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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. Their use of the social network is mostly inconsistent and without strategy – the 10 best practices below are meant to change that. LinkedIn Pages.

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Unlock Year-Round Donations: YMCA Fundraising Strategies

Bloomerang

It’s a fantastic peer-to-peer event where participants enlist their social networks to sponsor their frosty dip, all in the name of a great cause. Host a donor committee to read scholarship applications, award them, and invite the donors to give so all applicants can attend camp.

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Networked and Hyperconnected: The New Social (and work) Operating System

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The most recent Pew Internet Project Internet and technology use studies show how immersed teens and young adults are in the online environment and how tied they are to the mobile and social sides of it. Some 95% of teens ages 12-17 are online, 76% use social networking sites, and 77% have cell phones.

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Encouraging Generosity On Social Networks: Assessing America's Giving Challenge and Reflections from Craigslist Nonprofit Bootcamp

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

to test out some ways to encourage more people to use social media tools and online fundraising to give online, they did not know what would emerge. The Case Foundation provided awards to participants who raised the largest number of friends, not money, every day and in total by the end of the Challenge. The Challenge raised $1.8

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13+ Best Volunteer Management Software Tools

Whole Whale

There are tons of tools and softwares out there to help you register, schedule, and communicate with your network of volunteers, and it can be hard to find one that’s right for your nonprofit’s needs. Golden is an award-winning platform for both volunteer recruitment and management. Engage More Volunteers. SignUp.com. GiveEffect.

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TechSoup Wins Financial Times 2010 Social Innovation Awards

Tech Soup

NPC is happy to share that TechSoup Global won the open-vote portion of the Justmeans/Financial Times 2010 Social Innovation Awards. There were 88 other contenders for this Citizen's Choice Award, but because your participation, we went from 116 to 1,545 votes.

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Social Media, Networks, and Data in Patient Healthcare Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The session included an update of Celgene’s work in patient advocacy and an announcement of their Innovation Impact Awards Program , focused on incorporating the patient voice into pharmaceutical and biotech research and development. It got started in upstate NY by Pat Quinn and through social networks, it spread to Pete Frates.