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The Internet's Role in Creating and Sustaining Groups

Wild Apricot

The Social Side of the Internet - a new survey report from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project - is a must-read for membership or volunteer-based organizations. The report confirms that "the internet is now deeply embedded in group activities and in how people create, join, participate in, and sustain groups."

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The State of the Internet 2014

Tech Soup

Mary Meeker of the of the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, does a yearly report on current state of the Internet and IT at about half way through the year. The latest edition has lots of NPTech insights. Here's what I found: Internet growth: 2.6 mobile apps nptech mobiletechnology'

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5 Social Media Stats That’ll Help Your Nonprofit Understand Audiences

TechImpact

They’re busy retweeting, posting, sharing, pinning, and blogging on an array of social media websites and platforms across the Internet. According to research conducted by Pew Internet these 5 social media statistics will help your nonprofit understand exactly how to optimize its content to see better engagement.

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Crowdsource This… and That: Getting Creative with Crowdsourcing Strategy (Internet Advocacy Roundtable, April 2013)

Care2

From micro-fundraising on Kickstarter.com to mapping craters on the Moon , people are coming up with creative ways to harness large groups of online volunteers. April''s Internet Advocacy Roundtable featured speakers who’ve used crowdsourcing in some very creative ways to great effect. Crowdsourcing is all the rage.

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3 Ways Nonprofits Should Utilize Video

TechImpact

Despite the amount of free services available on the internet for uploading and playing video, nonprofits struggle identifying what video content to create, and how it can help complete their mission. Industry News Tech nonprofit nonprofit technology nonprofit video nonprofits npTech video marketing website'

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Save the Internet, Save the World

NTEN

So, why would you be interested in the debate about getting broadband Internet access to under-served communities? You need access to high speed Internet to participate in our society. If you care about your clients, if you care about your community, you need to care about the Internet. Who controls what is on the Internet.

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5 Common Sense Approaches To Effective Nonprofit Digital Marketing

TechImpact

Just think about it, you’re fighting through 9,100 tweets per second , and adding to the immeasurable amount of data that is on the internet, you’re one fish in an expansive ocean. But, if you were to tell that same group that giving to the poor is a wretched idea, overwhelmingly people would argue that that’s an insensitive statement.

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