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Why Are Charity Mobile Phone Donation Programs Going Extinct?

Tech Soup

TechSoup has long sent our old phones to the 911 Cell Phone Bank , a nonprofit that provides emergency cell phones and funds to meet the unexpected and urgent needs of law enforcement and disaster victims. Amazon Electronics Trade-In Store. They distribute about 1,000 emergency phones a month to those who need them. Phones 4 Charity.

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The Wildness in the Corner: A Discussion with Jason Nelson

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It’s this idea of taking your fiction or poetry and dispersing it out on the web in places where people can enter things—like into an Amazon book review. Tags: interview Unusual Projects and Influences game. This is what I'm trying to do with dispersed fiction: to hide it all over the web. What do you think?

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The Bots are Here: Leading With Our Humanity in the Age of Automation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Humanitarian organizations are actively researching and testing how the use of messaging and bots can help refugees or those directly impacted by a natural disaster, according a recent report by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Unicef’s bot has had some early successes.

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Why Instagram Is A Great Platform For Nonprofits (And 7 Accounts That Are Crushing It)

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Or maybe your organization is planning on stepping up your peer-to-peer fundraising efforts through an influencer campaign (influencers could include your “donate” sticker on their Instagram Stories)? . Perhaps your organization sells charitable products (Instagram can function as an ecommerce platform with shopable feeds)? .

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Nonprofit Tech Forecasts for 2013

Tech Soup

We also noticed a significant increase in the way that mobile technology is being used in disaster relief. For instance, using combined datasets on health and education for NGOs and charities could help influence policy decisions, advocacy, and strategic planning for nonprofits. Mobile Computing. I hope she's right.

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