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Social Media and Cute Dogs Go Mobile And Other Cute Animal and Nonprofit Tales

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The dual purpose of the app is to raise awareness of the thousands of dogs waiting in shelters to be seen and adopted – and to have a little fun at the same time – perhaps a party or drinking game. Says Perrone, “We will also look at app users who came into the BFAS fold over time (email database, do they keep giving, etc).

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Serving The LGBTQ+ Community

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Pride Month is a great time to celebrate and reflect on the work activists and nonprofit organizations are doing to support the LGBTQ+ community. One way to track those is by setting up a grant calendar. With that in mind, I wanted to share a list of funding and grant resources available for nonprofits serving that community.

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Getting Insight from Facebook Insight Requires Sense Making Skills

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My result metric is the number of good ideas and saved time getting those ideas that I get for blog posts, curriculum development, and presentations. I check my insights monthly against my editorial calendar. In the example above, I discovered a turkey in the canyon. Here’s how I do it: 1. Look for the Patterns.

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15+ Giving Tuesday Campaign Ideas (and Expert Tips) for 2021

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There’s a reason the holiday season is called the most wonderful time of the year! Despite increasing commercialism, the holidays traditionally get people thinking about ways they can give—whether they’re wrapping gifts for loved ones or donating time and money to a cause they care about. Read on to learn more!

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How your organization's IT department can help support your social media strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She offered me a helpful list of tips and Outlook 2007 cheat sheets, the Foundation's email/calendar or productivity system. Almost two years ago, I gave up Outlook cold turkey, went into rehab, and switched to gmail , so now I will be using both systems to manage different portions of my work. Don't take a us vs them approach.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Face-to-Face or Mediated Experience, Open Source Software Communities, and Blog Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What does it mean that one blog has three times as many users as another blog in the nonprofit tech space? Social Media Roundup There are places in the world where YouTube has been banned, including Turkey and Thailand. Another option might be to use a shared google calendar. I think it means nothing. What do you think?

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Diversify Your Year-End Campaigns: How To Be Mindful And Inclusive Of Cultural Traditions

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It’s a time when we’re encouraged to think of others and those enduring the hardships of life in a world which gets physically and mentally more testing. Personally, I love Christmas, but even my definition of this important time is different to others around me. Why is this? This festival lasts eight days and nights.

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