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NOVEMBER 30, 2015

NPR Generation Listen — Get It First: NPR Listening Party Kit : "We’re excited to be launching on #GivingTuesday, Dec. 1. Sign up to be the first to get the NPR Listening Party Kit: Giving Edition right here. We can’t wait to see how you #hostyourown. Just download the kit, gather your favorite people, and jump right into your #nprlisteningparty. And please tag yourselves and @NPRgenlisten in your pics to help us spread the spirit of giving and curiosity this holiday season.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

15 Australian charities trial text giving — Third Sector : "A 12 month text giving trial will involve 15 charities, with UNICEF Australia and World Vision the first to launch text giving campaigns. The campaigns will allow anyone to donate to a cause by simply sending an SMS.

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OCTOBER 30, 2015

Why the world needs more online charity community forums | nfpSynergy : 'via Blog this'

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OCTOBER 30, 2015

10 Nonprofits to Follow on Instagram : 'via Blog this'

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OCTOBER 27, 2015

I Am a Witness: Advocacy Through Emoji: Associations Now : "With its latest advocacy campaign, the Ad Council and its many partners have learned to speak emoji. The goal of the I Am a Witness campaign? To bring attention to and discourage bullying in all forms.

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OCTOBER 23, 2015

Brave New Frontier: The Tweeted Proposal | Nonprofit Quarterly : "The Deluxe Corporation Foundation is replacing the tedious nature of grant writing with the ‘Short & Tweet’ campaign in which nonprofits can state their case in a mere 140 characters. Through this new Twitter campaign, small nonprofits can be nominated for a chance to receive a $10,000 grant.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Britain's biggest charities believed they were 'above the law' on data protection - Telegraph : "Britain's biggest charities believed they were 'above the law' on data protection The Information Commissioner has claimed that charities thought they were 'a special case' and tried to find 'wiggle room' over data and privacy laws" 'via Blog this'

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Recent Social Media User Data: One Big Takeaway for Nonprofits | Beth’s Blog : 'via Blog this'

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Finextra: Finextra PR: Digital charity box Pennies records 20 million micro-donations : "Pennies, the innovative charity leading a digital transformation of the third sector, marked a key milestone of 20 million micro-donations collected, with an event hosted by Pennies’ partner, Gieves & Hawkes, at No.1 Savile Row on Tuesday night (15 September), in the company of VIP industry guests.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

North Texas Giving Day raises record $33.1M for nonprofits - Dallas Business Journal : "The seventh annual North Texas Giving Day on Thursday ended with 2,022 nonprofits receiving 118,667 donations totaling $33.1 million, the largest total in the event's history, organizers said on Friday. The contributions came from 71,743 donors, according to a news release.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Save the Elephants engages potential donors using Google Street View » Charity Digital News : "oogle has released Street View imagery of Kenya—including the Samburu National Reserve, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy and the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust—in partnership with Save the Elephants and with the support of the Samburu County Government. “It’s my honour to invite you on a journey to my homeland with Street View in Google Maps“, writes Save the Elephants’ David Daballen in an official Google bl

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JULY 20, 2015

Malaysian not-for-profits to get a Google leg up | Digital News Asia : "GOOGLE Malaysia has launched a programme that it said would enable not-for-profit organisations in the country to better serve their respective causes by making use of some of the company’s tools for free or at “highly discounted” rates. Google Malaysia managing director Sajith Sivanandan said the ‘Google for Nonprofits’ scheme has helped thousands of not-for-profit organisations find new donors and volunteers, and also empo

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JULY 17, 2015

The first Periscope star shows the live streaming platform doesn't need Twitter - Digiday : 'via Blog this'

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JULY 17, 2015

How techies can volunteer their skills to help nonprofits - TechRepublic : 'via Blog this'

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JULY 16, 2015

Google Fiber announces its Charlotte Digital Inclusion Fellows | The Charlotte Observer The Charlotte Observer : "Google Fiber and the Nonprofit Technology Network have picked two Digital Inclusion Fellows for Charlotte, as the company best known for its search engine builds a new high-speed Internet service here. Jessica Washington will collaborate with the Urban League of Central Carolinas, and Ruben Campillo will work with Charlotte Mecklenburg Library to help people who have limited digital

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JUNE 18, 2015

Pennies extends its digital donation box to mobile apps : "People making payments through companies' retail apps can now make donations at the same time, using a service set up by microdonations organisation Pennies. Pennies offer a "digital donation box" which they have combined with the Judo Payments platform, which is used by companies to allow people to make playments via apps.

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JUNE 15, 2015

5 Ways for Every Nonprofit to Integrate Mobile - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly : "A mobile fundraising study conducted by npENGAGE reviewed the webpages of 343 small to medium-size nonprofits at the end of the 2014 giving season. The study analyzed 22,648 donations, 3,091 event registrations, and 1,476 membership transactions between November 1st and December 31st, 2014.

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MAY 19, 2015

Five things we learned about crowdfunding - Civil Society - Fundraising - Blogs

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MAY 18, 2015

'Facebook is the most important tool for successful crowdfunding' : "Crowdfunding is most successful if charities promote campaigns heavily through Facebook and other social media, try to raise small amounts, and go public with money already committed, an audience of fundraisers heard last week. Eleanor Harrison, chief executive of GlobalGiving, a charity crowdfunding platform, said that use of Facebook was the single most important tool for success in crowdfunding.

