Gamers raise millions for charity

A great way and another channel for donating to your charities of choice - gaming.

I've bought the last two Humble Indie Bundles and will keep doing so as the money goes to worthwhile causes.  There's also opportunities to reach audiences that wouldn't normally respond to more traditional 'asks'.

Gamers raise millions for charity - from The Register

 

Social Good: Charity and Technology in the Online Universe

I love Infographics.  So, here's another; this time looking at charity and technology in the online universe.

http://mashable.com/2010/09/18/social-good-infographic

I particularly like the icons for the different generations (goes totally sci-fi) and the caption for the 5% of people who were repeat-donors.

Cunning online work of cunning Charities

A great article from Boagworld on how charities nudge you in the right direction when you visit their website.

Nudge Your Users In The Right Direction (Paul Boag on Boagworld)

I especially like the description of charities, borrowed from Blackadder:

...more cunning than a “fox what used to be professor of cunning at Oxford University but has moved on, and is now working for the UN as the High Commission of International Cunning Planning.”