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NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Museums Test New Ways to Captivate Patrons—With and Without Technology | Nonprofit Quarterly : 'via Blog this'

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NOVEMBER 30, 2015

NPR Generation Listen — Get It First: NPR Listening Party Kit : "We’re excited to be launching on #GivingTuesday, Dec. 1. Sign up to be the first to get the NPR Listening Party Kit: Giving Edition right here. We can’t wait to see how you #hostyourown. Just download the kit, gather your favorite people, and jump right into your #nprlisteningparty. And please tag yourselves and @NPRgenlisten in your pics to help us spread the spirit of giving and curiosity this holiday season.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

5 Attention Grabbing Twitter Marketing Tactics for Non-profits - SocialFish : "5 Attention Grabbing Twitter Marketing Tactics for Non-profits Editorial | October 21, 2015 Twitter is perhaps one of the fastest-moving social platforms. With hundreds of thousands of tweets being shared every day, maintaining visibility and driving engagement become key challenges for most Twitter marketers.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Indiegogo Launches Free Crowdfunding Site for Nonprofits - The Chronicle of Philanthropy : 'via Blog this'

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Britain's biggest charities believed they were 'above the law' on data protection - Telegraph : "Britain's biggest charities believed they were 'above the law' on data protection The Information Commissioner has claimed that charities thought they were 'a special case' and tried to find 'wiggle room' over data and privacy laws" 'via Blog this'

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

2015 publications : "Giving a Bit(coin) - Cryptocurrency and philanthropy New online currencies such as Bitcoin could be the answer to charities becoming more transparent over how they spend donations.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Kickstarter Focuses Its Mission on Altruism Over Profit - The New York Times : "Instead, they announced on Sunday that Kickstarter was reincorporating as a “public benefit corporation,” a legal change they said would ensure that money — or the promise of it — would not corrupt their company’s mission of enabling creative projects to be funded.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Finextra: Finextra PR: Digital charity box Pennies records 20 million micro-donations : "Pennies, the innovative charity leading a digital transformation of the third sector, marked a key milestone of 20 million micro-donations collected, with an event hosted by Pennies’ partner, Gieves & Hawkes, at No.1 Savile Row on Tuesday night (15 September), in the company of VIP industry guests.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

North Texas Giving Day raises record $33.1M for nonprofits - Dallas Business Journal : "The seventh annual North Texas Giving Day on Thursday ended with 2,022 nonprofits receiving 118,667 donations totaling $33.1 million, the largest total in the event's history, organizers said on Friday. The contributions came from 71,743 donors, according to a news release.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Our say: Great Give scrapped, but giving remains vital to Anne Arundel County - Capital Gazette : "he event has raised more than $2 million for 248 Anne Arundel nonprofits in its brief existence, including $908,000 this year — more than the goal of $750,000. The high-profile, beat-the-clock hoopla was enjoyable, made for good news stories — ones that were also "good news" stories — and encouraged organizations to build up their social media presence.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Save the Elephants engages potential donors using Google Street View » Charity Digital News : "oogle has released Street View imagery of Kenya—including the Samburu National Reserve, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy and the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust—in partnership with Save the Elephants and with the support of the Samburu County Government. “It’s my honour to invite you on a journey to my homeland with Street View in Google Maps“, writes Save the Elephants’ David Daballen in an official Google bl

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AUGUST 20, 2015

Blog | What Every B2B Content Marketer Needs to Know About Pinterest : 'via Blog this'

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JULY 20, 2015

Malaysian not-for-profits to get a Google leg up | Digital News Asia : "GOOGLE Malaysia has launched a programme that it said would enable not-for-profit organisations in the country to better serve their respective causes by making use of some of the company’s tools for free or at “highly discounted” rates. Google Malaysia managing director Sajith Sivanandan said the ‘Google for Nonprofits’ scheme has helped thousands of not-for-profit organisations find new donors and volunteers, and also empo

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JULY 20, 2015

Social Skills: How Associations Use Social Media: Associations Now : "We already know that associations are becoming more confident and strategic in how they use social media. But two new studies offer a by-the-numbers look at what they’ve done in the social space in the last year.

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JULY 17, 2015

Drones to make delivery debut in Wise - Local News - Tri Cities : "WISE, Va.— Eyes from around the world will be watching Wise County on Friday as unmanned aerial vehicles carry medicines to the Remote Area Medical clinic.

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JUNE 17, 2015

Meet The Geeks: The D.C.

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JUNE 15, 2015

How to Read Google Analytics Reports: Three Simple Steps : 'via Blog this'

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JUNE 15, 2015

5 Ways for Every Nonprofit to Integrate Mobile - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly : "A mobile fundraising study conducted by npENGAGE reviewed the webpages of 343 small to medium-size nonprofits at the end of the 2014 giving season. The study analyzed 22,648 donations, 3,091 event registrations, and 1,476 membership transactions between November 1st and December 31st, 2014.

