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Connecting Homeless Youth and Shelter Animals: 20-Year-Old Rachel Cohen, Hand2Paw

Have Fun - Do Good

"It's a novel idea that homeless youth have so much to offer, and that these youth could really make the difference at this shelter. Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way. Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way.

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Using Music and Data to Measure Impact and Wellbeing

Saleforce Nonprofit

With the help of our friends at VRP Consulting , we now have a ‘proof of concept’ engine which sucks out the audio, turns that into a text transcript, and identifies language that’s important to us based on our theory of change. If we wanted to analyse that, we would have to watch every video individually and make a judgement about each one.

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations. The team works on a practical project that take less than four weeks to complete.

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What happened to the FUN in Fundraising?

ASU Lodestar Center

Lindsay Walker is a fundraising consultant. Connect with her on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/lindsaydwalker/ and follow her on Twitter at @lindsaydwalker. Regardless of the sector, remaining cognizant of a budget, while increasing productivity and probability generally is not a simple task. She earned a B.A. She earned a B.A.

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New at TechSoup: Online Courses from Atomic Training

Tech Soup

Job training for at-risk youth, veterans re-entering the workforce, or even homeless or transitional populations. Building your social media presence with training on Twitter and Facebook. Browse articles about Training Support and Consultants. Learning to use Apple products like iPads and iPod Touch. Learn more.

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Guest Post by Amanda Rose: Reflections on Cause Fatigue

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A number folks offers some insights in the comments or on Twitter, including Amanda. I didn’t feel like the Twitter community could handle another cause infused global campaign on the scale of Twestival so soon. Founder Scott Harrison was the only one on Twitter and I’m pretty sure he’d admit that he didn’t really ‘get it’.

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Submit Your Children of the Recession Story to Katie Couric

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One in 50 American children is homeless, and as more homes go into foreclosure that number will rise." Britt Bravo is a Big Vision Consultant. The series will features stories throughout the year on The CBS Evening New s, The Early Show and Sunday Morning about the impact of the recession on children.