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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. Our official launch of text communication will be done at a Los Angeles Kings hockey game on November 27 th. Our official launch of text-to-donate will be January 3, 2011 at another Los Angeles Kings hockey game.

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Dining for Women on NBC Nightly News

Have Fun - Do Good

I had the privilege of meeting Dining for Women's founder, Marsha Wallace in 2006, when she invited me down to Los Angeles for an event Dining for Women sponsored, an evening with Wangari Maathai (how cool is that!). This week I was thrilled to see Dining for Women featured on the NBC Nightly News segment, "Making a Difference."

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Research Friday: Branding in the nonprofit sector

ASU Lodestar Center

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. 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. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a. Sources: [1] Non-profit branding: Cause and brand effect.

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Examples of Abundance in the Arts: Ask A Conductor on Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In February 2010 I organised an event called Follow a Museum , this was prompted by the low number of followers which I felt most museums had on Twitter and simply aimed to boost those numbers. On December 8, 2010 , conductors from around the world will come together to engage with fans, first-timers and complete strangers.

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SOCAP: The Market at the Intersection of Money and Meaning

Tech Soup

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. This is a fairly new informational service that started in 2010.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

NTEN

On January 12, 2010, I didn't personally experience the major earthquake that hit Haiti, but I was forever changed by it. We set up the home bases, provide mission-related information, and enjoy all the people who come in to play. But I wasn't prepared for the type of incoming information I saw in the weeks after January 12, 2010. .

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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. Some interesting and helpful data emerged, including some specific information about how each generation approaches social networks.