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The Art of Retweet Birthday Party: Enlist the Help of Your Top Retweeters

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm very honored that @hardlynormal , a homeless activist, has donated. And you can participate in my action learning experiment and spread happy birthday on Twitter with this tweet: Happy birthday #beth53 ! Tags: birthday twitter. I've set a modest goal this year because small actions add up. Thank you for donating!

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2012 SXSW Interactive – #nptech Highlights

Amy Sample Ward

Hot Button Issues at SXSW: Kony and Homeless Hotspots. Social Philanthropy: Raising Money on YouTube and Twitter. Throughout the conference, I posted notes from sessions and other highlights from the hallways – and you can get all of the posts from the Nonprofit Times!

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Instead of saying in the middle of the campaign “we need $X”, they share an interview with one of the beneficiaries, or invite people to connect directly via twitter with children in Tanzania who attend the school funded through the campaign. You can read her poem, Untitled, here.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: June 29th

NTEN

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. Nonprofits can submit needs; video-savvy volunteers can connect with a cause.

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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. While you're there, let us show you some of our online creative samples and our revolutionary eCommunications Suite that have both increased our nonprofit clients' income by optimizing their online donations! 501 Technology, LLC in booth 80.

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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. While you're there, let us show you some of our online creative samples and our revolutionary eCommunications Suite that have both increased our nonprofit clients' income by optimizing their online donations! 501 Technology, LLC in booth 80.

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My Kumbaya Moments: Like Summer Camp for NPTechies, the NTEN Conference

Connection Cafe

I joined a group project installing a mesh wireless network on Treasure Island, a community in San Francisco which is home to many low income families many of who were previously homeless. We will continue our conversations online with @ Twitter replies and Facebook wall posts, in blogs, podcasts, and webinars.

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