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How to Make Facebook Fundraising Work For You

Media Cause

SU2C’s Facebook fundraiser featured personal notes and videos from Katie Couric and brought in $60,450 in less than 8 days. Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose (CDM). This resulted in 41 gifts with an average gift of $61 compared to the Facebook fundraiser industry average of $28 for cultural organizations at the time. .

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Great reads from around the web on October 28th

Amy Sample Ward

" Indigenous Mapping: Emerging Cultures on the Geoweb: Where 2.0 Conference 2009 – O’Reilly Conferences, May 19 – 21, 2009, San Jose, CA – Check out the video and presentation slides, too! "Indians How will the Geoweb change and evolve as indigenous peoples begin to participate?

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Great reads from around the web on October 28th

Amy Sample Ward

." Indigenous Mapping: Emerging Cultures on the Geoweb: Where 2.0 Conference 2009 - O’Reilly Conferences, May 19 - 21, 2009, San Jose, CA - Check out the video and presentation slides, too! "Indians

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9 Ways Nonprofits Can Excel Using Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There was also a wonderful blog, “ Litter Did You Know &# and the above video about “Lady Meow Meow.&# But the real story was when the SFSPCA staff shared during the keynote was that these regular videos are produced by volunteers! The principles cover strategy, learning, capacity, and organizational culture.

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The #16NTC Session Guide: 14 Sessions You Absolutely Can’t Miss

Connection Cafe

Facebook, auto-play, periscope, snapchat stories and more: making video content that rules the web. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: An Unfiltered Conversation about Culture, Leadership & Change. There you have it, my top picks for NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Jose. What’s on your agenda?

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An Interview with Jeska Linden about Nonprofits in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When I graduated in 2003, I moved out here to California and worked with the San Jose Museum of Art before getting a job with Linden Labs. How did you explain your job to your parents or other family members or people are not immersed in Second Life culture? I learned a lot from San Jose Art Museum.

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Case Study: A Participatory Road Trip takes the SJMA on a Wild Ride

Museum 2.0

Reason #258 I'm glad to live in California: Cultural Connections. Cultural Connections is a group of museum professionals who meet up a few times a year and host excellent programs on a variety of topics. I was captivated by Chris Alexander 's story about participatory online/onsite efforts at the San Jose Museum of Art (SJMA).