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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Launched the advocacy Twitter handle in January 2010 (@Advocate4PanCAN) and it is growing steadily. We just launched mobile texting and text-to-donate this month (November). Our official launch of text communication will be done at a Los Angeles Kings hockey game on November 27 th. It has close to 400 followers.

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Dining for Women on NBC Nightly News

Have Fun - Do Good

Women bring food to eat together, and donate what they would have spent on going out to dinner to an organization that, "reaches women at the grass-roots level while promoting self-sufficiency" The combined donations from the 250+ Dining for Women chapters across the country can make a huge difference for an organization.

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How The James Irvine Foundation Received Microsoft Donations Through TechSoup

Tech Soup

Because of new Microsoft eligibility rules that now allow private foundations to receive Microsoft software donations , Jeff Brandenburg, Irvine Foundation’s director of technology, describes his experience getting the first donations in his foundation’s long history. Here is my interview with Jeff Brandenburg.

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Research Friday: Branding in the nonprofit sector

ASU Lodestar Center

Their name and logo are so well-known that the average American trusts their brand and, (arguably) because of this, is likely to donate to their cause. Before graduating he was accepted to Teach for America and has been placed at a nonprofit preschool that provides early childhood education to low income families in Los Angeles.

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SOCAP: The Market at the Intersection of Money and Meaning

Tech Soup

Kiva is a classic nonprofit social enterprise that relies mainly on earned revenues rather than grants or donations. eGood is a new Los Angeles based company that has developed a community website and app that helps shoppers locate charitable businesses and restaurants that donate a portion of sales to charities.

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Social Media Lessons from 4 Generations of Canadian Donors

Connection Cafe

Michael Johnston is the president and founder of the global fundraising consultancy, Hewitt and Johnston Consultants (hjc), which has offices in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, and Cordoba. LinkedIn use rose 24% from our 2010 study to 48% in 2013. Twitter use increased by 20% from our 2010 study to 59%.

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Fundraising Trends: Mobile Giving and Crowdfunding, and the Next Generation of Canadian Giving

Connection Cafe

Michael Johnston is the president and founder of the global fundraising consultancy, Hewitt and Johnston Consultants (hjc), which has offices in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, and Cordoba. Since 2010, there has been a 12% increase in donors who have a landline but choose to use their mobile phones.