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Heather Carpenter at Nonprofit Leadership 601 has posted this week’s edition of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, with what she considers to be several intellectually stimulating posts. Take a break from your to-do list and feed your brain with these posts.

Next week the Carnival travels over to the Bamboo Project Blog. See you there!

Priscilla at Solidariti has posted this week’s edition of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, which includes some links to some new contributing bloggers. Check it out.

Next week the Carnival visits Heather at Nonprofit Leadership 601. See you there!

P.S. Would you like your blog posts highlighted in the weekly carnival? It’s easy to contribute. Simply get on the mailing list to receive weekly reminders about who is hosting, if there is a theme, and what the deadline is. The host then compiles seven posts into that week’s edition of the Carnival. Learn more here.

Soha at Wild Apricot has posted this week’s edition of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on the best Web 2.0 and social networking tools for nonprofits. It will give you a little taste of who’s doing what and some road signs to heed as you expand your online presence.

After much holiday cheer, the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants is back for the new year, at a new home (Nonprofit Marketing Guide.com). I’m still putting up the Big Tent and welcoming people inside to host it and read it — it’s just at a new domain. Updated links to the new Carnival homepage are much appreciated!

On to the show . . .

Will Tim Russert ever ask your question on Meet the Press? Colin Delany at e.politics reviews a new campaign by the League of Conservation Voters to get more attention for global warming on the Sunday morning talking-head shows.

If you’ve already busted your New Year’s resolutions about eating better and exercising more, start over and go Britt Bravo’s route at Have Fun, Do Good: list your activist resolutions.

Katya Andresen at Nonprofit Marketing Blog shares four things she wishes she’d known about social media when she got started. I like point #3 best — it cranks “word of mouth” up to 11.

Soha El-Borno at Wild Apricot lists her ten favorite slideshow and photo sharing apps.

What were the best and worst cause-related marketing campaigns of the last year? Paul Jones at Cause-Related Marketing has published his best 8 and worst 9 lists.

Leyla Farah at Cause + Effect looks at how social networking is changing fundraising. Instead of focusing on a few major donors, the distributed funding model used by sites like Razoo and DonorsChoose.org, relies on lots of little donors.

Maya Norton at The New Jew discusses how a famous Jewish philanthropist, Charles Bronfman, is hosting a major contest to find the best “big idea” in Jewish communal innovation.

And my bonus host post: a few tips on writing nonprofit taglines.

This week I received many more posts than I could use, since we try to keep the Carnival to a readable seven posts per edition. To contributors old and new, keep those submissions coming throughout 2008!

The Carnival moves next week to Soha’s Nonprofit Technology Blog at Wild Apricot. She’d like to see posts on how nonprofits are using Web 2.0 and social networking tools, with simple tips. See you there!

Jeff Brooks at Donor Power Blog has posted the last edition of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants for the year. Check it out. In addition to usual great advice and interesting commentary, you’ll also find links to some of Jeff’s personal favorites.

This week’s Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants is all about the best of 2007, thanks to hostess Nedra Weinreich at Spare Change. You’ll find several great nonprofit fundraising and communications campaigns, including some with how-tos and metrics to help you figure out how they did it and to make the best ideas your own in 2008.

The Carnival travels next Monday to Donor Power Blog with Jeff Brooks. It will be our last edition in 2007 as this carnival organizer is taking Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve off. After Jeff’s edition on the 17th, we will start anew on January 7, 2008. Look for some new hosts and expect the same good stuff you’ve come to love from your nonprofit carnival.

Nancy Schwartz at Getting Attention has posted this week’s Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, which includes several great suggestions for nonprofit marketing priorities for 2008. If you are still debating your plans for the new year, you’ll find inspiration here.

Next week, the Carnival travels to Spare Change with social marketing guru Nedra Weinreich.

This week’s Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants is up at Giving in a Digital World. Bryan has compiled a great set of posts on how nonprofits can use Facebook, MySpace, OpenSocial, and other social networking tools. Check it out now.

On December 3, the Carnival returns stateside to Getting Attention with Nancy Schwartz. Here’s Nancy’s question for you: What are the top three to-do’s on your nonprofit marketing agenda? Get the details here on how to contribute to Nancy’s edition of the Carnival.