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Give a shirt: Changing slacktivists into activists

ASU Lodestar Center

These conceptions are facetious, of course, but according to a current trend sweeping the nonprofit scene, all that’s necessary to support a cause you’re passionate about is clicking “like” on a Facebook page. Many charities or nonprofits only require activists to “like our Facebook page” or “retweet this” or “hashtag that.”

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

The big nonprofit tech trends this past year seemed to be in the areas of the emergence of mobile devices, social media stratification, the launch of Office 365 for Nonprofits, some huge digital inclusion initiatives, and lots of other things. Charities can request Office 365 directly from Microsoft. It’s a longer-term trend.

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