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How Baby Boomers Use The Internet

TechImpact

As a result, nonprofits across the board are shifting their advertising and community outreach efforts through online mediums almost exclusively. of the tablet users in the United States. From 2004 – 2009, the number of seniors age 65+ actively using the Internet increased more than 55% (Nielsen). Jupiter Research).

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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place :: 2011 Edition

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Many of us will purchase hundreds of dollars in holiday gifts over the next six weeks, and with some conscious consumerism those dollars could also help some of your favorite nonprofits continue their work in 2012. Related Links: Nine Holiday Card Programs That Benefit Nonprofits. Kiva Cards: Starting a $25, Kiva Cards change lives.

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16 Million 2-1-1 Calls in 2009

VisionLink

From our colleagues at the United Way of America, an update on 2009 Call Volume: 2-1-1 call centers across the country have completed their annual survey of call traffic. In 2009, these calls totaled more than 16 million calls across America. This is an increase of 13% in call volume over 2008. With approximately 1.5

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Analyzing Budgets and Saving Money at a Nonprofit

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So, it’s hard to imagine cutting additional costs at a nonprofit. The best leaders understand two things must happen to sustain a nonprofit: SAVING money and RAISING money. Afterall, nonprofit is your tax status, it shouldn’t be your business model. Fact: there are currently over 2.7 Fact: there are currently over 2.7

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Four Reasons Why Nonprofits Need a Mobile Website

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If your nonprofit is experimenting with text-to-give, text alerts and/or smartphone Apps (or planning to), then launching a mobile website is something your organization should seriously consider. They are very much first generation and pretty basic, but affordable for nonprofits. As of July 2009, 56.9 The web is going mobile.

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New Year’s Resolution Webinar Special for Nonprofit Organizations

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Group texting, iPhone apps, and mobile websites are on the 2010 To Do Lists of most national and international nonprofits. Geolocation services are going to be flooding the market, and it’s becoming apparent that blogging is often the missing link in a successful nonprofit social media strategy. View : Complete Webinar Schedule.

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Why Nonprofits Should Sync Their Twitter and MySpace Accounts

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Thousands of nonprofits haven’t logged into their MySpace profiles in months, or even a year or more. Traffic has definitely sloooowed, but the site still has 57 million monthly visitors in the United States ( as of December 2009 ). I created the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace in 2006.

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