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#GivingTuesday Lights Up Generosity (and Time Square)!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Online , nearly 3,500 Social Media Ambassadors have pledged to support #GivingTuesday. Multiple articles have been posted on The Huffington Post , The Washington Post , The Wall Street Journal , USA Today , and The Guardian. Over 7,000 #UNselfies were submitted on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Google +.

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Reporting Social To Stakeholders

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here are the key takeaways from a discussion with Danielle Brigida (National Wildlife Federation), Carie Lewis (The Humane Society of the United States), Alison Carlman (Global Giving) and Alison McQuade (EMILY’s List). Do you need to raise $50,000 for a pledge drive? Quantify what you’re looking for. Do you want 2,000 signatures?

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Cool App Roundup: Election Edition

Tech Soup

The app encourages users to pledge to vote and to share that pledge across their social network. Major news outlets such as NBC Politics , The New York Times , The Washington Post , CNN , and Fox News. Bonus points are earned by pledging to vote and attending. The VoterHub. news and information. mobile devices.

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Research Friday: Volunteering and Financial Statements - What’s Missing?

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Pledges receivable. Director, Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program, The Aspen Institute, Washington ,DC. ASU Lodestar Center.

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Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World

Forum One

In his speech, he pledged to "create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries." One year later, April 26-27, 2010, more than 260 people from over 60 countries gathered in Washington, DC for an unprecedented two-day Entrepreneurship Summit hosted by President Obama and the U.S.

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Online Strategies for Open-Government / Ideas from the Obama Team

Forum One

The incoming Obama administration is pledging to use some innovative internet strategies to expand citizen access to government information and processes. For example, Vivek Kundra, the Washington, D.C. There will be a lot of interesting discussions and developments in the coming months. city issues and indicators. Steven Clift.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. In his speech, he pledged to "create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries." We also saw some. In this case. Muslim relations.