Bits: TwitCause To Highlight a Different Charity Every Week

August 20, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute

TwitCause, a new service of the Experience Project, will highlight a different charity every week in an effort to raise money and visibility for the organizations. For more information: Go to http://www. twitcause.com.
A new Web site allows any charity participating in the federal government’s annual charity drive to post a video of up to two minutes in length that explains its work to potential donors. The site was created by Independent Charities of America, an umbrella group of charities that participate in on-the-job charity drives, and its consultant, Maguire/Maguire. “Think CFC meets YouTube,” reads the announcement. To get there: Go to http://www.cfcvideo speakersbureau.org.

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Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.