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Mobile for Good: Fire Phone, Locking Down Data, and Services for the Homeless

Tech Soup

I'll also update you on the "kill switch" initiatives as well as a nonprofit that's using mobile services to alleviate homelessness. So let's say you're watching a movie and the camera pans to a can of Spam on a kitchen counter. Homelessness and Mobile Technology. Sounds a bit creepy, right? Or helpful?

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100 Fundraising Email Subject Lines That Will Get Donors to Open Your Email

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Breaking: Record number of homeless people need help in Atlanta . Veterans at risk of homelessness. Avoid the numbers 100 percent or #1 because they may trigger spam filters. Help a homeless person come in from the cold. How to make a difference for homeless cats. Help families break free from homelessness.

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It’s an ideal community to connect co-workers, influencers, donors, and corporate sponsors. Content that focuses on thought leadership, rather than inspirational storytelling, best serves the tone of the LinkedIn community. Breaking news that communicates the story of your mission and programs. For example: 1.

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Congrats Mark Horvath & Invisible People TV for Pepsi SXSW Challenge Win

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mark Horvath, known as " HardlyNormal " on Twitter and who is a tireless advocate for the cause of homelessness, was the winner of the SXSW Pepsi Refresh Challenge. Mark uses social media to tell the story of homeless people in America. Community Builder: Mark never pitches his cause when he first meets you. Conclusion.

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10 Ways to Build a Better Community Brainstorming Meeting

Museum 2.0

And you've decided that you want to integrate community feedback into the development process. Here are ten things I've learned about making these kinds of community input meetings successful. Not surprisingly, a different focus group of social service providers and homeless adults had a very different set of concerns about downtown.

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Are Online Vote-for-Me Contests A Good Idea?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jared Paul, the co-founder of a new nonprofit that has a focus on homeless youth and one of the winners of the $25,000 in the first phase of Chase's Giving Community Contest offered to share his thoughts. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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Second Life: Issue Awareness Raising Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Rik wrote a great post this called Global Poverty Death Counter: good cause, @!#(*@() implementation (Rik used another word in the headline, but I don't any trackback spam). " He goes on to offer some advice: Get to know the community first. Rik visited the homeless avatar: I decided to pop into SL to check it out.