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5 Ways to Use Your Smartphone for Social Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Charity Miles matches with corporate sponsors who donate an amount for every mile completed. Once supporters choose a charity to fundraise for, they can share their fundraiser with friends and family on social media to rally around their cause. Download the app: ios | Android. 2) Donate to a charity fundraiser or start one of your own.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

Nonprofit Tech for Good

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. What social media tools are you currently utilizing?

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Listen First! Finding Networks and Connections in Social Media

Amy Sample Ward

Notes from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference for: Who : Speakers: Susan Tenby | TechSoup Global; Janet Fouts; Kira Marchenese. sponsors and donors. You can only have a real impact and “control&# or influence over the public conversation about you, your organization or your programming if you are listening and engaging.

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What Are Gaming Fundraisers and How Can They Raise Donations for Your Nonprofit?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The first event, held in 2010, raised $10,000 for the humanitarian organization CARE. Because gaming fundraisers are often highly dependent on existing social networks, your nonprofit should be especially familiar with best practices for peer-to-peer fundraising. They’ve set a new donation record for every match since.

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Cause Camp: From Humble Roots to Must-Attend Conference

NonProfit Hub

In 2010, the event had a transformation. Sponsor booths were a new addition, and attendees could win prizes by visiting all the booths. Fifteen sponsors (both cash and in-kind) made the event possible. They pulled together a panel of local marketers doing innovative things with social media. Was Cause Camp Really Cursed?

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Cambodia: Social Media, NGOs, and Social Change: Part 1

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Along the way, I united my passion for social media and nonprofits, training, fundraising with Cambodia. This is the first of a three-part post about what I learned about social media, NGOs, and Social Change in Cambodia. I had to adapt all my social media techniques for very low bandwidth and do it in real time.

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Using Social Media to Share Research

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the ideas we explored is it possible through social media to share some of the findings in a conversational way to help prod more insights from the field. That model uses social media a mechanism to give feedback. That model uses social media a mechanism to give feedback. That seems a little more elusive.