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#ThankYouWednesday After A Successful #GivingTuesday

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In a letter to their newborn daughter, Max, they announced that they were giving away 99% of their Facebook stock to make the world a better place. While we can’t say for sure that GivingTuesday was factor, yesterday’s most astounding act of generosity and giving was from Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

A year later, in 2010, it was even bigger. This is a facebook page where many organizations across the environment, climate and animal welfare sectors came together to share news, updates, action alerts, and much more after the BP Oil Spill. Remember the action-focused facebook page? And then something exciting happened.

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Using Smartphones and Portable Wi-Fi Hotspots to Tell Your Story

Tech Soup

It's reasonably easy to upload videos to Facebook or YouTube even without the phone being on a data plan. They're a homeless services and neighborhood revitalization nonprofit that serves West Philly. PEC has delivered 80,000 hours of training to 50,000 people since 2010 in these labs. Tell Your Story.

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10NTC Science Fair Preview - Giveaways, More Giveaways and Free Apple iPads

NTEN

We're only 20 days away from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference -- but who's counting? The Science Fair doors will open at 3 pm on April 8, 2010 at the OMNI Hotel in Atlanta. Download the NTC app developed by 501 Technology to make the most of your NTC 2010 experience. 501 Technology, LLC in booth 80. in booth 25.

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10NTC Science Fair Preview - Giveaways, More Giveaways and Free Apple iPads

NTEN

We're only 20 days away from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference -- but who's counting? The Science Fair doors will open at 3 pm on April 8, 2010 at the OMNI Hotel in Atlanta. Download the NTC app developed by 501 Technology to make the most of your NTC 2010 experience. 501 Technology, LLC in booth 80. in booth 25.

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

Care2

telling the stories of homeless individuals across the United States has been well documented. In September 2010 Bill McKibben, the founder of 350.org, In the fall of 2010 the community rallied around a pledge to find common ground and unity in the Charter for Common Ground. Connecting and enriching a national movement.

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My Kumbaya Moments: Like Summer Camp for NPTechies, the NTEN Conference

Connection Cafe

Good feelings and Facebook friends will not solely allow an organization to fulfill its goals or balance a budget, but in a time when technology staffs are particularly stressed, the NTEN Conference allows many of us an invaluable opportunity to recharge our spirits. Cisco sponsored the project and provided the hardware for the network.

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