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JANUARY 14, 2010

Social Media Aids Efforts to Help Victims of Earthquake in Haiti - Philanthropy.com: "Social Media Aids Efforts to Help Victims of Earthquake in HaitiBy Caroline PrestonPeople interested in helping victims of the earthquake that wracked Haiti yesterday are being encouraged to text and tweet their donations and publicize their support using the new (..)

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JULY 18, 2012

How to Reach Young Supporters Using Social Networks - Live Discussions - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : Most donors in their 20s and 30s prefer to learn about nonprofits through social media, according to a new survey.

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MARCH 5, 2009

Twitter, And Film, Help a Charity Raise Money - Philanthropy.com: "But even before the film opens, CARE is encouraging its supporters to use Twitter to raise money and attention about the event.

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JUNE 3, 2009

Resources to Help Your Nonprofit Group Navigate Online Social Media - Philanthropy.com: "Resources to Help Your Nonprofit Group Navigate Online Social MediaMany nonprofit leaders recognize the potential of online social-networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to help build more meaningful relationships with donors, volunteers, and supporters."

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JULY 14, 2008

Nonprofit tapping social networking to help ex-soldiers nab civilian jobs - Network World: "Hire a Hero is a nonprofit initiative founded in January 2007 by Internet entrepreneur and Gulf War vet Dan Caulfield as part of the Armed Forces Support Foundation.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Google launches public fundraising campaign to fight Ebola | UK Fundraising : "4 Google is inviting the public to donate to help fight Ebola. The company has already donated $10 million to support NGOs including InSTEDD, International Rescue Committee, Medecins Sans Frontieres, NetHope, Partners in Health, Save the Children and U.S.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

The Outer Islands Teaching and Learning Collaborative : "ast spring, collaboration among the schools was formalized with two grants to support ongoing efforts.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Verizon Awards $20,000 Disaster Relief Grant to the American Red Cross for Colorado flood victims | Justmeans : September 13, 2013 /3BL Media/ - What: The Verizon Foundation today approved a $20,000 disaster relief grant to the American Red Cross to support the agency’s relief efforts for Colorado residents.

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OCTOBER 27, 2014

With Taproot+, nonprofits can define the right pro bono project for their needs, secure the ideal pro bono professionals to help, and kick off a project with confidence, knowing that they can access project management and coaching support throughout the process." ''via Blog this'''

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Social entrepreneurs: Charity begins online : "Enter Irish Charity Lab, which social entrepreneur Jean O’Brien set up last year to help charities in Ireland develop skills and strategies for digital communications to support their causes." ''via Blog this'''

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MARCH 12, 2013

Donors still lack confidence in digital giving, survey finds : Polly Gowers of Give as you Live, which polled 8,000 people, says the research will help charities to focus their resources in the right places Digital giving channels are playing an increasingly important role in inspiring donations, but donors do not feel confident enough to give significant (..)

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

The charity is inviting the public to post pictures of themselves with an older person in their lives on Twitter and Instagram, and also to text donate £3 to help address the loneliness many older people experience. million, people aged 65 and over felt that they had no one to turn to for help and support.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

The application allows you to do two things: ask for help and give help. If you ever find yourself in a situation where you need to call for help, you can send a message out via Facebook, SMS and email to a preassigned list of contacts with your location and a message. As of now, the app doesn’t support Twitter.

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MAY 15, 2014

Hugh Evans | Fast Company | Business Innovation : A decade later, in 2008--after volunteering in India with Mother Teresa''s Missionaries of Charity and raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for not-for-profits--Evans founded the Global Poverty Project (GPP), an insanely optimistic effort to help the world''s needy.

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JUNE 25, 2014

The new site is home to guides, blogs, videos, and other media that address questions faced by funders of all types around the world, helping to support a global movement of strategic philanthropy.'

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

Tech nonprofit AIM finds a fit with a crowdfunding operation for artists - Omaha.com : The crowdfunding site that supported her book about her family''s experience with Alzheimer''s disease has now been acquired by an Omaha organization that expects to expand its influence nationwide.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

PRESS RELEASE Razoo Achieves Online Crowdfunding Milestone by Raising $200 Million for Charitable Causes ‹ The Razoo BlogThe Razoo Blog : SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Razoo.com, the fastest-growing crowdfunding site for causes, today announced its platform helped to raise more than $200 million. crowdfunding strictly for social good.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2012

The Social Media Surgery is the latest Big Society Award Winner - Number 10 : The surgeries were incredibly popular and led Nick to create the Social Media Surgery Plus website to help people all over the country to coordinate their own events.

