Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! All that and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month. It covers 10 topics including humanitarian uses of drones: • Mobile and cell phones • New uses for TV and radio. TechSoup Technologies for Good.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

For example, if you know I’m interested in lung cancer issues, send me a lung cancer project or research to fund. You might also test including a video screen shot, which Forrester Research found increases clicks two-three times. Blackbaud’s 2013 Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits. How to Test.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

“We’re having a 5K/bike ride/walk this weekend … it’s for a good cause” is not as newsworthy as “couple to marry while running in a 5K for breast cancer research, this is why…”. Well played, the second angle can garner news crews with video cameras to cover your event. Write your posts like a news story.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Quite frankly, ALS is not a very wide spread disease like cancer or heart disease. 2013) Reluctant Altruism and Peer Pressure in Charitable Giving. Bill Gates only dumped a bucket of ice water on his head because Mark Zuckerberg asked him; that same ask coming from an ALS staffer would’ve fallen on deaf ears.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

It's easy to see why Twitter wanted a foothold in the video messaging game — dynamic storytelling apps like Instagram and Cinemagram. Twitter recently launched its nifty video-looping service earlier this year in. — Tenovus (@tenovuscancer) January 29, 2013. — Dogs Trust (@DogsTrust) January 25, 2013.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

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. it’s time to go mobile.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2014

This is the 2013 edition of my annual review of year-end email subject lines that started in 2011 and continued in 2012. I analyzed 320 email messages sent to me from 55 nonprofit organizations between December 1st and 31st, 2013. Nonprofits sent a median of 5 emails during the month of December 2013. Email Frequency.

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