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A New Power Couple—Humans Plus Bots Deliver Member Delight

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Conserve Resources and Convert Prospects In addition to making current members happy, live chat can also help you win new friends. Travel and Leisure magazine describes Rose like this: “When guests check in to the hotel, a front desk representative gives them a card that reads: “Know my secrets. I frequently write about Association 4.0

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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place :: 2010 Edition

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Mission : To safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends. Acre Adoptions by the Nature Conservancy: Givers can purchase acre adoptions from all over the world. Recipients receive a map, fact sheet, an adoption certificate, and a subscription to Nature Conservancy magazine.

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Is “Ambient Data” from Social Media Channels Useful for Funders?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Upwell, an organization incubated by the Ocean Conservancy and that works in a different way to support Ocean Conservation is using social media data, campaign experiments, and failing fast and learning fast to get impact. Beth’s Blog, September 2011.

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A Few Predictions for Nonprofit Development Technology in 2012

NTEN

A board member will tell a nonprofit that they should buy system “A” because (pick one): it’s cloud-base. he read about it in an in-flight magazine. He is the co-host of TechSoup’s Technology for Fundraising forum and a frequent speaker on donor management systems and best practices in Development Operations. it’s the cheapest.

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Using SMS in the Field

NTEN

Brooke Sadowsky, Program Manager, RARE Conservation. SMS allows conservation campaigns to reach a bigger audience, especially of people who are harder to find in rural and expansive areas. SMS allows conservation campaigns to reach a bigger audience, especially of people who are harder to find in rural and expansive areas.

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How Drones Are Being Used to Benefit Humankind

Tech Soup

Conservation mapping and 3D imaging. They are perfect for wildlife conservation, search and rescue, and understanding what is needed in disaster relief. In Africa, conservation drones are being used to locate rhinoceros poachers. Foreign Policy magazine's Predators for Peace Drones is a short history of humanitarian drones.

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Microsoft’s Networked Approach To Accelerating Social Change Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Or the Web site Microsoft Hohm that lets people calculate their energy footprint and get tips on conservation. Chatting with David Connor , we both had the same reaction – who knew? Take for example deploying 200 sensors throughout the Brazilian rainforest to measure and visualize the effects of climate change.

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