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The Single Most Important Thing to Prepare for Disasters

Tech Soup

On this 10th anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, we polled a variety of smart NPtech cognoscenti on the single most important thing charities need to do to prepare for a disaster. Sam Chenkin — Director of Operations, Tech Impact. Patrick Callihan — Executive Director of Tech Impact.

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$100,000 Grant: Polls Still Open in the Peace Primary - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) The polls close at midnight on Halloween.

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Five Fundraising Tips for Grassroots Organiztions

NTEN

Most directors are not accustomed to attaching a firm price tag to their organization's activities, preferring to adopt an attitude of "donate what you can." Determine your "pricing" strategy. Conduct a survey. In many ways, the fundraising response acts as a vote on the credibility and image of your entire organization.

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To Strengthen Democracy in America, Think Tech

Tech Soup

Only Six Foundations Provide the Majority of NPTech Grants. Digital Service, the creation of online digital movements engaging millions of active participants, and the provision of timely voter registration and polling place information to tens of millions of people.

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Consumer Attitudes Toward Mobile Giving

NTEN

By David Farnes, Executive Director, Mobile Giving Foundation Canada , and Vice President, Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Associatio n and Jim Manis, Chairman and CEO, Mobile Giving Foundation. Research firm Quorus Consulting Group polled 2,003 teens and adults in April 2011. or www.mobilegiving.ca (Canada) today.

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Why Your Nonprofit Should Be A Big Listener

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Public opinion polls provide some types of insight, but take time and money. Rachel Weidinger is the Director of Upwell , a nonprofit PR agency with one client – the ocean. The core value of big listening is that it is important listen to each other at scale, and as individuals. Big listening is fast, and shows changes over time.

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Reflecting on NTEN Publications Accomplishments in 2011: We Launched a Digital Journal for Nonprofit Leaders!

NTEN

We understand that executive directors may not have the time to attend webinars or conferences about technology. More importantly, the subscribers are exactly who we designed the publication for: executive directors, board members, and non-technical leadership staff at nonprofits. As a bonus, most of these subscribers are new to NTEN.

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