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What is a Widget?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you've been following my widgets category , you know that I'm working on a screencast and have been researching and playing with widgets. For the script, before jumping into the how-to of widgets, the screencast will give some context, of course. What is a Widget? Kaufman and Marc Connelly.

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Which Crowdfunding Platform Is Best for Your Organization?

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Not only does Indiegogo offer discounts on fees, you can also get a badge on your campaign that says you're a verified 503(c) nonprofit (which, according to the Indiegogo rep I spoke with, helps with garnering donations). Bottom line: I love Indiegogo's nonprofit perks, especially the verified nonprofit badge you can put on your page.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

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There are other projects underway to solve it, including the MedBiquitous Activity Report standard and (in a sense) the Mozilla Open Badges project. As Mark Iafrate of Accredible , an evangelist for badges, has suggested, these standards could continue to exist in a layered system that rests atop distributed ledgers.

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Social Change Apps on Facebook to Support Breast Cancer, Environment, and Aids

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Dank Apps (creators of the popular Lotto app ) has launched a new series of Social Change applications that allow Facebook users to raise money for a cause through advertising revenue. This means users do not have to donate, but just need to install the application, recruit their friends, or play the games. and puts it on steroids.

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Which Crowdfunding Platform Is Best for Your Organization?

Tech Soup

Not only does Indiegogo offer discounts on fees, you can also get a badge on your campaign that says you're a verified 503(c) nonprofit (which, according to the Indiegogo rep I spoke with, helps with garnering donations). Bottom line: I love Indiegogo's nonprofit perks, especially the verified nonprofit badge you can put on your page.

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How Can Volunteer Coordinators Help Their Organizations Become Networked Nonprofits?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As applications come in, the VC helps to narrow the pool, coordinate interviews, and run background checks. VCs could help volunteers share milestones and accomplishments with badges, banners, or widgets that can be shared with the volunteer’s personal network. Filtering candidates to assess fit is a crucial step.

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Get Social Covered: 13 Lesser Known Social Media Sites for Your NPO

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transaction fee, and in return receive social media widgets and donor receipts. They use Foursquare to create partner badges. When people check in X number of times, they receive a badge from the application. When the campaign “tilts” (reaches the goal) then everybody’s cards are charged and you’ll get the funds.

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