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Plan your Thanksgiving menu on Punchbowl.com

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

For families looking to get organized for Thanksgiving and holiday parties I recommend Punchbowl, so much so I joined the company. Online invitation sites like Punchbowl and evite.com are good for organizing guest lists and managing RSVPS.  While most holiday parties require an RSVP, if your family is like mine you ...

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Onceuponaschool.org

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

This looks like something worth making some time for: "Dear Friends of TED, Dave Eggers, winner of the 2008 TED Prize, wished to collect 1,000 stories of private citizens engaged in their area public schools. He called upon every adult to bring their time, skill, and energy to bear on the lives ...

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Raising Money through School Auctions

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Seth Godin posted a great article on marketing the charity auction. "The Robin Hood Foundation raised more than 24 million dollars at their last auction, because people competed to overpay. And that's the secret. The story the charity must tell is: "don't pay $19 for this twenty dollar bill, don't even ...

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