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Is it a movement or a moment?

Candid

They are now larger-than-life figures who started from humble beginnings. For example, across East Africa, our teams work with Youth Champions to elevate awareness of the drivers of hunger, including the climate crisis, conflict, and chronic inequality. Moments can start with unexpected champions.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

An estimated 811 million people are hungry globally. In recent years, we have seen the growth of technology interventions that help small-scale farmers access life-saving information to protect their livelihoods and their families. What are ways of translating early warning dashboards captured at the global level into local action?

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How to Run an Online Fundraising Campaign

Get Fully Funded

But whether people will donate or not is another topic altogether. You have to define your needs; you have to put those needs into words packed with passion and emotion; you have to lead up to your fundraiser and get people interested before it even launches. A strong visual will help motivate people to give. A link to donate!

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Mastering the Art of Work/Life Balance in a Digital World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I love connecting with nonprofit technology colleagues who are also promoting work/life balance and how to avoid digital distractions. I was seeking a way to combine my interest in technology and helping people. Meet my colleague, Meico Marquette Whitlock, who is the Founder and CEO of Mindful Techie.

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Meet Your Local NetSquared Organizer at #17NTC

Tech Soup

More than 20 NetSquared-affiliated organizers will be at the conference — look for the people wearing NetSquared pins. Don't worry, there are NetSquared groups in 75 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. The link need to be like so: Africa. Tuesday, March 21, 2017.

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8 Nonprofits Championing Environmental Sustainability on Earth Day

Classy

Each year, individuals worldwide take the opportunity to do better for our planet with actions such as planting trees, cleaning local communities, and raising awareness for environmental causes through peer-to-peer fundraising pages. Kick Start Your Movement With Peer-to-Peer Fundraising. Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram: @SFParksAlliance .

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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Tweets with links have an 86% higher retweet rate and higher engagement overall because people are hesitant to retweet or engage with tweets that do not have a source or a call-to-action. Since tweets have a very short life span, it’s a good practice to retweet your own tweets. Include a link in your tweets as often as possible.

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