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2012 SXSW Interactive – #nptech Highlights

Amy Sample Ward

Last week I was down in Austin, TX, for the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive Festival. Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits. The threat to defund Planned Parenthood was bundled in a larger packaged proposal of funding cuts to be…. This topic was especially relevant…. Case, and her….

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Help Design the Greater Good Track at 2012 SXSW Interactive

Amy Sample Ward

Please join me in selecting the panels for the 2012 conference, just follow these steps: 1. Explore the Proposals for SXSW Interactive ». Voting is with a “thumbs up&# or “thumbs down&# on the proposals. You can pick a up or down vote from the browsing view or from a specific proposal’s page.

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2012 SXSW Interactive Roundup

NTEN

Last week, I was down in Austin, TX, for the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive Festival. Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits. The threat to defund Planned Parenthood was bundled in a larger packaged proposal of funding cuts to be…. This topic was especially relevant…. We are all cyborgs.

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Bridging Social Technologies and Sustainable Development: Social Squared

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Preparation Conference where policy-makers, practitioners, and innovators discussed how to use connection technologies to advance sustainable development in advance of the June USRIO2.o What does it mean to live in a “social” world in 2012? With this in mind, I propose a different articulation of the acronym SOCIAL: S is for society.

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Seven Ways to Make Sure Your Blog Gets Noticed

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A blog carnival is a series of blog posts related to one theme, in this case, the promotion of USDA-proposed nutritional standards for snacks in schools, which coincided with a Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project poll showing that most Americans support the guidelines. What strategies have you used to promote your blog posts?

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The TED of Direct Marketing

Connection Cafe

Recent research suggests that economic and policy changes over the last five years are continuing to make things difficult for fundraisers. Check out the 2012 Washington Nonprofit Conference , hosted by the Direct Marketing Association, Nonprofit Federation this week, March 1-2. Author: Tim Grailer. That’s more like it!

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Book: Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He makes his thesis, arguments, and proposed solutions with data and entertaining storytelling. I first heard him speak in September, 2012, at the Stanford Nonprofit Institute where he shared some of his research and ideas on the social sector economy. I have been following Rob Reich’s research and work for sometime now.