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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

There is a need for that on Twitter, but framing your Twitter story a little more on the positive side can definitely increase your engagement. CircuitEditor regularly hosts Twitter Chats on the subjects of social change and philanthropy in Africa. If possible, join a Twitter Chat once a month, bi-monthly, or quarterly.

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

But ebooks and audio books are by far the most popular accessible formats, and publishers do sell them (although ironically many of these have digital rights management technologies designed to defeat illegal copying but also stop accessibility technology). Definitely a good thing.

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"Press 2 for Chickens": Innovating African Radio Stations

NTEN

Freedom Fone leverages audio as a mobile function using IVR, a technology that allows a system to detect voice and keyboard input. IVR allows a user to call, enter or say specific numbers, and listen to or contribute audio content. Many of the audio responses were later rebroadcast on the program. .

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NpTech Tag: Change.org To Launch White-Label Social Network for Nonprofits, GeekToys that Give Geekbumps, and Blog Readability

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you're short on time, read the abtracts and dive deeper into Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship. Quick audio or video messages published to a trusted social community. NpTech Global Kabissa joins Aid for Africa for the third year running! There are 18 articles. I don't speak or read Japanese.

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[VIDEO] Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities

Bloomerang

We have Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe. So this is really important in areas that, so, for example, in Latin America, in certain parts of Asia, in Sub-Saharan Africa, that the internet is not as fast. And another great thing about WhatsApp that not other messaging apps have is that you can share audios. Audios, files.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The book is an expanded version of their seminal article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review from 2007, “Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition.” Before Benetech was founded, blind people were read to either in person by a family member, volunteer, or paid reader, or via audio cassette tape.

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5 Ways Nonprofit Facebook Messenger Bots Can Deliver Impact

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But what makes this bot most engaging is good storytelling shared in a conversational way, matching the pope’s tone of voice and illustrated with photos, video, and audio. The stories are about missionary projects such as helping nuns care for the kids in the slums of Nairobi. The main program is SMS based. Conclusion.