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Conversational Case Study: Myth or Fact - Can Small Nonprofits Win with Social Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by HeyDee Almost a year ago, Allison Fine and I finished a reflection paper on the lessons learned from the first America's Giving Challenge from the Case Foundation. This year, we are experimenting with incorporating social media techniques as part of the evaluation process for the second America’s Giving Challenge.

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New Research: 4 Case Studies of Nonprofit Shared Back-Offices in the Cloud

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But budget and staff constraints often make it a challenge for organizations to find and provide optimal solutions to technology needs—especially smaller ones. We talked to a few organizations doing just that to see just what functions they’re sharing, and how it works. Environment America. Flickr photo: torkildr.

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Case Study: M+R Walks Us Through Testing an Email Fundraising Campaign from Oxfam America

NTEN

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of a case study in the March 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. M+R Strategic Services has been working with Oxfam America, an international relief organization, since 2002. By Gwen Emmons and Marc Ruben, M+R Strategic Services Start early. We all know we should do it.

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Thought Leaders Blaze Trails of Discovery and Engagement

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But, here is a more contemporary take on the concept from Leah Hardy, Head of Gaming Marketing, Americas, Facebook. They will be representing your organization. Adding volunteers to your organization, especially VIPs who are accustomed to white glove treatment, can seem like a deliberate complication. Look outward.

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Case Study in Local: Oakland Local

Amy Sample Ward

Oakland Local is launching in partnership with 35 local nonprofit, neighborhood & community organizations: it combines postings of partner organizations’ news and information with blogging and with reported stories from a top quality news team. About Oakland Local.

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Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America spread #GoSilent across the web for Memorial Day

Amy Sample Ward

Just before noon, I decided to go online and see what those in my networks were sharing from their own celebrations or reflections, and immediately found the #GoSilent campaign from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). It pulled me in, and then everywhere I looked online I saw it was pulling in others! A simple commitment.

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Will Give Local America Be The Largest Crowd Funding Event in History?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Give Local America , powered by Kimbia’s technology, is an effort to coordinate giving days on one platform. Last year, Give Local America raised more than $53 million from more than 306,000 gifts in 2014. Give Local America emphasizes small, local nonprofits. 1) #iGiveLocal. Or parts of the country?

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