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Top 10 Tweets From the 2014 Cause Marketing Forum

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The founder of Twitter himself, Evan Williams, has said that influence on Twitter is not primarily in follower count, but rather in how often a user is retweeted. DoSomething wins Innovation Award for their Do-Not-Text-While-Driving campaign: [link] || #CMF2014 pic.twitter.com/qczdVxLXAO. — @NonprofitOrgs (@nonprofitorgs) May 28, 2014.

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It’s an ideal community to connect co-workers, influencers, donors, and corporate sponsors. In fact, according to the Global NGO Technology Report , 27% of nonprofits worldwide have an official policy to allow staff to work on their LinkedIn Profiles during work hours.

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Love to Learn Tech Tips in Person? NetSquared Is for You!

Tech Soup

Our chapter leaders believe that we can bridge the digital divide by giving every NGO the tools and skills to accomplish its mission efficiently and effectively. Toronto has scheduled a Pints not Profits social, Victoria is holding its annual NGO Ho Ho party, and the Research Triangle will hold an NPTech Mixer. Upcoming Events.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Even though I’m a Skoll Award winner, it really made me think about my organization, Benetech, and what we are trying to accomplish. I always refer aspiring social entrepreneurs to the article when they ask me how they can win a Skoll Award. The first is in using data at scale to influence the human rights debate.

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Visual Storytelling for Nonprofits

NTEN

With a successful photo-essay or multimedia piece, organizations can attract partners, appeal to donors and grantmakers, influence policymakers, and perhaps most importantly, drive a movement. Photographs and videos create options for supporters to share your message with their networks, exponentially building your audience.

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Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? Hogwash! - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

While direct mail may be declining in some markets since its heyday in the 90s it is still an effective form of direct communication to raise funds and the NGO brand. Since 2004 however, Ive been avidly studying the positive influence that one channel has on another, and how generational preferences should drive strategy.

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