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Scanning for Good: 5 Reasons QR Codes Are a Safe Option for Nonprofits

NetWits

When scanned, QR codes often take users to a mobile web page. In addition to web URLs, QR codes can contain SMS messages, plain text, contact info, event invites, Google Maps locations, YouTube videos, or social content. If you have BlackBerry Messenger 5.0, People are using them! QR Codes Can Do a Lot.

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10 Essential Tools for the Nonprofit New Media Manager on the Go

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The advent of the Mobile Web is slowly starting to permeate and transform nonprofit communications. Just like social media transformed the nonprofit sector and how it communicates with its supporters, so will the Mobile Web (even more so). Twitter Apps for Android and Blackberry are also available. Foursquare. 12Seconds.tv.

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Cool App Roundup: Fundraising Edition

Tech Soup

Mobile has put a whole new spin on fundraising, connecting with donors, and kick-off campaigns. As part of the App It Up 2: Transforming Communities project, we had the opportunity to explore some of the latest mobile fundraising apps. Mobile Fundraising Tools. These mobile tools help you fundraise on-the-go.

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HOW TO: Launch a Mobile Photo-Sharing Campaign for Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Odds are a Web-based version of Instagram is coming, as well as apps for Android, BlackBerry, etc. The next time your nonprofit hosts a fundraiser, a protest, a rally, or a conference, put on your reporter’s cap, grab your smartphone, and starting tweeting and sharing photos “Live!

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Fusing Mobile Fundraising with Email & Social Media Outreach

NTEN

From a pure fundraising standpoint, email and social media channels are only effective when the recipient is able to respond immediately to a CTA (call to action). There are a few readily available methods that will allow you to start accepting donations via the mobile web in association with email and social media outreach.

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Social Media is Going Mobile, and So Should Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As the Web goes mobile , so does social media… and so should your nonprofit. If there is one thing I have learned over ten years of using the Internet for fundraising and social change, those nonprofits that can embrace change quickly, empower their visionaries, and adopt new Web trends, reap the benefits of being early adopters.

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A Field Guide to Mobile Payments

Tech Soup

Right now, NFC doesn't seem like a viable technology for nonprofits to adopt for fundraising. Essentially, these tools turn your mobile device into a credit card terminal, making them ideal for bake sales, auctions, concerts, and other away-from-the-office fundraising events. PayAnywhere is available from TechSoup.

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