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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

Nonprofit Tech for Good

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. That is the essence/purpose of social media to me: sharing our stories or experiences in hopes that someone else will relate, reach out or spread the word.

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The Future of Fundraising, Part Two

Tech Soup

A recent study finds that 73 percent of Internet users in Europe use social networks. In the United States, 66 percent of Internet users are on social networks. according to the Pew Research Center. The power of technology and social media to create change is real as evidenced by movements like the Arab Spring.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

Tech Soup

Basically, Hacker Helper ensures that developers come to the hackathons prepared to code instead of wasting the first day doing research. They can go straight to work to create useful apps and other tools for solving social problems. We are testing it out at hackathons this month in San Francisco and also in Sarajevo in Bosnia.

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