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Great reads from around the web on March 30th

Amy Sample Ward

Gen-Y Wants More Than Cool Brands – A new 16-country study of Millennials focused on brands has a lot to offer for insight to nonprofit organizations looking to connect with the same generation. But if you subscribed us to your organization's bulk email list without our permission, then you are sending us spam."

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Great reads from around the web on July 8th

Amy Sample Ward

is a new nonprofit in Austin, Texas and it’s bringing you the first world wide film festival only for nonprofit and cause-driven organizations. We're traveling to London and Cambridge in July 2009 as part of Innovation UK. Find me on Delicious for more! Film Passes are now on Sale! - "Lights.

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Lights. Camera. Help. Opens Submissions for Nonprofit Film Festival with Pre-screening in Austin, Texas

Connection Cafe

opening night pre-screening here in Austin and was blown away by the powerful videos shared by the four nonprofit organizations screening their video entries. David Neff shared with me info about the organization's event and I thought this was something all Connection Cafe readers should hear about. It’s free to submit to Lights.

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Nerd, Geek, and Gear Herding: Technical Management Techniques for Managers

NTEN

When faced with a severe technical crisis -- think mail server down, fried DB server, website hacked -- it's important to approach the situation methodically and in an organized manner. When the "fire alarm" sounds, be the calm leader in your organization. Howe has presented at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) since 2009.

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I'm Taking the Pledge Against Hunger, Won't You?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Our goal is to encourage individuals, corporations, and non-profit organizations to help promote this website and help us obtain at least 1,000 pledges. That means every person who joins the movement will help feed 140 children. How This Can Help Your Community, Too.

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The Rise of #Hashtags

NTEN

A hashtag is similar to other web tags: it is metadata that helps add tweets to a category. A hashtag is similar to other web tags: it is metadata that helps add tweets to a category. When we attended the Texas Nonprofit Summit in 2010, the hashtag was #TXNS. By David J. Neff, Founder, Lights. traffic, #followfriday, #hashtag.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Today I’m in San Antonio, Texas, for the American College of Preventive Medicine annual conference. It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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