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Nonprofit Advocacy Can Be a Force Multiplier for Social Change

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For many years, people frequently suggested that Benetech , the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead, get more involved in Washington, DC policy and legislative action. Our longest-term donor, the Skoll Foundation , went so far as to introduce me to a DC-based advocacy firm. Isn’t that where good ideas go to die?”

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How Nonprofits Can Leverage Organic Social Media to Increase Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Working with NGOs, thought leaders, and policymakers in DC for the last decade, she specializes in getting people to care about complex issues that might otherwise get ignored. Paid ads and buying lead lists are like booking an all-inclusive package tour. Brynne Krispin is a social media strategist for nonprofits and small businesses.

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Five DC Social Media Week Events to Attend

Care2

DC Social Media Week has arrived and there are tons of great panels and parties to attend. Join our panel of experts to hear how you can make advocacy more powerful than ever and take your campaign to the next level! Takeways: Deepen advocacy engagement with existing supporters. Digital Politics, Wednesday, February 20th.

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Social Media for Nonprofits Conference Series Launches in SF

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The full-day conference is all about practical tips and tools for fundraising, marketing and advocacy. A book party for book editor and former Craigslist Foundation executive director Darian Rodriguez Heyman, “ Nonprofit Management 101 ,” will follow the conference at 5:30-8:30 pm. (I was lucky enough to one of 50 chapter contributors.).

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How Millennials are Changing Social Causes

Care2

Join Derrick Feldmann, co-author of the new book Cause for Change: The Why and How of Nonprofit Millennial Engagement , to discuss how Millennials are transforming philanthropy and engagement with social issues. Since joining Care2 in 2011, Ashley has strategized with many nonprofits on the most effective way to engage with Care2''s members.

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Talking at the Politics Online Conference

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’m giving a talk on the panel on Open Sourced Advocacy , where I’ll be speaking with my colleagues Ryan Ozimek (of PICnet ) and Jo Lee (of CitizenSpeak ), as well as Michael Haggerty, of Trellon , and Alan Rosenblatt , of the Center for American Progress. But I’m quite looking forward to it.

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How Sticky is Facebook? - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Thanks for sharing.