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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Organization: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Facebook has been a highly effective tool and is the strongest in communicating the message of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, but also allows people to connect and offer support to each other. Organization Size: Medium. Name: Allison Nassour. Title: Social Media Manager.

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Scanning for Good: 5 Reasons QR Codes Are a Safe Option for Nonprofits

NetWits

I’ve blogged about how a few nonprofits are using them , and how the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network was seeing real results , but it feels like there is a new energy around using them. 14 million Americans scanned them in June of 2011 , and there was a +4500% increase in use from 2009 to 2010. QR Codes Can Do a Lot.

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HOW TO: Add Your Nonprofit to FourSquare

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Some have even declared it to be the “ Twitter of 2010 “ I am not so sure about that, but it is fun. I could literally see the American Cancer Society just across the street, but because they have not been added to FourSquare, the ACS didn’t show up in the Check-in search results. It is Different.

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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Apple TV , Google TV , Sony TV … no doubt about it. That said, way back in September 2010 I wrote a blog post on how to launch a TV station for your nonprofit using UStream (alternatively LiveStream has gained considerable market share). However, 2012 is a different story all together: TV: Stand Up To Cancer.

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

Nick Bilton, a tech columnist for The New York Times , wrote that we could find ourselves in a situation where a medical AI that is programmed to eliminate cancer decides that the way to do it is by exterminating humans who are prone to the disease. The origins of what became Google began as a research project.

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10 Tips for Starting a Virtual Social Change Book Club

Have Fun - Do Good

As I mentioned in my post, Community, Beauty, Party, Wisdom: More Reverb 10 Reflections , one of the highlights of 2010 was organizing a virtual social change book club. Start a Google Doc where people can add ideas for future books 10. Find a handful of people who want to read the same book as you. Be conscience of page count.

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Storymakers 2014: Meet Our Esteemed Judges

Tech Soup

She works with nonprofits throughout North America — including BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, Union Gospel Mission, Share Family and Community Services, and Cancer Care Connection — and is an internationally recognized speaker. Mona Das is the founder of MOXY!