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JUNE 12, 2015

Technologies and Practices for Managing Outcomes: Lessons From Large Nonprofits | Idealware : "How does your organization know it is making a difference? It’s a tough question—especially for nonprofits that aren’t providing services to a specific set of clients—but one no organization can afford to ignore. The pressure to stay focused on outcomes is growing as funders and the general public have put more emphasis on transparency and the ability to see a transformative return on their investments

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MAY 15, 2015

Nepal earthquake to 'Bruce Almighty' cat: Does crowdfunding help or hurt? | CBCNews.

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MAY 14, 2015

8 Remarkable (and Stolen) Content Marketing Ideas : "One of the benefits of my work is that I get to travel around the world to meet with fascinating people who have amazing ideas. Much of my speeches and my writings on content marketing are filled with the thoughts of others. Here are eight of my favorite content ideas that I’ve stolen. I’m sharing them with you in the hopes that they will help you as much as they’ve helped me.

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MAY 14, 2015

Zendesk's new nonprofit aims to do more than just customer service - Fortune : "Tech company Zendesk joins a growing number of tech companies by launching a nonprofit for worldwide charity. Technology companies want to show the world that there’s more to them than just profits, power, and killing the competition. Some also care about philanthropy and giving back to the little guys.

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MAY 14, 2015

Ten charities and CSR programmes who are making the most out of online fundraising - UK Fundraising : "The utilisation of digital fundraising has become the sieve that separates the successful from the not-so-successful in the third sector. These charities are on trend and reaping the rewards of online innovation.

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MARCH 4, 2015

'massnonprofit news :: : "Web Users Vote to Give $246K to Three Boston Area Nonprofits February 27, 2015 — Three Boston area nonprofits will each receive a donation exceeding $82,000 from reddit, a social networking service and news website, sharing 10% of the organization’s gross 2014 ad revenue with seven other nonprofits nationwide. Last week, reddit, which that brands itself as “the front page of the Internet,” announced that it would donate the funds to 501(c)(3) organizations by asking its

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MARCH 3, 2015

'Social Giving IRL (In Real Life) for Nonprofits - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly : "Not all social giving IRL has to be tied to hosting a gala or 5K. People gather in places for lots of other reasons, and those are opportunities for the right charities with the right tools. The growth rate of U.S. adults with Internet-enabled phones (already surpassed two-thirds of the population) is huge; most donors can now give wherever they are rather than waiting to get to a desktop screen somewhere.

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MARCH 2, 2015

'24 Hours To Raise $1M For Fairfield County''s Giving Day | The Norwalk Daily Voice : ''via Blog this'''

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MARCH 2, 2015

'Your Mileage May Vary: How Often You Should Post to Social Media'

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

'The How and Why of Nonprofits Contributing to Open Source | NTEN : "For the last 15 years or so, we’ve seen consistent growth in nonprofits’ appreciation for how open source tools can support their goals for online engagement.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

'The Outer Islands Teaching and Learning Collaborative : "ast spring, collaboration among the schools was formalized with two grants to support ongoing efforts. An Island Institute grant for a Fellow to work specifically on organizing inter-island activities resulted in hiring Anne Bardaglio, who had served as the Matinicus Education Fellow prior to graduate school.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

'Charity shops ''more popular than eBay'', according to survey : "A survey conducted by nfpSynergy has found that Britons prefer to shop at charity shops rather than using online marketplaces like eBay or Gumtree. Some 1,000 people aged 16 years and older were asked whether they would prefer to buy a range of items from either a charity shop or an online marketplace.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

'#NotByMySelfie – a charity campaign changing how we view older people | Voluntary Sector Network | The Guardian : "e details: As part of its No One Should Have No One campaign, Age UK has launched #NotByMySelfie. The charity is inviting the public to post pictures of themselves with an older person in their lives on Twitter and Instagram, and also to text donate £3 to help address the loneliness many older people experience.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

'Social entrepreneurs: Charity begins online : "Enter Irish Charity Lab, which social entrepreneur Jean O’Brien set up last year to help charities in Ireland develop skills and strategies for digital communications to support their causes.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

'How Furniture Bank Used Innovative Technology to Increase Social Impact | TechSoup Canada : ''via Blog this'''

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

'The Daily Pennsylvanian :: Student organization connects non-profits with app development : "Two seniors are vying to save nonprofits thousands of dollars. Co-founded by Wharton and Engineering senior Dhruv Maheshwari and Engineering senior Ali Altaf, Hack4Impact connects student developer talent with nonprofit organizations free of charge. It works closely with groups in and outside of Philadelphia, and has a model that may be applied beyond Penn.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

'50-59 year olds are early tech adopters too? | RAZ Mobile : "It makes me want to ask “Well, if older folks don’t use the internet then where are all the typewriters?” I observe older Americans (I guess the correct term would be “Boomers”) head down, finger extended, tapping and sliding around on their smartphones just as much as I see Gen X, Y or Z so the notion that Boomers somehow lag is a faulty notion to me.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

'Know a Good Nonprofit IT Blog?

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NOVEMBER 20, 2014

'Futures Lab update #84: Engagement Using Text Messages, and Corrections via Social Media | Mediashift | PBS : "Engagement Using Text Messages, and Corrections via Social Media" ''via Blog this'''

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