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Nonprofit Technology News for February 2014

Tech Soup

The online protest was to raise awareness on NSA mass surveillance practices and also to promote ‘Aaron’s law’, a response to the 2013 suicide death of activist Aaron Swartz who was convicted of hacking data on an academic website and getting a sentence of 35 years in prison. The New Cancer Research UK Smartphone Game.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This includes some of the most basic student essentials. Jeff Bauman , who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013, has the second most successful fundraiser on the site with over $800,000 raised. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2013. T-shirt giant CustomInk backed and launched Booster in 2013.

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The Nonprofit Weekly Roundup: #GivingTuesday Changing the World One Online Donation at a Time (and how you can benefit all year long)

Connection Cafe

What happens when you mix motivated college students, the #GivingTuesday movement, and #unselfies on social media? For Camp Kesem, $10,000 happens- money that will send children affected by a parent’s cancer to a free, life-changing summer camp.

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Tap Into Millennial Potential by Creating a Stellar Website

NonProfit Hub

In fact, only 15 percent of millennials didn’t give to an NPO in 2013. Do you have the type of nonprofit brand that a college student wants to support by slapping a sticker on their computer? Plain and simple—they’re a foundation that raises money for childhood cancer research, “because research saves lives.” charity: water.

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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. students at Stanford University.

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112 Nonprofit Blog Posts, Articles, and Stories from 2013 You Can’t Miss.

Connection Cafe

As we prepare for our leap into 2014, let’s learn from 2013′s ups and downs – triumphs and flops – and make this next year one for the record books. Here’s Your 2013 Nonprofit Roundup: THIS – thanks to Marc Koenig of Nonprofit Hub: Nonprofits, 2014 is the Year of the Blog.

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450 Email Subject Lines From End of Year Fundraising

Connection Cafe

Be sure to check out 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , and 2011 too. Best Looking Emails: This is a tie between the Museum of Modern Art and charity: water for showing that you can still design beautiful emails despite all the constraints. Your year-end gift helps others find life after cancer. Hurry – just 2 days left.

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