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11:49

Maria Di Mento - Hello, and welcome to today’s online discussion. This time around we’re taking a close look at some of the best ways to raise money online and how nonprofit groups can set up an online fund raising system.

11:50

Maria Di Mento - We'll be starting the formal discussion at noon Eastern time, but we're launching the event now to give people the opportunity to join us and to submit early questions.

11:53

Maria Di Mento - Joining us today to address your questions are Charles Ball, the customer experience manager at Network for Good, a site that channels money to charities nationwide; and Judy Chang, the principal product manager for nonprofit groups at PayPal, a San Jose, Calif., company that provides online payment services.

11:54

Maria Di Mento - Both will be available for the next hour to take your questions.

11:56

Maria Di Mento - Before we get started, I’d like to issue a couple of reminders. You are invited at any time during the discussion to ask questions or post comments on what you are reading. To do that, simply type in your question in the field below. And as always, we will be offering a full transcript of this event after it is complete at http://philanthropy.com/live.

11:58

Charles Ball - Hi all, Charles Ball here from Network for Good. Angie, the Network for Good Learning Center has a lot of information on online fundraising that you could use. It does discuss social networking and general online fundraising strategies. Here is the link: http://www.fundraising123.org/

11:59

Maria Di Mento - Okay, let’s get started with a few questions that came in early this morning.

11:59

Charles Ball - Hello Ruth, regarding your question of efficient softwares for fundraising...I think the answer is about defining your strategy and then deciding what solution works best.

12:01

Charles Ball - Hello Ruth, regarding recipient orgs that are not in the US, with Network for Good, we can work with you provided you have a US based 501c3 affiliate or fiscal sponsor. Note that our receipts are for US tax purposes.

12:02

Maria Di Mento - Hello. Mr. Ball responded to Ruth's question:

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