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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: National Wildlife Federation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Website: www.nwf.org. The power of social media really proved itself for us when the Gulf oil disaster first hit mainstream news, it was our web and social media presences that helped disseminate news and information to keep people up-to-date in real-time with our work on the ground. Organization: National Wildlife Federation.

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Live blogging from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit: The Generational Divide (Panel Discussion)

Amy Sample Ward

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. The Red Cross has been around for 130 years and so much has changed – for example with text-to-give after disasters. And it creates informal and formal opportunities for mentorship. Moderated by Kari Dunn, Case Foundation.

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Just in Time for the Giving Season: The Online Giving Study

NTEN

Best of all, there's still time for you to use the information they've put out there to help your end of year campaigns. Best of all, there's still time for you to use the information they've put out there to help your end of year campaigns. Online giving spikes during the month of December and large-scale disasters.

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Just in Time for the Giving Season: The Online Giving Study

NTEN

Best of all, there's still time for you to use the information they've put out there to help your end of year campaigns. Giving on social networks is significant, but donor loyalty is highest on charity websites that build strong connections with donors. Online giving spikes during the month of December and large-scale disasters.

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What is Corporate Giving? The Ultimate Guide to Earning More

Nonprofits Source

For example, a company based in an area that just experienced forest fires may create a disaster relief grant to assist nonprofits working with victims of the fires. Nonprofits can seek out these opportunities by checking company websites and social media profiles.

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Guest Post: Infusing “Social” into Social Justice Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Time Magazine provocatively named “The Protester” as its 2011 “Person of the Year” for its riveting influence on last year’s social and political events. Chalk up my vote for 2011’s “Best Debut Artist” and “Best Supporting Actor.”. Facebook, Twitter and text messaging are also in the pipeline.

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What if Cloud Vendors Go Out of Business or Delete Your Account?

Tech Soup

Perhaps the most famous of these was the outage of the Sony PlayStation Network that took down their cloud based service for nearly a month in the spring of 2011 and affected Sony's 70 million users. In February 2011 Google inadvertently deleted 150,000 Gmail accounts due to an internal software problem.