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JULY 10, 2013

Nonprofit Trends: Technology and Transformational Change | Marc Chardon : f we''re connected in all these ways, then why shouldn''t we also be connected to the nonprofits we either support or rely on for services? This access helps the donor feel connected to the cause, on his or her own terms, not the nonprofit''s.

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APRIL 10, 2012

How and Why Causes Gain Momentum Online - Social Good - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : What is it that makes these events spread online and generate support?

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Most nonprofits conduct some kind of program evaluation, whether it’s simply keeping track of how many people have been directly helped by an organization’s services or complex multi-year studies of a program’s effects on the larger community. Software for Program Evaluation: What''s Your Organization''s Strategy?

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

Not-for-Profit Sector Gets Internet Savvy - Tech Europe - WSJ : A new breed of organization born in the heart of the digital disruption is using all the tools that the Internet, and in particular social media, afford to drive fundraising, raise awareness and more important, to help boost efficiency, delivering more returns.

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MARCH 30, 2012

Goodnet has been developed as a gateway for Doing Good, to offer everyone a direct path to finding the opportunity that best suits them to help others.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Non-Profit Theater and Technology | Gwydion Suilebhan : Raise your hands if you are in any way responsible for helping to run a non-profit theater. But we do, and we face all of the challenges any non-profit faces, from raising money to serving our constituencies to supporting our staff members as much as we can.

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

Site users can ask people in their own networks to support the cause. It works because people want to help their friends and they want to have fun doing it. Now, everyone can create "Charitable Life," a personal Web page dedicated to raising money for good causes, in about 60 seconds.

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JUNE 9, 2011

HandsOn Tech Corps will activate 24 AmeriCorps VISTA members in communities across the country who will be provided with an in-depth technical education program and will then use that knowledge to build robust, long-term relationships with select nonprofits and local community members to help them implement technology tools that support their missions." (..)

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Gear Up for Giving: Social Media Tutorials for Nonprofits | Case Foundation: "Gear Up for Giving is a month-long series of social media tutorials, to help nonprofits and their supporters understand how to use key tools and techniques to create awareness, catalyze civic action and cultivate new supporters and donors for their causes."

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Not only can you use it to raise money for nonprofit organizations, there are a ton of other great features that can help organizations get their message out and engage their supporters – and Causes is constantly coming up with new ways to.

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DECEMBER 18, 2009

The grants will help all of Spokane’s city libraries and its four city-supported community centers upgrade their broadband connections, said Karen Michaelson, Tincan’s executive director. Also benefiting are.

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AFP Blog

MAY 17, 2011

The pages are rich with useful examples and lessons about how networks are unlocking assets in communities to support open government, care for the elderly, help disaster victims and advance women’s rights.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Philanthropy UK : Traditional philanthropy in a virtual world: "Traditional philanthropy in a virtual worldAuthored By Cheryl ChapmanIn the previous article, we heard how data-driven, digitally-powered media can support the micro-philanthropist, with its ability to connect individuals directly with causes, and how it is raising millions of pounds and (..)

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

Americans Unsure About Social Media's Charity Benefits, Survey Finds - Philanthropy.com: "Americans Unsure About Social Media's Charity Benefits, Survey FindsAmericans seem to be conflicted about the role of social networks as a way to support the causes they care about.According to a new survey, while nearly eight in 10 people who use new media think (..)

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DECEMBER 23, 2008

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Twittering To Fame And FortuneMicroblogging can help raise cash and awarenessLast month, I wrote about microblogging ([link] a way for nonprofits to communicate with supporters and the public quickly and easily via short messages containing text, links or other content. (..)

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JULY 24, 2008

The two inaugural apps are Causes, which helps support. Not a lot of specific I can divine, though there is a “new and improved” developer site that launches today. Also announcing a “Great Apps” program in alpha phase to promote the best apps.

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MAY 23, 2007

Enables Greater Levels of Social Engagement via the Internet,' Says Convio CEO (SocialComputingMagazine.com): "Social networking, while still in its infancy, can help nonprofits use the Internet strategically to build strong relationships with constituents for driving fundraising, advocacy and other forms of support.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

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