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Highlights from the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Summit

Saleforce Nonprofit

Finally, acclaimed journalist and producer Soledad O’Brien interviewed José Andrés, founder of World Central Kitchen, who spoke about the power of a good meal to reignite, maintain, and grow a community. . They shared tips and lessons for how to support your organization on its journey of change and digital maturity.

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Lili Wang

ASU Lodestar Center

We’d like to provide our readers with a peek into what we do each day to accomplish our mission by introducing members of the faculty and staff via short interviews and conversations. I joined ASU in Fall 2008, and it’s been 8 years. What has been your most rewarding experience or the proudest moment in your career so far?

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last August, I saw the impact of Twitter's velocity first-hand with a fundraising experiment. Let's take a look at the brief history of fundraising on Twitter and lessons learned. I'm drawing from my experience using Twitter drawing and those of others. The experiment was to test Twitter's speed.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Interview with Jonathon Colman. An Internet Lesson in Rural Cambodia. Gnomedex Real Time Fundraising Experiment. Things You Can Do In Ten Minutes. The Cute Dog Theory. Pimp My Nonprofit Panel at SXSW. Transparency and Social Media: Dealing with Criticism. The Intangible Benefits of Social Media. Harry: A Green Geek.

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Encouraging Generosity On Social Networks: Assessing America's Giving Challenge and Reflections from Craigslist Nonprofit Bootcamp

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Stories come out experimenting, helping people find their voices or the confidence or the desire to take an action, volunteer their time, or raise money for a cause they care about. The experiment called the Giving Challenge was: A 50 day event from December 2007 through January 2008.

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A New Habitat: Transforming Communities with Remote Work Tools

Tech Soup

My interview with Bob Lynn, the technology manager at the Omaha, Nebraska branch of Habitat for Humanity, is a lesson in the advantages of remote work tools. Habitat for Humanity of Omaha has built 993 homes for families since 1984, and has doubled in size twice since Bob Lynn joined the team in 2008.

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Twestival: Are Fundraising Groundswells A Massive Opportunity or Distraction for Nonprofit Organizations?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been experimenting with online fundraising in an age of social media since 2006. This event combines the lessons learned from previous fundraising activities on Twitter: A local, face-to-face component based on the popular "Tweet Ups" or " Net2Tuesday " meetups. And they were not total strangers to one another.