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How Government Can Adapt to the Current State of Twitter

Forum One

As a government entity, you may have joined Twitter years ago, using it to provide valuable customer experiences to your constituents and communities. For government agencies, the pitfalls and benefits may be even more pronounced as issues surrounding the platform continue to evolve.

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LGBTQ+ advocacy strategies to generate advocates year-round

EveryAction

The good news is that nonprofit organizations, advocacy organizations, businesses, individuals, and other changemakers can successfully advocate for a better future for LGBTQ+ people with support from the right strategies and tools.

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Leveraging data to better serve under-resourced communities 

Candid

Data to pinpoint needs in specific communities Unfortunately, government survey data does not accurately represent “hard-to-count” at-risk populations who are less likely to speak English or to trust the government—which includes many of the people nonprofits like CASL serve.

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SSIR Post: Swine Flu or Why Local Organizations Matter

Amy Sample Ward

I have a new blog post up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. In a recent Op-Ed piece in the New York Times , David Brooks compared the global response vs localized response to the outbreak. Speak the Local Language. Local organizations provide this local face.

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May Cause Awareness: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Qgiv

After the country’s bicentennial celebrations, Jew approached Representative Frank Horton of New York with the idea to create a month to recognize Asian Pacific Americans. Community festivals, government-sponsored activities, and educational activities for students are all essential parts of this month-long celebration.

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Changing our vision of Change: Revisiting the Pollyanna Principles

Amy Sample Ward

Last week, the New York Times ran an article exploring a segment of the nonprofit/social impact sector that the author saw as a small minority of organizations, but one I care deeply about: those that plan to go out of business. The article featured Malaria No More, and their vision of the project’s work: to end Malaria.

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NNTSP Applies Relief Work for Hurricane Sandy

Tech Soup

Earlier this year, the Network for Nonprofit Technology Solution Providers (NNTSP) organized as part of TechSoup Global, combining their resources to create a national network of local technology capacity-builders serving the nonprofit sector. National Donations Management Network New Jersey. Aidmatrix New York City.