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April 2010 Blog Posts (2)

Doing More

I have devoted this week to two major goals: Devoting my time to CauseUP that would normally be spent on Facebook, hoping to bring in new members; and better informing myself about the countries I wish to help and the options for doing so. One thing I am reading currently involves microfinance. I made a loan through Kiva.org and along with 175 others we loaned $5000 to a woman in Congo who now sells lamp oil to feed her family. Her first repayment was due this month and she was able to pay 8%… Continue

Added by Nicole Donnelly on April 18, 2010 at 1:44pm — No Comments

CauseUP for Project Management

I've been working on CauseUP since it's beginning. CauseUP uses a "niche" social network platform called Ning. Here are my thoughts about how Ning can work for your projects.

I’ve used Basecamp and have tried a couple other options for project management, but have realized a completely different option for project management. I now use Ning for a number of reasons.

Ning was not designed to be a project management tool. It is a DIY social network, giving anybody the ability to… Continue

Added by Andrew Hein on April 9, 2010 at 7:19am — No Comments