A $500 grant from MyQuire – Thanks for your support!

We just heard from Rachel at MyQuire that Many Hands has been awarded $500 as the winner of MyQuire’s inaugural non-profit grant (See the press release). Many Hands won the grant by adding the most new members to our MyQuire network. Thank you MyQuire!

And many thanks to all of you who responded so quickly to our last-minute newsletter request and signed up. Thanks also to the members of the 30DC Nonprofits group on Facebook who signed up as well.

Now that you have signed up, we hope you will help us make the best use of the MyQuire tool, both for collaborating on projects and general community building. There is a Many Hands group set up on MyQuire, and a couple of projects posted on the group page (including designing a logo, which might interest some of you Art Institute types from Oregon). Feel free to join the Many Hands group, get involved in (or suggest) a project, or just leave a comment. Let us know what you think.

Check out MyQuire – and help Many Hands win $500!

Posted by Bill McKinney:

One of the resources we discovered at the boot camp is an online collaboration space called “MyQuire.” It’s a free service that allows groups to share projects, documents, calendars, tasks, etc. A few of us have joined and are learning how to use it. If you have any need to collaborate with anybody online, you should check it out – but only after you read on…

Here’s the cool thing… Since I joined MyQuire as a result of the bootcamp, I am eligible to win $500 for Many Hands by adding the most people to my network by September 15. All you have to do to help is sign up (it’s free) and then send me a friend request. Here’s how:

• Go to MyQuire and register.
• Once you’re registered and logged on just click on the “search” function, then enter “Bill McKinney,” make sure “profiles” is selected, and hit the search button.
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• When my profile pops up, click on the “Send a friend request?” icon.
• Now we’re in business. I’ll receive your friend request, I’ll add you to my list of friends, and you’ll be in my network. If we’re lucky you have just helped raise $500 for Many Hands. That was easy. Thanks!

As long as you’re there, have a look around. Feel free to contribute to any of the groups or projects I’ve set up, and let me know if you want me to contribute to anything you may set up.

Don’t forget to send me a friend request after you’ve registered. Thanks!

Craigslist foundation nonprofits bootcamp

Just got back from Berkeley after attending the boot camp.

Incredible experience, incredible energy, incredible community of committed people.

We’ll be too busy working on the Thirty Day Challenge to do much of anything here until September rolls around, but are looking forward to the chance to start implementing what we learned. So many tools, so many ideas, so many contacts and connections to follow up on, so little time….

It’s not what you know…

How cool is this? Amy’s first post on the Thirty Day Challenge forum was picked up by the currently most popular guitar-playing internet marketing anti-guru on the internet.

Why I love the Thirty Day Challenge – Reason 12
Bringing families together -21st century style
I spotted this great post on the forums….
Oh and by the way – to the Hundreds of teenagers and Seven year olds on the challenge. I’m really sorry for blowing Facebook and Second life for you by showing it to your parents. I know it’s tre’ uncool to get added by ma and pa – but hey it’s for a good cause
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30DC and Nonprofits? – Thirty Day Challenge Forums
Hey Dad! This is great. Never thought I would find you on facebook – I can help with making the group work (since you have issues)! Now can we talk about something other than 30DC for a change?
Love you – a

Good thing her avatar is wearing shades…