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Mobile for Good: Fire Phone, Locking Down Data, and Services for the Homeless

Tech Soup

For this month's column, I'm going to dissect the latest entry into the smartphone field: the Amazon Fire Phone. I'll also update you on the "kill switch" initiatives as well as a nonprofit that's using mobile services to alleviate homelessness. Amazon Fire Phone and the Internet of Things. Or helpful?

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25 Global Trends in Giving That Nonprofits Need to Know About

Nonprofit Tech for Good

2) 29% of donors worldwide say that social media is the tool that most inspires them to give, however, email is a close second at 27%. Of all social media worldwide, Facebook dominates and its new fundraising tools will likely transform global giving. In third place is an organization’s website at 18%. Australia & Oceania.

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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I used this an opportunity to reflect on my experience as a free agent over the years and while the tools have changed, the principles effectively using social media to fundraising for a cause have not. And while the small nonprofit, The Sharing Foundation , benefited from the prize money, there were also other benefits.

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Should You Accept ANY Type of Nonprofit Donation? (And How Should You Gracefully Decline a Gift?)

Get Fully Funded

Donations via third-party platforms like Facebook, online donation tools like QGiv or Little Green Light, and employer matching platforms like Benevity, aren’t always straightforward. Other third-party platforms are all-in-one fundraising tools like Snowball and crowdfunding platforms like GoFundMe.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. tools can provide quick and dirty market research tools or the ability to do an environmental scans for strategic planning. Step 5: RSS As Information Coping Tool. Eating Fabulous Step 2: Thinking Outloud. An example?

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Unlock the Power of Social Media for Fundraising: Tips and Strategies to Boost Your Success

Get Fully Funded

But social media is only a tool. And like any tool, you have to know how to use it. Fundraising is all about building relationships and social media is just one tool to help you do that. Learn to use TikTok’s editing tools, and start posting videos to see what catches on. Almost everyone is on Facebook. It’s not an ATM.

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14 Top Nonprofit Websites to Inspire Your Organization

DNL OmniMedia

If you think a web overhaul might make sense for your organization, make sure you have the right tools on hand to start making improvements yourself—namely, a strong website builder and nonprofit-specific web development support. National Partnership for Women & Families. SEEP Network. iThrive Games. Tree House Humane Society.