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

Candid

For parents, it might mean shopping for supplies and mapping out carpool schedules. At Candid, it means thinking about how we can get more data into the hands of academic researchers for the betterment of the social sector. For example, Sarah Wiley, a DBA candidate at the University of Missouri, St.

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HOW TO: Tweet for an International Audience

Nonprofit Tech for Good

At about the time I quit working for the day (6pm in Missouri, USA), nonprofits in New Zealand, Australia, and Asia are coming online for another work day. The world is getting smaller with each passing day, and nonprofits as the agents of social good , should try to think bigger and stretch their Twitter wings beyond their own time zones.

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Big Data, Philanthropy, and Health at SOCAP13

Tech Soup

At SOCAP13 , a social enterprise conference in San Francisco, I attended two back-to-back conferences on big data with some nonprofit representation. CHNA is part of a larger project called Community Commons , an interactive mapping, networking, and learning tool. data visualization data nonprofits Social Enterprise SOCAP13'

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Improve Your Fundraising Approach and Skills at NetSquared Meetups

Tech Soup

O’Fallon, Missouri: Learn How to Apply for a $10,000 per Month Google AdWords Grant. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Blogger Conference | by Get Social Events, the Social Media Breakfast Folks ($25). San Francisco, California: Social Impact in Tech: Panel Discussion with LinkedIn, Lyft, and Salesforce.

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8 Museum Apps Doing Good

Care2

With so many apps coming out all the time it’s easy to miss the ones built for social good and hard to keep up on useful apps that nonprofits and causes can use to do their work. Louis apps by Missouri History Museum. Frogloop has you covered. Here’s our wrap-up of new, updated, and helpful apps for doing good. Historic St.

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Your #NPtech Community Calendar for July

Tech Soup

New Orleans, Louisiana: Putting NOLA on the Product Hunt Map. Portland, Oregon: PDXTech4Good Summer Social. Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Summer Social. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Social Media Breakfast MSP #80 — Back by Popular Demand, Case Studies! Manchester, United Kingdom: Social Media Surgery.

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Cause Marketing or Cause Me To Puke Marketing? Interview with Scott Henderson

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Scott Henderson I was supposed to be leading a workshop at the Cause Marketing Forum on Social Media and Cause Marketing at the end of the month. I decided to do an interview with Scott to learn more about what he is learning about Social Media and Cause-Related Marketing. Charles, Missouri. 1) Who are you?

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