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How One Library Is “Loaning out the Internet” Using Mobile Technology

Tech Soup

People rely on their neighborhood library to borrow books, magazines, and movies. Providence Community Library (PCL) is leading the way. PCL is a nonprofit network of nine neighborhood libraries that provide free, accessible library services and serve as vibrant neighborhood hubs. But borrowing the Internet?

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A Modest Complaint to Bookshare

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Thanks to incredible work on the part of socially responsible publishers, our volunteers and the Bookshare team, we've been adding books at at incredible rate: more than 10,000 books in the last month. Footnote: NLS stands for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, part of the U.S.

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All-In-One Nonprofit Marketing Library (Link Roundup)

NonProfit Hub

From eBooks to webinars, there’s a heaping handful of other ways to raise money online. 6 Email Marketing Hacks to Increase Open Rates. The post All-In-One Nonprofit Marketing Library (Link Roundup) appeared first on Nonprofit Hub. We have some advice for how to “make your house a home” by making a website with your own flair.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact. This represents a 10x growth over the past 6 years, and a 20% and 25% growth, respectively, over less than a year: growth rates associated more with successful commercial services, and unheard of in our field. What about yet another order of magnitude beyond that?

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10 New Nonprofit Trends

Qgiv

A big factor is that mobile messages have an open rate of around 98%. Promo.com offers an extensive library of footage for videos so that you can make a polished video for social media and other sources. Text fundraising. Text fundraising is another key fundraising feature that many savvy nonprofits are adding to their toolbelts.

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Q&A With Fauzia Burke, President Of FSB Associates

Eric Jacobsen Blog

There is a lot of information available for free, and although people are reading more, the rate of reading online is steadily increasing. Burke : I am a big fan of ebooks, although format of books is less interesting to me. Burke : Leadership books are no different than all the other non-fiction categories.

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7 Ways to Integrate Stories into Your Nonprofit’s Donor Stewardship Strategy

Connection Cafe

Donor stewardship is a great place to begin making changes that can impact your donor retention rates. Donors and prospective donors are accessing non-profit websites at increasing rates each year. I don’t know about you, but as a kid I loved storytelling time at the local library and at school. Host a storytelling time event.

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