All of us here at P2PFundraising.org remember the tragic events of September 11, 2001.

Today, September 11, 2009, has been named by USA President Barack Obama as Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance. We will observe a moment of silence beginning at 8:46 a.m. today in honor of the innocent victims who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks. We will once again commit ourselves to our volunteer activities. Our readers around the world are asked to join us. http://ping.fm/GFAIu

Online Fundraising:

Social Networking Seminar Featuring Ted Hart

Special One-On-One Strategy Sessions Also Available

40 states have official legislation regarding charitable solicitation

37 States and DC accept the Unified Registration Statement (URS) .

Makes sure you understand the requirements in all states where your organization solicits philanthropic support.

There's a great new way to raise funds for your organization without ever having to ask for cash. A new service from Gazelle, the nation's largest place to trade in used electronics for cash, just announced a new fundraising tool called Gazelle for Good (www.gazelleforgood.com ). Gazelle for Good is a free service that enables you to raise money for your organization by collecting used gadgets, including cell phones, laptops, MP3 players, and more than 20 other categories of electronics that your donors already have, but no longer use.

Raise money by asking your donors to simply open up their drawers and closets instead of their wallets. Here’s how it works:

During the week of September 14-21, 2009, Mozilla hopes to make a serious difference in your local community. If you are part of an organization, library, school, community center, church, or sports group or even just an individual in need of some technical help, the talented and tech-savvy community of Mozilla wants to help.

Here are just a few ideas of how we can help you or your organization:

* Teach senior citizens how to use the Web.
* Show a non-profit how to use social networking to grow its base of supporters.
* Help install a wireless network at a school.
* Create Web how-to materials for a library's computer cluster.
* Refurbish hardware for a local computer center.
* Update a non-profit organization's website.
* Teach the values of the open Web to other public benefit organizations.

http://mozillaservice.org/

For the past few years Forrester Research has been tracking the adoption of social media in different categories:

• Creators, who write content and make podcasts and videos
• Critics, who post comments, ratings and reviews
• Collectors, who use RSS Feeds to gather information,  those who tag and share content
• Joiners, who create profiles on social networking sites and actively use those sites
• Spectators, who read/listen/watch the  content created by others
• Inactives - those who are not active in any form of social media

This is the third year Forrester has done the survey and the numbers speak very loudly for themselves.