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50 Nonprofits Every U.S. Politican Should Follow on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

They mostly only follow other politicians and news media. Feeding America :: @ FeedingAmerica. National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy :: @ TheNC. Oxfam America :: @ OxfamAmerica. politicians follow any nonprofits on Twitter. Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) :: @NationalCASA.

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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Famous on MySpace and to teens across the world, outside of MySpace they are hardly known. Sadly, at the same time, libraries and schools across America were blocking MySpace, but allowing Facebook. Today, you can’t turn on any news outlet and not hear “Fan us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter!&# took over MySpace.

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Feeding a Need: New App Helps Youth Find Free Summer Meals

Tech Soup

The good news is: there are thousands of sites serving free summer meals to low-income youth. And there's a new free mobile app called Range that helps libraries, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and others working with youth locate those free meal sites this summer. The statistics on hunger in America are startling: 14.5%

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Who are the Millennials?

Care2

Chances are most of them are reactive, which can leave many small online teams scrambling to react to news, legislation or changes in bills. The oldest Millienials are approaching 30 and the youngest are about to be teens. In short, this generation is reshaping America. In short, this generation is reshaping America.

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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

birthday campaigns ( Facebook Fundraisers ), and for timely, news-driven events (Black Lives Matter). See Hope Grow raised nearly $460,000 for TreeHouse teens. Other ideas for promotion include an ad in your print newsletter and listing the opportunity on your “More Ways to Give” page.

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Nancy Wins Free Copy of Being the Difference

Have Fun - Do Good

The "extraordinary" thing Terri has done to change the world is the successful implementation of a mentoring program called Stand and Deliver for teens in the challenged community of Lawrence, MA. A few people that patronize her work even recognize her from the news! activism ordinary people nonprofit

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Memejacking: Does Your Nonprofit Dare?

Tech Soup

Newsjacking is the practice of "hijacking" or leveraging a current news story to help your messages get the attention of a wider audience. And, if you're thinking that only teens like memes, look at the range of people who drenched themselves for the Ice Bucket Challenge. Meme Me Up, Scotty. Be Specific.

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