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Nonprofit Technology News: The Demise of Facebook Causes and Cloud Storage for Charities

Tech Soup

As NonProfit Times reports , Causes.com, the Facebook-inspired campaign platform for advocacy and fundraising, will soon be no more. Causes began as a Facebook app in 2007, and became independent in 2012. The project also works closely with volunteer translators at Wikipedia’s translatewiki.net.

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12NTC: Nonprofits and the Future of Internet Rights

Tech Soup

You might recall a day earlier this year when you were greeted with an odd blackout message instead of the Wikipedia entry for poutine. Many became aware of the movement against the Stop Online Piracy Act after the January 18 service blackouts started by Wikipedia and Reddit (with support from Craigslist and Google ). Future Threats.

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Designing Nonprofit Experiences

Connection Cafe

Then, they may be interested in how they can get involved through online activity (email subscription, social sharing), political advocacy, or even volunteering. Invisible Children also had great success storytelling via video with their Kony 2012 campaign. Finally, the user might decide to donate to the organization. Get Involved.

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100 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If your nonprofit engages in advocacy, it’s worth experimenting with. It’s also worth noting that they have an excellent mobile website which enables nonprofits to make their online advocacy campaigns mobile. Change.org :: change.org. Change.org is the world’s largest petition platform. Infogr.am :: infogr.am.

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85 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It combines everything a good social media manager knows to maximize on the Social Web in 2012 i.e., graphics, images, statistics, and inspirational quotes. Named one of TIME’s 50 Best Websites of 2012 , Outlook.com is Microsoft’s new Web-based email service. Infogr.am :: infogr.am. Instagram :: instagr.am. Government.

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60 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Named one of the six start-ups to watch in 2012 by Mashable, it’s unclear at this point whether mobile wallets, QR codes, texting, or a tool yet to be released will dominate mobile fundraising in the near future, but all nonprofit fundraisers should be watching the rapdily-evolving mobile payment technology very closely.

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70 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It combines everything a good social media manager knows to maximize on the Social Web in 2012 i.e., graphics, images, statistics, and inspirational quotes. Infogr.am :: infogr.am. is a free, do-it-yourself infographic creation tool. That said, a low-cost premium version is coming soon. Instagram :: instagr.am.

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