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Tech Across Your Org: Social Media Collaboration Across the NYC Elder Abuse Center

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Established in 2008 as a collaborative response to the growing number of complex elder abuse cases in NYC, the NYC Elder Abuse Center helps professionals, organizations, and systems prevent elder abuse and improve their response to it. ] By Debra Askanase, Community Organzier 2.0

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Blog Action Day 2010: Water

Amy Sample Ward

More people have access to a cell phone than to a toilet. org and others. org – share with others to get them thinking, too – at: [link]. TapIt water bottle refilling network was founded in 2008 to give New Yorkers free access to clean sustainable water on the go. billion people lack access to toilets.

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The Future (and a Little History) of Network Neutrality

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It all started in 2008, when Comcast deliberately slowed Internet traffic for BitTorrent, a file-sharing site, and the Federal Communications Commission told the ISP it can't do that. Audio and video have proven to be highly effective media for nonprofits -- and throttling would impact all orgs -- no matter where they fall on the spectrum.

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The search for good web conferencing

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It’s quite interesting, and it deals with the audio over phone issue (which is a major snag) by dispensing with two-way audio entirely, and just using one-way audio. I also looked at a system that The Gilbert Center has been using. Keep up the good work… 11 Albert Kim 08.27.07 Or feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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The last two weeks of the contest, Amy and 10 others worked 8-10 hours a day blogging, emailing supporters, making phone calls, and recruiting teens and college students to help them towards gathering donations for the Cause. What goals does the org. February 19, 2008 | Rob Pierson Hi. Oh the hours!! But how do we get the money?

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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The last two weeks of the contest, Amy and 10 others worked 8-10 hours a day blogging, emailing supporters, making phone calls, and recruiting teens and college students to help them towards gathering donations for the Cause. What goals does the org. February 19, 2008 | Rob Pierson Hi. Oh the hours!! But how do we get the money?

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Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit? - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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billion in 2008 to $29.8 “The other two thirds give via the mail and phones. once people realize that they can give to any nonprofit on social media sites like Change.org without providing a snail mail address (I always give my email address), the young folks will defect in mass from giving via the orgs Web site.

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