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How Nonprofits Can Engage Volunteers in Advocacy

ASU Lodestar Center

During my Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management (MNLM) studies, I gained an appreciation for volunteers and an interest in how volunteers can engage in advocacy. The terms advocacy and lobbying are generally used interchangeably to describe how nonprofits influence legislation and public policy. Grimm R, T., Talbert, M.

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Video Fridays – 2009 Arc Convention Edition

NCE Social Media

The 2009 Arc Convention is happening right now in Pittsburgh. How are you using videos for your online marketing and advocacy efforts? Tags: Marketing and Awareness Tools Video arc convention flame YouTube. If you’re reading this I hope you are here at the convention.

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Road Trip! Fundraising, Advocacy, Community Building, Storytelling and Recruitment on the Road.

Care2

We so often focus on learning from innovative online campaigns that we miss out on opportunities to integrate offline cause communities and grassroots advocacy. Building buzz and press for an advocacy action. The road trippers also made stops for advocacy events in Boston and New York before concluding in Washington DC.

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2009 NTC: Awards Show Wrap Up

NTEN

In the case of Daniel Ben-Horin, the 2009 recipient and co-CEO of Techsoup Global , it's both. The award showcases the innovative and trend-setting ways.ORGs are using technology and social media to advance their missions, grow their memberships, and broaden awareness and visibility for their work and members.

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Are Memes Really Just Slacktivism?

Care2

Many thought the meme was connected to raising breast cancer awareness, but that was not the intention behind it. After some research, it turns out that this meme was started in December of 2009 in Canada. The point is to see how far we can spread breast cancer awareness … and make the men wonder what’s up :) ".

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The Keys to Fundraising on Foursquare

Care2

“If 2009 was the year of the "tweet", 2010 is the year of the "check-in", said Joe Waters, Director of Cause and Event Marketing at Boston Medical Center on this weeks Live Discussion over at the Chronicle of Philanthropy. After all, location apps like Foursquare and Gowalla were the breakout technology at SXSWi just a few months ago.

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Research Friday: Ten Types of Collaboration (an alternate view)

ASU Lodestar Center

Models of Collaboration , by professor Mark Hager and Tyler Curry, identifies and describes types of nonprofit collaborations from an analysis of the 177 nominations submitted in 2009 for the prestigious Collaboration Prize. Issue Advocacy *. These joint partnerships work together to advance public awareness for an issue or cause.