January, 2010

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Nonprofits: Time to Get Mobile - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Nonprofits: Time to Get Mobile - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop: "83% of adults have cell phones or smartphones. 35% of users have accessed the Internet via their phone, according to a December 2009 report by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. So in times of natural disasters like the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti and affected more then two.

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Flickr for non-profits – 8 lessons learned | Social Media 4 Good

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Flickr for non-profits – 8 lessons learned | Social Media 4 Good: "I have been using Flickr for about two years to increase visibility of the work of Red Cross Red Crescent. Today, I’d like to share some of the lessons I’ve learned.Why Flickr?I believe that most non-profits spend too much time preaching to the choir. Flickr is a great website to show what your organization is doing or why it is.

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Don't Cut Corners With Your Website - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Don't Cut Corners With Your Website - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop: "s your nonprofit planning to upgrade your website in 2010 such as migrating it to a content management system or a new one - but don't want to change a thing about it otherwise? In an uncertain economy I can see where nonprofits are coming from. They feel the need to maker publishing easier and get.

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6 Benefits of Using Twitter for Nonprofit | Pamela Grow's Grantwriting Blog

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6 Benefits of Using Twitter for Nonprofit | Pamela Grow's Grantwriting Blog: "Why should we?”“Twitter is just a bunch of noise about people eating lunch.”“Our customers aren’t online.”“We already have a website.”Sound familiar? There are plenty of reasons to avoid social media, it seems. It is true that there are a zillion time-wasting testimonials out there, and a plethora of pundits sharing.

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Social Media Aids Efforts to Help Victims of Earthquake in Haiti - Philanthropy.com

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Social Media Aids Efforts to Help Victims of Earthquake in Haiti - Philanthropy.com: "Social Media Aids Efforts to Help Victims of Earthquake in HaitiBy Caroline PrestonPeople interested in helping victims of the earthquake that wracked Haiti yesterday are being encouraged to text and tweet their donations and publicize their support using the new technologies.

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Leveraging Data Analytics | eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog

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Leveraging Data Analytics | eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog: "Many fundraising and nonprofit organizations in the recession appropriately feel pressure to spend their dollars on direct service delivery to those in need and severely limit investments in knowledge and capacity building let alone data analytics. However, non-profit organizations who are high performing forward.

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BBC News - How online sponsorship changes the way we give

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BBC News - How online sponsorship changes the way we give: "It wasn't long ago that every person running a race or attempting some feat would send around a sponsorship form at their - or their parents' - office. But now, anyone looking to raise any significant amount of cash has migrated online.

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