The Squidoo Charity Answer Deck

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Useful Lenses for Raising Funds and Promoting Charities. Run by Squidoo Activists

The Squidoo Charity Answer Deck contains hand-selected useful lenses for people interested in promoting or raising funds for charity.

Inspired by the Squidoo Answer Deck, the Squidoo Charity Answer Deck was created by Squidoo Activists to be a hub for lensmasters wanting to work with Charities on Squidoo.

The Charity Answer Deck was created specifically to provide resources for those interested in raising funds or promoting charities on Squidoo.

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What's Here? - Hand-Picked Lenses to Help You Promote Charities 

The Squidoo Charity Answer Deck is an Answer Deck just for charities. A place with hints, ideas and tips for making charity lenses and then getting the word out about charity lenses.

This series of Charity Answer Deck Lenses and additional useful resources was carefully selected by Squidoo Activists. Only the most helpful and useful lenses were included in the Squidoo Answer Deck for Charity.

The Squidoo Charity Answer Deck was developed by the Squidoo Activists to enable the Activists and other Champions for Charity to do even more for charities and NonProfits using Squidoo.

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The Squidoo Charity Answer Deck 

The Squidoo Charity Answer Deck
The Place for Answers to
All of Your Charity Questions

 

Getting Started on Squidoo

How to Get Started on Squidoo 

 

Making a Difference with Squidoo

Understanding the Basics of Squidoo Charities 

6 Ways to Help a Charity 

How to Change the World with Squidoo 

How to Use the Donations Module 

 

Making a Page or a Lens on Squidoo

Start with the Official How to eBook From Squidoo's Fearless Leaders 

Learning how to make a web page or lens for Squidoo can be easy if you follow the directions in the free eBook, Calamari! The Official How to from Squidoo.

This eBook takes you through lens making process from the beginning to publishing and then promoting.

This free "How to" resource is a complete guidebook to help people understand Squidoo. The eBook was written by the people who know Squidoo best, founder Seth Godin and Editor in Chief, Megan Casey.
Calamari! The Official How to from Squidoo
The direct link to the pdf file of the free Squidoo how to guidebook.

How to Create a Squidoo Lens 

The Official Recipe Guide for Creating Inspirational Lenses 

Seth Godin and Megan Casey had a simple idea when they wrote The Joy of Squidoo, to inspire people to use Squidoo with all kinds of 'recipies.'

The eBook was create to share how creatively and successfully other people are using Squidoo with the hopes that others will be inspired to use Squidoo also.
THE JOY OF SQUIDOO: The Official Recipe Guide
An eBook full of tasty recipes about how to make Squidoo "lenses." Lots of inspiration for newbies and pros alike.

 

Info on the Squidoo Charities and NonProfits

The Squidoo Featured Charities 

The Squidoo Charities and NonProfit Partners 

How to Become a Squidoo Charity or NonProfit Partner 

 

Making a Group on Squidoo

Make, Manage and Promote a Charity Group  

How to Create a Squidoo Group for Charity 

 

Promoting Your Lens on Squidoo

How to Promote Your Lens Outside of Squidoo 

 

The Squidoo Activists

Who are the Squidoo Activists? 

SQUIDOO ACTIVIST

To be an Activist is...
    1. To care.
    2. To want to do more.
    3. To use Squidoo to make it happen.
    4. Squidoo Activist will lead the charge to turn the charity world upside down using Squidoo.

More about the Squidoo Activists 

A List of Squidoo Activist Projects 

Virtual Concert Week on Squidoo
The Squidoo Activists are raising money again. The Virtual Concert Series on Squidoo is the second fundraising event for charity sponsored by the Squidoo Activists.
Squidoo Virtual Concert Series Headquarters
The Group for Squidoo Virtual Concert Series was created to feature Virtual Concert lenses made by Squidoo Activists and others to benefit charities.
Squidoo Activist's Bake Sale Headquarters
Create a lens for our Virtual Bake Sale and donate the profits from your lens to the Squidoo Charity of your choice!
The Squidoo Activist Group Headquarters
The Squidoo Activist Group is to highlight lenses made by Squidoo Activists.
The Charity Giants Headquarters
The Charity Giants This group is all about letting Giant Squids give something back through their lenses.
Squidoo SuperHero Project
The goal of the Squidoo SuperHero Project is to create 5 lenses for charity about heroes who have inspired you, mentored you, changed the way you see the world, or just made you smile.
The Squidoo SuperHero Group Headquarters
The Squidoo SuperHero Group was created to highlight lenses made as part of the SuperHero Project in which lensmasters are challenged to create 5 lenses for charity about heroes who have inspired you, mentored you, changed the way you see the world, or just made you smile.
The SuperHero Project Winning Lenses
Ninety lenses were created by lensmasters for the Superhero Project. The organizers reviewed the eligible lenses* and now it is time to announce the winning lenses, the winning lensmasters and the winning charities of the SuperHero Project for Charity.
Favorite Squidoo SuperHero Project Lenses
The Favorite SuperHero Lenses are the lenses created for the SuperHero Project, submitted to the SuperHero group and voted for by visitors and lensmasters to the Squidoo SuperHero Project lens.

The Squidoo Answer Deck 

Hundreds of pages of useful answers. Run by community experts

The Squidoo Answer Deck is a series of lenses created by the people who know Squidoo the best, the people who use Squidoo day in and out, the lensmasters.

The Squidoo Answer Deck comes from the community experts. There are hundreds of lenses with FAQs, how-to's, tips and tricks about using Squidoo from the Squidoo experts.

The Latest from the Activists Blog - Cheerleading for Charity 

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What's new with the Squidoo Activists in the blogosphere.

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Time for a little Q&A 

Post your questions on or suggestions for the Squidoo Charity Answer Deck below. Let us know if there are other lenses that you would like to see made.

I'll do my best to answer them for you here.

Joan4 wrote...

Very helpful to have all of this information in one place! Thank you!

ReplyPosted December 19, 2008

Joan4 wrote...

Very helpful to have all of this information in one place! Thank you!

ReplyPosted December 19, 2008

Cajean wrote...

OK then, I see I have LOTS more homework to do! ;-)

Great reading here, and many cool links to follow.
Thanks for setting it all up in (mostly) one place.

5*, my faves & lensroll.

ReplyPosted October 13, 2008

makingamark wrote...

Excellent lens - a definite 5*

ReplyPosted October 08, 2008

Frankster wrote...

Great job. Bear hugs Frankster

ReplyPosted October 04, 2008

 
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Benefiting the Squidoo Charity Fund 

This lens benefits the Squidoo Charity Fund, created for lensmasters who want to donate their royalties to charity, but can't decide where to send them.

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