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How Baby Boomers Use The Internet

TechImpact

Here are some statistics that might just make you shift your online fundraising efforts away from the younger generations and more toward the baby boomers: In the United States alone, one-third of all Internet users in the United States are adults over the age of 50, and represent the largest constituency of active Internet users.(Jupiter

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Gen Z 101: Five facts to attract more members to your association

Nimble AMS

To help you build your understanding of Generation Z, here are five vital facts about your members born between 1997 and 2012 : Gen Z has clear social media preferences. Based on their birth range (1997-2012) Generation Z has always known our digital environment of the internet, computers, and smartphones.

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

Tech Soup

To be able to telework, people usually need five things: a computer or tablet, broadband Internet, access to work email, access to work documents, and a phone. From 2005 to 2012, telework growth in charities has been 87 percent. Often our best contact lists are now on our phones. Telework and the Polar Vortex.

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11 Mobile Marketing Statistics You Wont Believe

TechImpact

The truth is, with the internet of things on the horizon, mobile marketing will not only become the norm, it will become an necessary outlet that will enable marketers to automatically identify a potential donors and consumers, then deliver a targeted, compelling message directly to that person’s mobile device. xAd, 2012).

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Five Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Prioritize the Mobile Web in 2013

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As of May 2012, 20% of web traffic in the United States and Canada occurs on a mobile device through a mobile browser (such as m.bing.com ) or a mobile app (such as NPR Music ). As of September 2012, more email is read using a mobile email client than using a desktop email client (such as Outlook) or via webmail (such as Gmail).

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Lame spams of the day: another roundup

Robert Weiner

Phone Number. Subject: Executive Team (also 2012-10-21-New York Conference - Registration). Open with Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox). messages included attachments Invoices-14-2012.htm, htm, Invoices-13-2012.htm htm , Invoices-12-2012.htm, Internet Explorer file). USD by the UN Office, We will.

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Networked and Hyperconnected: The New Social (and work) Operating System

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This is a terrific presentation from Lee Raine from the Pew Internet and American Life Project that looks at the issue being “hyperconnected” or “over connected” to the web, mobile technologies and social media. Some 95% of teens ages 12-17 are online, 76% use social networking sites, and 77% have cell phones.

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