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11 Tips for Making Nonprofit Press Releases Social and Shareable

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Social media has forever changed how nonprofits and journalists distribute and consume news stories, yet the format of nonprofit press releases has not evolved at all. 8) If your press release is related to breaking news, tap into the power of #hashtags. 1) Include your nonprofit’s Twitter username. 9) Increase the font size.

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How to Communicate Meaningfully with Nonprofit Supporters in an Election Year

Media Cause

Remember, as you navigate the news cycle and other big issues, they shouldn’t take away from the importance of your work as a nonprofit. Many of your supporters will have at least one thing in common this year—they’ve already been and will continue to be incessantly asked to donate across channels. They are real people.

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Nonprofit Technology News for February 2014

Tech Soup

It's high time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news! This time I’ll review some new developments in privacy and security, social media, cloud computing, digital inclusion, gaming for good, and the new tech blog, Re/code. There’s lots of interesting NPTech news this month.

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New on SSIR: Should Nonprofits Act Like Businesses or People?

Amy Sample Ward

The new book I co-authored with Allyson Kapin, Social Change Anytime Everywhere , looks at the way nonprofit organizations can use multichannel strategies for advocacy, fundraising, and community building. From there, you may click on a news article that a friend posted and then tweet it out using the embedded sharing options.

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1 Million Trailhead Badges: Lessons from Salesforce.org’s Trailhead Journey

Saleforce Nonprofit

Join in by earning badges and spreading the news about free training on Trailhead: Learn: Head to Trailhead and earn your next Nonprofit Cloud, Education Cloud, or Philanthropy Cloud badge. Broadcast: Tell your network about nonprofit, education, philanthropy, and pro bono badges on social. About the Author. Peg Giffels.

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Public Media At Risk

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At the time, there was no continuing threat to cut funds for public broadcasting. It seems that every day there is a new attack on public broadcasting; the most recent coming from conservative provocateur, James O’Keefe, in an Ambush video of NPR fund raiser Ron Schiller, who quickly resigned for making inappropriate comments.

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Charitable Giving in a down economy: Performance strategies for any market

Qgiv

The economy continues its tennis volley between troubling and good news. Communicating need is paramount to responsive generosity, with the most efficient channels being the news and press. Through the news, or by seeing the need in the community firsthand, the need is clear and support flows from those able to give.