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2012 SXSW Interactive – #nptech Highlights

Amy Sample Ward

Hot Button Issues at SXSW: Kony and Homeless Hotspots. We’ve all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics “going viral” online before our eyes – the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. At SXSW, there….

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Nail Your Request for Donations During Economic Ups, Downs, and Crisis Times

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Using heartstring words like “homeless,” “abandoned,” “deserving,” “malnourished,” “unjust,” “innocent,” etc., Doesn’t “deserving homeless veterans” tug at your heart more than just “veterans”? Who: Who will benefit from the donation you are requesting? Use ADJECTIVES!

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10 Year End Fundraising Mistakes to Avoid

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But you can’t wait until the last minute, drop a couple of posts on your Facebook page, then expect the money to pour in. Instead, ask people to give to save a dog, tutor a child, or feed a homeless person. Limping through #GivingTuesday. GivingTuesday is a HUGE opportunity to raise awareness and money for your small nonprofit.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. This is a facebook page where many organizations across the environment, climate and animal welfare sectors came together to share news, updates, action alerts, and much more after the BP Oil Spill. Remember the action-focused facebook page? You can read her poem, Untitled, here.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: June 29th

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From the interwebs this week, I've heard about these NTEN members doing their nptechie-thing: Amy Sample Ward reports on the new opportunity on YouTube to connect nonprofits with video volunteers, with the help of allforgood.org. Missoula Tech Club is on Facebook , thanks to the organizing of Jeanette Russell.

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10NTC Science Fair Preview - Giveaways, More Giveaways and Free Apple iPads

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Check out more awesome giveaways and highlights from a sampling of our exhibitors below. Stop by Booth 88 at the Science Fair and film your own video for your limited edition NTEN Spark™ to syndicate your Tweets, share on Facebook with friends, and create your own Pledge. Have you been wanting to develop a Facebook strategy?

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10NTC Science Fair Preview - Giveaways, More Giveaways and Free Apple iPads

NTEN

Check out more awesome giveaways and highlights from a sampling of our exhibitors below. Stop by Booth 88 at the Science Fair and film your own video for your limited edition NTEN Spark™ to syndicate your Tweets, share on Facebook with friends, and create your own Pledge. Have you been wanting to develop a Facebook strategy?

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