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Community Technology Alliance: Helping Address Homelessness with Mobile Technology

Tech Soup

This San Jose, CA-based organization provides technology and services to agencies that work directly with the homeless in their community. Recently, CTA conducted a study on mobile use by the homeless population of Santa Clara County (where CTA is located). An Opportunity to Learn. What CTA Uncovered.

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In the age of monetizing social media through algorithms and paid advertising revenue models, getting two clicks per 100 followers is generous. Habitat for Humanity focuses on periodically posting curated content relevant to the cause of homelessness and housing. And while that may sound low, it is double the rate of Facebook Pages.

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From Startup to Social Enterprise … with Rebecca Masisak at the Helm

Tech Soup

Specifically, leading a 9 to 5 life at a job where you "increase shareholder value" and "exceed client expectations," while at night, you spend your precious spare hours working for a cause you love … maybe pug rescue, meals for the homeless, or mental health advocacy … all to make a difference.

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Using Inkind Donations To Help You Grow Your Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

It may be older, smaller, a different model, and less-than-perfect. It can be goods or services and can come from individual donors, corporations, or small businesses. Advocacy organizations and organizations that provide mental health services and other types of support, may not lend themselves as well to inkind donations of goods.

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Public Service, Advocacy, and Institutional Transformation

Museum 2.0

Yesterday, I had lunch with Monica Martinez, the ED of Homeless Services for Santa Cruz county. I was amazed not only by her energy and intelligence but by her simple, transformative goal: to end homelessness. As she said (and I'm paraphrasing): We're not in the business of giving people food or a bed in perpetuity.

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Research Friday: Government contracting part II: Adapting in an era of less

ASU Lodestar Center

Fundamentally overhauling a business model can be risky and expensive. For an organization that has traditionally been in the business of managing contracts and reimbursements, tapping into new revenue streams will require new skill sets and systems (translation: time and money). family becomes homeless. Get another!

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The idea is to harnesses the collective power of the social good sector ecosystem which includes charities, families, businesses and individuals. These individuals undertook organizing, fundraising, and advocacy – activities that were once only in the control of nonprofits – outside the “control” of nonprofits.

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