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How to Follow the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference

NTEN

flickr: *saxon* Whether you’ll be there in person, or you’re participating online, we want you to take part in all the 2012 NTC buzz. Here’s how: On the NTEN Blog We’ll be streamlining coverage of 2012 NTC on the NTEN blog. So, even if you can’t be there, subscribe to our channel to see all the action in San Francisco.

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Creating a Killer Facebook Presence

Tech Soup

Profiles: Many smaller nonprofits have yet to make the jump from a Facebook profile, personally managed by their founders or executive directors, to an organizational page. This jump is crucial since Facebook can shut down profiles used for organizational purposes , plus profiles are capped at 5,000 friends.

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Building a Digitally Literate Community

Tech Soup

According to the San Francisco Board of Education Commissioner, there are over 75 million unemployed youth between the ages of 15-24 and that there are twice as many unemployed young people than adults. TechSoup for Libraries has profiled some public libraries that are striving to make their communities digitally inclusive.

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Free Legal Services for Charities Anyone?

Tech Soup

In 2012, 466 Cooley attorneys contributed over 33,000 hours to pro bono cases. The Legal Aid Society of San Diego honored Cooley as their " Law Firm of the Year " for its commitment to pro bono work. The way it works is that charities, lawyers and students register on the site and create their profiles.

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An Interview With Facebook’s Libby Leffler: Facebook and Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This morning, I attended a meetup for San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits that Libby and her team hosted at Facebook Headquarters in Menlo Park and next week she will be on the speaker line for the Social Media For Nonprofits Conference on July 26th (you can still register). What are your five tips for nonprofits?

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

Back in 1995, in the early days of the internet, a San Francisco innovator named Craig Newmark started a small email distribution list for friends, highlighting local events across the Bay Area. Consider, for example, the case of Instacart, an on-demand grocery delivery platform founded in San Francisco in 2012.

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