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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If your nonprofit has a Twitterer on staff, then set them free to tweet. Use hashtags strategically to mention important causes, campaigns, and events, but hashtag spamming to try to increase your reach doesn’t work and has a negative effect on engagement. Don’t be a photo tag spammer either!

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The Networked Nonprofit Update

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If You Want An Answer, Ask Everyone by Jane Wales, Huffington Post, provides an overview of crowdsourcing in philanthropy and quotes from the chapter in our book on crowdsourcing. Networked Nonprofits: The Eva Longoria Case Study by Mark Drapeau, shares some examples and thoughts about Networked Nonprofits and free agent fundraisers.

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April NetSquared Events in Your Community

Tech Soup

We organize these free tech-for-good training and networking gatherings because we believe that it’s critical to build strong, self-sufficient communities of nonprofit tech practitioners. Chicago, IL: Join Us to discuss The Nature of Measuring Impact in Philanthropy. Tuesday, April 22. Wednesday, April 23. Thursday, April 24.

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What We Learned at 17NTC: Day 1

Tech Soup

Nonprofits Get Free Microsoft Azure Credits. James Rooney, senior manager of Microsoft Philanthropies, kicked off the first day's general session, highlighting the free cloud services available to nonprofits. Specifically, Microsoft is offering $5,000 (USD) in credits for nonprofits to use its Azure cloud service.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Putting the U in YouTube, Some Cool Events, and Electronic Sheep Dreams

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yikes, the first ever tag spam I've seen in the NpTech Tag Stream! " (At first, I thought the title might refer to Electric Sheep Company , a big player in virtual worlds, and that it would lead to some more reflections on the MacArthur Foundation's recent Philanthropy Event in Second Life. NpTech Talk. " Jason is spot on.

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4 Ways AI is the Next Big Game-Changer in Museum Membership & Attendance

Connection Cafe

From filtering email spam to offering up personalized Netflix recommendations, AI already underlies many routine aspects of our lives in ways we don’t even realize. In the words on The Chronicle of Philanthropy: “ powerful technology will automate tedious tasks, freeing up fundraisers to strategize and build ties with donors.”.

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Great reads from around the web on July 1st

Amy Sample Ward

" The Internet has become a spontaneous, grassroots fundraising tool – Small Act – "Philanthropy has turned on its ear. The answer to the question lies in understanding your nonprofit social media supporters and identifying which ones are the most well-connected, influential, and, in a word, social.

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