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Heartland Pride: Winner of the #npfail Little Bets Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” A ‘Little Bet” as defined by Peter Sims, author of the book – Little Bets, is a small action that you can take to discover something new. Use the planning process to get internal buy in from staff. Internal Planning and Project Implementation. It’s an affordable loss that leads to innovation.

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Blackbaud Headed to SXSWi 2011

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She has spoken about the intersection of social media and activism at SXSW, the International Fundraising Conference, and the Independent Sector Conference. She co-founded Hope Runs , a non-profit organization in Kenya and is is a published author writing on such diverse topics as social media strategy , saving money , and natural living.

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4 Things We Learned from #GivingTuesday 2017

NonProfit Hub

Asha Curran, Chief Innovation Officer at the Belfer Center, authored the report. Individuals reflected on why they gave to a certain nonprofit organization and then shared these personal stories in a contest form on the #GivingTuesday website. It was an international effort.

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Peace Games & International Efforts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Speakers: Douglas Thomas, USC Center on Public Diplomacy Hardy Merriman, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict Stephen Friedman, MTV U Douglas Thomas: We're closet gamers. Stephen Friedman - MTV U We started with activism - pushing and questioning authority. We announced a contest to create a game to address issue in Sudan.

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Telework Cool Tools: SlideRocket

Tech Soup

SlideRocket also has drag-and-drop authoring tools and customizable presentation templates that allow users to create presentations from any web browser. Check out some additional examples at the recent SlideRocket Nonprofit Presentation Contest. SlideRocket is very easy to use. How To Get SlideRocket.

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Your Cause Camp 2018 Lineup is Here

NonProfit Hub

Paul is also a children’s book author who collaborates with his twin brother and NY Times #1 Best-Selling Author/Illustrator, Peter H. He is a TEDx speaker and has previously won the Toastmasters UK & Ireland International Speech Contest. Simone Joyaux. simonejoyaux.com.

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Shameless Ask, Looking for SXSW 2012 Nonprofit Votes!

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Have you ever been frightened knowing that on Friday nights the intern still has the keys to your Twitter account? There have been contests with nothing but crickets, comment wars where everyone loses, and the inadvertent mixing of personal and business accounts – often with hilarious results (who here’s #gettingslizzard?)