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Open Challenges Harness Local Knowledge for Local Change

Tech Soup

These open challenges help activists, nonprofits, journalists, techies, and community members identify, refine, build, and launch technology tools to solve pressing local and regional problems. For example, they profiled a father who was fighting to get speed bumps put in his neighborhood. Video : TechSoup Romania.

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The Social Web is Not Flat

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've using the social media game as a teaching method for nonprofits experience a strategy brainstorm that links to a communications objective or theory of change. I've played the game outside of the US - bringing it to Cambodia, UK, Australia, and Romania. It starts with audience identification, followed by selecting tools.

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Three Analytics Tools to Gauge Your Social Audience’s Pulse

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” is getting a lot of good feedback as people read and apply the ideas in the book. Nonprofits get free access to Google Analytics, a robust tool that tracks what turns your audience on or off when they land on your site. 2 – Make Your Website Shine.

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Around the TechSoup Global Blogosphere, January 1-12

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Guest blogger Grant Howe, VP of research and development for Sage North America's nonprofit solutions, kicks off a series of posts about providing great IT leadership. Cynthia Adams, President and CEO of GrantStation, reports on the results of GrantStation's survey about grantseeking challenges facing nonprofit organizations.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

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I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. It's a 40-page study that measures what's going on with nonprofit email, fundraising, social media, and mobile. You can also link a Pinterest account to a Facebook or Twitter profile.

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Three Analytics Tools to Gauge Your Social Audience’s Pulse

Tech Soup

This guest post was authored by Ritu Sharma, Social Media for Nonprofits co-founder and executive director. Under her leadership, the world’s only series dedicated to social media for social good has earned a 92-percent approval rating from more than 2,500 nonprofit leaders across the country. 2 — Make Your Website Shine.

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Social Media Tips from the TechSoup Global Network

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So what's the secret to maintaining a popular Facebook profile or Twitter account? Learn how to maximize the reach of your nonprofit or library's posts to Facebook. TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki is designed to be a starting place for organizations just getting started on social media. TechSoup Canada.