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Alt-labor: What are workers’ rights nonprofits?  

Candid

Instead , they pursue a variety of other strategies centering on litigation, education, and industry-wide advocacy. For example, the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) undertook a six-year lobbying campaign in New York to pass better protections for domestic workers. million to $35.6 Source: Foundation 1000.

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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, the best practices below are based on Nonprofit Tech for Good’s experience using Twitter almost daily since 2008. With so much stressful, depressing news in the world today, positive news stands out. It’s a good practice to tweet content relevant to breaking news stories.

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Interview: Marshall Kirkpatrick on the Real Time Web Report

Amy Sample Ward

It’s smoother for users, users and systems get to take action immediately on new information and it’s much more efficient, meaning that your technology can do more with less computing expense. Probably middle of 2008. When did RWW start focusing on the real-time Web? Here’s one of my favorite stories though.

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Build Communities to Enhance Your Fundraising Campaigns

NTEN

In 2008, the event netted about $18,000. The organization and challenge: The Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) in New York City was challenged with a name and brand that was not remembered or inspiring to its constituencies and communities. The cocktail party had an auction and a raffle. Friendraising Website. www.karma411.com.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

2016 Alliance National Conference. 2016 Alliance National Conference. Take full advantage of the best national peer network by attending the 2016 Alliance National Conference. Fast Company / New York, NY / $1,999. Each fall since 2008 MNN has hosted an annual conference and expo. Nonprofit Management.

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An Interview With Facebook’s Libby Leffler: Facebook and Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I focus on the great work that causes and nonprofits do on our platform to engage with supporters and inspire advocacy. I joined Facebook in 2008 as a member of our inside sales team. We featured her as a guest on our Facebook Live program at WEF interviewed by New York Times columnist, Nicholas Kristof.

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Leaders in Nonprofit Technology: Daniel Ben-Horin

Tech Soup

CompuMentor in due course turned into TechSoup when it became a national nonprofit, and TechSoup Global in 2008 after it had become an international organization. He was born and raised in New York City. It is an advocacy organization for media workers and social justice activists. Daniel’s Bio.