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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

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Press Forward seeks to reverse the dramatic decline in local news that has coincided with an increasingly divided America and weakening trust in institutions. Around 2,200 local newspapers have closed since 2005, resulting in 20 percent of Americans living in “news deserts” with little to no reliable coverage of important local events.

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Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Also, if you have not read it, Kivi Leroux-Miller has written a stellar piece called “ The Heroes and Villains of Give Local America Story. “ Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time – Guest Post by Peter Panepento. Last year, Give Local America raised $68.5 In Columbia, S.C.,

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22 Online Gift Stores That Benefit Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The profits from the BeadforLife Store go into training and community programs in Uganda and education in North America. Global Goods Partners is dedicated to alleviating poverty by strengthening women led development initiatives in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Public Broadcasting System (PBS) Online Shop. BeadforLife Store.

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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

But first steps first… 11 New Year’s resolutions for nonprofit social media managers: 1) Create a “Thank You” video(s) for your 2012 fundraising campaigns. Diversify your news sources. The best social media managers have a voracious appetite for news and current affairs. In fact, quite the opposite.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The Calling

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HBO, A&E, PBS… Danny has made moving and impactful broadcast documentaries for more than 15 years. But he keeps making those broadcast documentaries. to be broadcast in 2009 on PBS. Their intimate portraits will provide a rich, nuanced portrayal of religion in America never before seen on national television.

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NpTech Tag Summary: NpTech Slide Decks, Twitter Saves Children, and Visualizing Information for Advocacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The good folks at Care2 (Heather Holdridge, Justin Perkins, and James O'Malley) have a detailed case study on the NTEN blog about the top Facebook winner of the recent Case Foundation America's Giving Challenge. The Chronicle sets up a twitter account to broadcast links to blog posts.

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Jon Husband, Guest Post: The New Realities of Engagement – Stories That Drive Action Planning and Implementation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A Tweet this week on Iran and on the conventional news coverage there. Some intuitively know and use the new model. But making the shift to using the new model as a default, demands constant assistance. . The person is left helpless and alienated - This f eels like Tiananmen. Development Team. .

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