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25 Global Trends in Giving That Nonprofits Need to Know About

Nonprofit Tech for Good

3) Of those donors inspired by social media, 56% say that Facebook inspires them the most. 18% of donors worldwide have donated to a charitable organization directly through Facebook. Of those, 88% say they are likely to give again through Facebook. 30% said Facebook Messenger and 5% said Snapchat.

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How Nonprofits Can Raise Money Using YouTube

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It’s also the top platform for 18 to 24-year-olds, with 85% of this age group on the platform (compared to just 51% for Facebook). . Pew Internet reported that over half of YouTube users say that the platform is at least “somewhat important for helping them understand things that are happening in the world.”. Campaign matching.

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In Loving Memory of My Mom, Ruth D. Kanter (My Mom)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My mother was born before the days of the Internet, social media, computers, and mobile phones and found technology a huge challenge – both frustrating and a little intimidating due to a lack of training and skills development. Let me connect some dots. She also posed for social media photos with all my books.

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10 Questions You Can Ask Major Donors to Build the Relationship

Get Fully Funded

Check the donor’s Facebook and LinkedIn profiles then Google them to see what you can learn about them. Some are Internet ghosts. Some donors are drawn to just one cause area, such as homelessness or food insecurity. For an in-person meeting, allow 90-120 minutes so you don’t have to cut a valuable conversation short.

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New at TechSoup: Online Courses from Atomic Training

Tech Soup

Job training for at-risk youth, veterans re-entering the workforce, or even homeless or transitional populations. Building your social media presence with training on Twitter and Facebook. Since they're cloud-based, you can finish your courses anywhere and anytime, as long as you have Internet access.

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Using Smartphones and Portable Wi-Fi Hotspots to Tell Your Story

Tech Soup

It's reasonably easy to upload videos to Facebook or YouTube even without the phone being on a data plan. Some smartphones like iPhones and Dell Venue Pro phones can connect to the Internet via Wi-Fi and even do Skype calls. They're a homeless services and neighborhood revitalization nonprofit that serves West Philly.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

This is a facebook page where many organizations across the environment, climate and animal welfare sectors came together to share news, updates, action alerts, and much more after the BP Oil Spill. If you ask people to like your facebook page, and they respond, what they are saying isn’t that all they ever want to do is like your page.

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