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Foot Traffic Philanthropy: Location Based Mobile Application - CauseWorld

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last month I made a prediction that we might see fundraisers with FourSquare or some other location-based mobile social network with gaming element. trends of 2009 and my 2010 predictions are right on. And, of course, you get badges for various activities. trends of 2009 and my 2010 predictions are right on.

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HOW TO: Add Your Nonprofit to FourSquare

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Some have even declared it to be the “ Twitter of 2010 “ I am not so sure about that, but it is fun. This makes more sense as you begin, if you begin, to use the FourSquare mobile App. You will not accrue “Badges&# if you do not have a photo, nor will you become a “Mayor&#. It is Different.

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Online Learning Trends That You Can’t Ignore

Gyrus

Today’s tech-savvy, social and mobile learners are no longer interested in traditional classroom training and demand learning techniques that blends best with their current working style and outlook. Mobile learning. It is also estimated that the mobile learning industry alone will grow to over $37 billion by 2020.

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Theatre Flashmobs on YouTube and Swarms of Theater Goers on FourSquare

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

."      Other ideas include a special Museum badge. After some more research, I did uncover an experiment from the Kansas Repertory Theatre with FourSquare and the coveted Swarm badge. " I like the idea of leveraging a networked effect of the swarm badge.  

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Tidbits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

But, anyway, I’m not putting the silly badge in the sidebar, sorry. I’m not sure exactly what that means, but I guess that’s a good thing. And why is this in “social issues&# and not “technology&# ? MPower has started to generate some community-driven development.

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Hurricane Irene and the Nonprofit Social Media Storm

NTEN

The organization also worked with Twitter to create a special badge that marked volunteers' Twitter accounts as valid and official sources of information. FEMA updated their Facebook account with survival tips, like how to navigate around a flooded city, and information on how to access FEMA on your mobile phone.

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QR Codes: My Favorite SXSWi Find

NTEN

The acronym stands for "Quick Response" Code and the great thing about them is that they can store almost any kind of data -- and are meant to be read by mobile phones, so no special hardware is required to use them. At SXSWi, every name badge has a QR Code printed on it with the individual's contact information.

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