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MARCH 20, 2013

RSS isn't dead: the best Google Reader alternatives | The Verge : Feedly appears to be the heir apparent to Google Reader’s throne, a modern take on RSS that blends some of the niceties of Flipboard (like a “magazine view”) with useful Reader features like keyboard shortcuts and tags.

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APRIL 8, 2014

They started with a minimum viable product, just a private Tumblr blog where program leaders would write recaps of events and use tags to track the kids who were at them. Stoked nonprofit wanted to better document outcomes, so it''s building a mobile app  Technically Brooklyn :The organization knew there was a better way.

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APRIL 9, 2012

April 9, 2012 tags: Twitter A recent study concluded that only about one-third of tweets are worth reading and with Twitter now generating 340 million tweets per day, that’s approximately 266 millions tweets that would have been better left untweeted. Is Your Nonprofit Guilty of #Hashtag Spamming? Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Tags: NPConference. Yale School of Management: "Conference to Focus on Philanthropy as Catalyst for Social ChangePosted on: November 29, 2010The sixth annual Yale School of Management Philanthropy Conference will be held December 3 at the New Haven Lawn Club.".

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AUGUST 30, 2010

Tags: NPtech. Now, even the newest for-profit applications can turn heads by utilizing this new advanced technology.The non-profit sector has started to experiment with augmented reality. One of Sunlight Labs’ early entries is their Recovery.gov mashup. Another example is.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Tags: NPOnlineFundraising. Over the past couple of years, the challenges associated with the cost and technical expertise required to deploy online fundraising programs have just about disappeared. These developments have changed the rules of the game for professional fundraisers.

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JULY 2, 2009

: NPR: "Through The Extraordinaries, you might be able to use your smart phone — while waiting in the dentist's office or standing in the DMV line — to:• translate a foreign-language document into English• add identifying tags to photos and videos for a museum• give advice to a college applicant". Tags: NPVolunteer NPMobile.

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MARCH 30, 2010

Tags: NPTextting NPMobile. Like most bright, shiny things, it’s easy to get wrapped up in the success we saw with text-to-donate campaigns for Haiti relief. While bringing the use of mobile devices into the nonprofit world is most certainly a.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Tags: NPVolunteer. Website designed for nonprofits and volunteers in the Jackson area | MLive.com: "Jackson County residents now have a new way to find volunteer opportunities and connect with local nonprofits online.The United Way of Jackson County is the hub for a new virtual volunteer center.".

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JULY 16, 2010

Tags: NPFourSquare NPtech NPSocialMediaPlatforms. Another Twitter campaign? Guess again. Think Foursquare, the new mobile social network which a number of nonprofits are using to drum up some money and a crowd of supporters --.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 31, 2010

Tags: NPPepsiRefresh NPPepsiChallenge NPFundraisingIdeas. Just one example of how Charities are promoting themselves in Pepsi Refresh.Free pizza event today backs charity seeking Pepsi grant: "Volunteers will be at Tour de Pizza, 212 37th Ave N., St Petersburg, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Hannah's Hope.

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JULY 6, 2010

Tags: NPSocialMedia NPEngagement. Staying Engaged With Your Nonprofit Social Media Communities : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success: "Once I got my computer back and stopped twitching, I thought back on why exactly my inability to be as “connected” as I’m accustomed to was so frustrating for me. It wasn’t the inconvenience of not.

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JULY 6, 2010

Tags: NPSocialMedia NPtech NPSocialNetwork. Saratoga County nonprofits find funds through social networking sites - The Saratogian News: Serving the Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Tags: NPSocialMedia NPtech. Social Media for Nonprofit Goals: "Using Social Media to Meet Nonprofit Goals: The Results of a Survey".

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Tags: NPtech NPHolidayGiving NPYearend NPOnlineGiving. Top 10 Ways to Boost Online Giving at Year-End - Resource Center - AFP: "Top 10 Ways to Boost Online Giving at Year-EndBy Gail Perry, CFREAuthor and fundraising consultant Gail Perry offers advice to fundraisers on how to ramp up online giving in the final months of the year.(Dec.

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AFP Blog

APRIL 27, 2010

Tags: NPSocialMedia NPTwitter. Professional Guides — Pistachio: "Professional GuidesIndustry-specific guides to Twitter, by profession.".

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Tags: NPOnlineFunrdaising NPOnlineGiving NPStudieswehaveseen. The research was done by David Koken, a Coro fellow, while he was working at The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Let's get the caveats out of the way right up front, as the report and.

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JUNE 28, 2010

Tags: NPtech. Cleveland software firm holding 'tech camp' to help nonprofits with websites | cleveland.com: "We're inviting a bunch of geeks and people passionate about software development to help do good things for charity,' is how Stahl describes GiveCamp, set for July 16-18.Keyboards

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

Tags: NPOnlineFunrdaising NPGivingTrends NPOnlineGiving. Despite Economy More Consumers Plan to Give Online in ‘09 than ‘08 - Press - AFP: "Despite Economy More Consumers Plan to Give Online in ‘09 than ‘08(Dec. 15, 2009) Convio Inc. estimates that U.S.

