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Tech Tools Working Together: How Text-To-Donate Paves the Way for Text Message Communication

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In its infancy, texting was how people communicated with close friends and family members, not businesses and organizations. Often used at fundraising events, both in-person and virtual, people text in a keyword like “DONATE” to a unique short code and make a credit card donation through their phone. But times are changing.

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6 Tips for Analyzing Online Fundraising Campaigns

Bloomerang

The way you set up your dashboards and reports will depend on multiple factors, including your data analysis goals and what data you need to inform your analysis. Then, you can use this information to decide which channels are worth keeping, which should have more resources, and which you should leave behind.

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PCs for People Brings More Great Refurbished Computers to Nonprofits through TechSoup

Tech Soup

Meet our newest Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) partner, PCs for People! PCs for People, as a leader in U.S. PCs for People, as a leader in U.S. PCs for People is a large nonprofit refurbishment program headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Here is its story. Humble Beginnings. Going National.

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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The second part of the morning was designed around the Principles of Social Media Strategy and used a new version of the Social Media Game intended for a large group of people. My design question: What is the best way to use this approach for a full-day workshop for 300 people?

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September Cause Awareness: National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

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Edwin Shneidman (left) at his home in Los Angeles, California with Maurizio Pompili, who was the recipient of the 2008 Shneidman Award. Look out for others The best way to engage in National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month directly is to look out for the people around you. Agencies from within the U.S.

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Developing a Social Media Plan: Lessons from Election 2008

NTEN

Election 2008 is remarkable for so many reasons. As agents of social change, there is a great deal the nonprofit sector can learn from Election 2008. More than 85 million people have watched Barack Obama on You Tube and 22 million have watched John McCain videos—all of them include a "tell-a-friend" link. Tools you can Use.

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How To Use Information You Already Have To Personalize Constituent Experiences Online

NTEN

If your offline database tracking activities can communicate with your online system (whether through data syncing or old-school spreadsheet downloading and uploading) you have a great wealth of information at your fingertips. Ask folks what they are interested in and use that information to change what you report about.

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