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Candid Data for Academics: Go back to school with better data 

Candid

Sloan Foundation , we are launching Candid Data for Academics, a free, limited data set available exclusively for academic researchers. We also conducted a (highly unscientific) candy-poll at ARNOVA ’s conference last November. Research about the social sector is growing in the United States and around the world.

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Geo-Tagged Map Shows Impact of Hurricane Joaquin in Real Time

VisionLink

5, 2015— VisionLink , a community inspired software and consulting company, has developed a free, shareable, real-time, geo-tagged map depicting actual damage reports produced by Hurricane Joaquin. VisionLink is partnering with local churches and community groups to poll between 2,000-3,000 people throughout North Carolina.

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4 Resources to Transform Your Nonprofit’s Marketing Strategy

NonProfit Hub

million tax-exempt organizations in the United States, comprised of churches, neighborhood associations, universities and charitable organizations. The basic signup is free, but if you use their images, you may have to pay a small fee of $1 for each. All these free tools are available through Google Docs.

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To Strengthen Democracy in America, Think Tech

Tech Soup

Editor's note — This blog piece by Micah Sifry touches on the still inadequate state of funding for nonprofit technology. Democracy platform reveals the state of nonprofit technology funding in a critical area in some detail. Foundation Center's new Foundation Funding for U.S.

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HSUS YouTube User-Generated Video Competition Grows List - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Almost free. So, we utilized YouTube’s “video response” feature, which was great because not only was it free, but it gave all the videos more exposure. The people’s choice winner (chosen by an online poll) was also featured on our website and social networking profiles. Increased traffic?

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Eager to make my point, I polled my fellow Gen-Xers on which fundraising platforms have had the most disruptive impact on charitable giving since 2000. To date, they’ve launched over 100,000 “Boosters” and raised over $13 million for causes across the United States. Booster launched its first campaign in 2013.

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Guest Post by Ivan Boothe: Social change takes more than social media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Sometimes that's all you need - making a donation, sending petitions, affecting website ratings, flooding online polls, etc. Where it has been getting integrated into social justice organizing, it's largely been outside the United States, in places like Colombia and Egypt.