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MAY 14, 2015

Ten charities and CSR programmes who are making the most out of online fundraising - UK Fundraising : "The utilisation of digital fundraising has become the sieve that separates the successful from the not-so-successful in the third sector. These charities are on trend and reaping the rewards of online innovation.

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MARCH 19, 2015

'Tech voting bloc in SF? Not yet - SFGate : "Philanthropic involvement is not the same as political involvement, but some analysts say it could be a precursor. Observers predict that young tech workers will probably get more involved in voting as they age, when they start caring about issues like taxes and schools.

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MARCH 11, 2015

'What Is Nonprofit Technology? | NTEN : "A refresher course on what nonprofit technology is and isn''t.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

'The How and Why of Nonprofits Contributing to Open Source | NTEN : "For the last 15 years or so, we’ve seen consistent growth in nonprofits’ appreciation for how open source tools can support their goals for online engagement.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

'#NotByMySelfie – a charity campaign changing how we view older people | Voluntary Sector Network | The Guardian : "e details: As part of its No One Should Have No One campaign, Age UK has launched #NotByMySelfie. The charity is inviting the public to post pictures of themselves with an older person in their lives on Twitter and Instagram, and also to text donate £3 to help address the loneliness many older people experience.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

'Social entrepreneurs: Charity begins online : "Enter Irish Charity Lab, which social entrepreneur Jean O’Brien set up last year to help charities in Ireland develop skills and strategies for digital communications to support their causes.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

'How Furniture Bank Used Innovative Technology to Increase Social Impact | TechSoup Canada : ''via Blog this'''

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FEBRUARY 23, 2015

'SF nonprofit expands tech lab for homeless and poor Tenderloin residents | Other News | San Francisco | San Francisco Examiner : "The first year the St. Anthony Foundation opened its computer stations to the Tenderloin community, the technology lab ran dozens of computers on an Internet connection you might find in a private home. When Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, a longtime San Francisco resident, heard of the slothlike computer lab at the nonprofit in 2008, he said he “found the right ci

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

'Charities are ‘digital dinosaurs’ says CRUK fundraising chief : "UK fundraisers are not identifying new markets such as social media viral campaigns and are becoming ‘digital dinosaurs’ as a result, Richard Taylor, executive director of fundraising and marketing at Cancer Research UK, said yesterday. Taylor said charities must make more use of available platforms such as crowdfunding, social media and mobile apps to grow the giving market through innovative campaigns.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

'Which countries use the internet the most? - Forum:Blog Forum:Blog | The World Economic Forum : "A study by consulting firm A.T. Kearney found that more people are spending more time online than ever. And, as to be expected, the bulk of the Internet addiction comes from countries with younger populations with greater access to technology. “In countries such as Brazil and Nigeria, with younger populations and solid smartphone penetration, two-thirds of respondents say they are continuously conne

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

'Red Cross Aims to Boost Sharing and Giving With Hope.ly – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy : "The American Red Cross is introducing an online tool that aims to leverage popular Web content to spur donations to the charity, writes The New York Times. Developed with Bit.ly, the URL-shortening service, Hope.ly also condenses long Web site addresses, but when a user clicks on a Hope.ly link, the target site includes a banner-style ad reading, “Someone wonderful shared this

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

'Angie Moore-Let''s Talk About Facebook and Ebola : FundRaising Success : "With that said, I have been struggling with something for the last few weeks. And, as usual, I''m sure I''ll get some grumbles with this post. But I''m just not sure how I feel about Facebook and the Ebola campaign it launched. I saw the post at the top of my Facebook feed in early November: "Angie, You Can Help Stop Ebola.

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

'Early Signs Point to Another Big Growth Year for Giving Tuesday - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : "Giving Tuesday 2014 appears poised to repeat its sophomore year growth, when the day of philanthropy nearly doubled donations around the world. Based on the goals of participants and promises of matching gifts, and a sample of this year’s campaigns, Giving Tuesday could raise $40-million or more.

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

'The Blackbaud Index: Overall Charitable Giving to Nonprofits Increase 0.2% | Blackbaud News : "The Blackbaud Index: Overall Charitable Giving to Nonprofits Increase 0.2% Posted on December 1, 2014 by Nicole McGougan Download the media alert The Blackbaud Index today reported that overall charitable giving to nonprofits increased 0.2% and online giving increased 10.6% for the three months ending October 2014 as compared to the same period in 2013.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'How Bitcoin is Used in Combatting Ebola - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly : "A group from Ghana has found a way to deploy cash donations more rapidly and more effectively directly to the front lines of the effort to contain Ebola in neighboring Sierra Leone. The distinctively African twist is that the solution combines Bitcoin and the now-ubiquitous African financial tool, the mobile phone.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'European fundraising associations to lobby MEPs over EU data protection proposals : "The Institute of Fundraising has met with fundraising associations across Europe to discuss how to lobby against proposed EU data protection legislation that could damage fundraising. Earlier this month, the Institute wrote to UK MEPs to raise concerns about the new European General Data Protection Regulation, which is due to come into force from 2017.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

'Nancy Frates: Why my family started the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The rest is history | Talk Video | TED.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

'massnonprofit news :: : "November 17, 2014 — Nonprofits have been trained to think about themselves “in a backward way” that is stifling their potential to change the world, Dan Pallotta, an activist who has garnered renown for his efforts to get people to think about nonprofits the way they think about for-profits, told a Boston gathering of human services providers today.

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