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How Nonprofits Can Navigate the New Media Landscape

NTEN

He shared an example of an initiative that demonstrates their approach to funding — the NPR One app — which personalizes the listener’s experience by curating content suited to their interests. For example, if we’re doing a story on the Affordable Care Act, nonprofits have the relationships and can connect us to people on deadline.” #2

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Nine Digital Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Learn from charity: water

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You don’t necessarily have to do this with an online fundraising platform: you can start by using social media to encourage people to interact with and be vocal about your cause. Tap Into the Power of Social Proof. charity: water is excellent at using social proof to encourage people to fundraise on their online platform.

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A Round Up of Food Charities and Causes to Fight Hunger

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The victims of Cyclone Sidr in the southwestern region of Bangladesh have immediate needs for relief items, including food and non-food items, emergency shelter, basic health care, clean water and more. Take for example, Fight Hunger's Click to Feed a Child is similar to the rice game. ll give you an easier one.

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President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For example, I'm planning on going to India and Bangladesh next month for the first time, and to Uganda and Sudan next year. Our local paper, the San Jose Mercury News, did two great pieces on Benetech, a business section feature story and an exceptional column by Mike Cassidy entitled An Executive Does Well By Helping Others.

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The Purpose Prize

Have Fun - Do Good

Civic Ventures , a San Francisco nonprofit group, will award 5 Americans over 60, whose work has fostered significant social innovation, $100,000 to further their work. Each attending cooperative might represent, for example, 600 artists back home in Bangladesh. SFGate had a story yesterday about the Purpose Prize.

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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The course is about how to leverage networks and social media for learning and impact. They will be doing a variety of work tasks (not just social media and networks). I’ve spent some time taking a look at various reports, studies, and International organizations and the use of networks and social media.

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Research Friday: The Functions of Government in Social Entrepreneurship

ASU Lodestar Center

Gordon Shockley, who describes the work he and colleague Peter Frank are doing on social innovation. Government has a rich legacy of social entrepreneurship. Consider some examples from American policy history. federal government’s social innovations reached new heights with President Lyndon B.