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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general? No one at the organization is unsupportive of social media; if anything, they may not be as informed as to why it is important or how we use it, but thankfully that is usually easily explained.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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We had a lot of great results there, but we realized that something was missing and that the individuals that were involved on our side were getting so much learning experience and leadership experience by creating these projects, but we weren't designed to create those learning experiences from Americans. It had been bombed.

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Year-End Giving Prep: 21 FAQs Answered by Fundraising Experts

Connection Cafe

I’m a big believer in having conversations across the industry ( check out my podcast, if you haven’t already) to share honest advice about what’s working and what’s not—I feel that it’s one of the best ways for us learn and lift the fundraising profession together. Danielle . Brock .

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Amy Eldridge: I was a complete newbie to Facebook, so I had to learn as I went on how to best do promotion. I have always believed that if “outsiders” could learn of our charity, they would want to help, as we give such great reporting and photographs of the kids helped, and because our overhead is so low.

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Amy Eldridge: I was a complete newbie to Facebook, so I had to learn as I went on how to best do promotion. I have always believed that if “outsiders” could learn of our charity, they would want to help, as we give such great reporting and photographs of the kids helped, and because our overhead is so low.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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What advice do you have for people to navigate those growing pains? One thing I have learned about myself is that I have to adapt and shift. They wanted more training in-depth, and they wanted to really learn how to use all these different tools to get ahead in life and advance their dreams. Or, you have to grow to a demand.

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Tools to End Poverty: An Interview with Martin Fisher of KickStart

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In Tanzania, only something like 3.5%; in Sudan, it's only about 1.5%, and even in India, which we think of as being more developed, it's only about 10% of the people who actually have a job in the formal private sector. The first five years I was in Kenya I really learned a lot of lessons about what does not work.