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What's the opportunity cost when a nonprofit blocks employees from using social network sites during work hours?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Recently, thousands of Facebook members helped leveraged a $50,000 donation from the Western Union Foundation by voting for the American Red Cross and its disaster relief efforts. The $50,000 donation will contribute to a broader American Red Cross goal to raise $100 million for disaster relief. that are easy to grab and use.

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Live Blogging: 09NTC Mapping Your Social Media Strategy

Amy Sample Ward

engage internally. Examples: Yammer for internal sharing, it’s a Twitter for groups. but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted. Any resources to move from national to local? i have changed my role a bit so that i serve as a consultant internally to get people started.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. the integrated philanthropy model in honor of National Corporate Philanthropy Day. Check out this disaster simulation game from the UNISDR called Stop Disasters ! choice and when it is not.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Why do people give charity?

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. … …Last year, Princeton University held a conference at which List, Croson, Andreoni and others who study charitable giving got together with fund-raisers from Africare, the National MS Society and elsewhere. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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The Bold, Focused Ideas of Breakthrough Nonprofit Brands: Book Giveaway Winners Announced

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A few weeks ago, Beth was kind enough to host a book giveaway and New Year resolution contest for nonprofits to celebrate the launch of my new book Breakthrough Nonprofit Branding , which I co-authored with Jocelyne Daw, Kristian Darigan Merenda and Anne Erhard. The winners of the contest, and their entries, are: · Entoure , Sarah Allen. “My

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SXSW: Social Media Nonprofit ROI Poetry Slam - Slides, Links, and Poems (long)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

However, what we discovered was that social media (once internally accepted and acknowledged) could truly compliment and improve engagement with our programs. Carie Lewis, Humane Society of the US Carie's poem is about the Humane Society's experiments with photo contests and how to use metrics to improve your social media strategy.

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Forum One Staff Share OpenGov Ideas

Forum One

The students would prepare for the contest using a series of online practice modules and mobile phone based applications that would test the students on sample questions. The competition would progress through in-person competitions to a national competition. Young Adult International Development Community. Disaster Response.

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