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MAY 25, 2011

Coltrane thinks she might have found the next best thing—with a decidedly lower price tag. But while she laughs at the thought that the Virginia museum would ever have that kind of money, Ms. The museum has incorporated QR codes—a barcode that smartphones use to link to online information—into four of its main exhibits.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Tags: NPWeb2.0 It could help the charity of your choice.A week ago, a record number of status updates on Twitter and Facebook using the phrase '#BeatCancer' helped raise $70,000 for four non-profit cancer organizations". NPtech NPTwitterFundraising.

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JUNE 16, 2009

Tags: NPMicrocredit NPMIcrofinance. In a community based on real-time content, social causes, and brand awareness, users will want to execute real-time transactions with the same enthusiasm with which they tweet about their favorite daily activities.".

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JULY 16, 2010

Tags: NPSocialMedia NPMyspace NPtech NPSocialNetwork NPSocialMediaPlatforms. | Fast Company: "MySpace is still alive, which may not be surprising, but the fact that it's alive and kicking is a bit of a shock: It's due to give a sleek revamp to its hideous profile pages, and has bought Threadbox to rejig its social messaging skills.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

As well, those active in fundraising need a way to record donations, Tags: NPComputerSoftware NPAccounting. Many nonprofits are funded solely by grants, which require detailed tracking and accountability for every dollar spent.

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JULY 30, 2008

Happened across a historical posting which discussed the pro's and cons of tagging. Tags: NPBlogs NPtaxonomy. The criteria and discussion was interesting as well as some of the cross blog discussion.[link].

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AFP Blog

MAY 18, 2010

The “#” in front of the “ish” -- known as a hash mark, number sign, hash tag, pound sign or tick-tack-toe symbol -- signals that the campaign is centered in the social media like.

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

Tags: NPTwitterFundraising NPSocialMediaPlatforms. Tweeting Raising Awareness, But Not Direct Dollars - The NonProfit Times Oct 1, 2010: "Tweeting Raising Awareness, But Not Direct DollarsBy Mark HrywnaOnly 3 percent of all Tweets by a sample of nonprofits were dedicated to fundraising or solicitation.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Tags: NPPublishing NPNewsletters. GLAMOUR TO GEEK - Association Bisnow - Washington: "hould your association newsletter or magazine go online? We're a little biased, so we joined a dozen association-ites at an ASAE idea swap moderated by Stratton Publishing & Marketing's Debra Stratton. Her tips:".

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 8, 2010

Tags: NPOnlineGiving. More On Online Giving in 2009 | eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog: "Network for Good has now weighed in with 2009 numbers;".

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JUNE 21, 2010

Tags: NP2ndlife. Second Life' Creator Linden Lab Cuts Staff By 30 Percent | News & Opinion | PCMag.com.

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JANUARY 14, 2010

Tags: NPHaitiEarthquake. The American and Haitian Red Cross, and the International Committee of the Red Cross has announced a new website to allow loved ones to work to find their lost family members in Haiti, in the wake of the 7.0 Earthquake.The site is called FamilyLinks and is intended to '.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 4, 2010

Tags: NPSocialMedia NPtech NPMobile. Mobile Social Networking Usage Soars [STATS]: "Digital measurement firm comScore released a study today highlighting the rise in social media access via mobile phones and offering some comparison metrics for some of the biggest social networks and their usage on mobile devices.".

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OCTOBER 23, 2009

Tags: NPTwitter NPtech NPTwitterFundraising. Edward Norton signs up to Twitter for Maasai charity | ENTERTAINMENT News: "Despite his web worries, Norton has agreed to sign up to Twitter to help raise money for his favourite charity, the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust.'It's

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MARCH 2, 2010

Tags: NPSocialMedia NP2ndlife. After Frustrations in Second Life, Colleges Look to New Virtual Worlds - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Some colleges that have built virtual classrooms in Second Life—the online environment where people walk around as avatars in a cartoonlike world—have started looking for an exit strategy.".

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APRIL 19, 2010

Tags: NPSocialMedia NPFourSquare NPtech. Checking in at Foursquare's Hot Tubbin', Rooftop, Rock Star Moment | Fast Company: "Since then, Foursquare's user base increased five-fold (from 200,000 to 1,000,000 users), and it's managed to steal the spotlight from established networks like Loopt and Brightkite and upstart competitors like Gowalla.

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

Tags: NPOnlineFunrdaising NPFacebook NPChaseCommunityFoundation. Athens charity wins $25,000 in Facebook competition | ajc.com: "An Athens-based organization raising money for muscular dystrophy research has been awarded $25,000 from the Chase Community Foundation as one of 100 charities chosen by Facebook users to receive grants.".

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JANUARY 28, 2010

Tags: NPHaitiEarthquake. New technology tools help Haiti earthquake relief - NashuaTelegraph.com: "Volunteers have built and refined software for tracking missing people, mapping the disaster area and enabling urgent cell-phone text messaging. Organizations including the International Red Cross, the United Nations, the World Bank and the U.S.

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