS Foundation is pleased to present this publication, A Guide to Investing in Volunteer Resources Management: Improve Your Philanthropic Portfolio, in partnership with the Association for Volunteer Administration and the Points of Light Foundation. Without a doubt, our collaboration with AVA and POLF in developing this guide has informed and advanced UPS’s thinking around its investments in volunteer resources management. - Service Resources

The Red Cross' comprehensive Social Media Handbook. Includes a step-by-step guide presented as a slideshow, a text version, and a Communications Guidelines document. - Service Resources