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50 Nonprofits Every U.S. Politican Should Follow on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

They are active in our communities, in our schools, and have valuable knowledge and experience that our nation’s elected officials could learn from and be inspired by, and yet very few U.S. Coalition for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans :: @ CIAV. Feeding America :: @ FeedingAmerica. National Council of La Raza :: @ NCLR.

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Are you celebrating Giving Tuesday? These NTEN Members are!

NTEN

Giving Tuesday is a movement to create a national day of giving to kick off the giving season added to the calendar on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. The second annual GivingTuesday is on December 3rd and we''ve found 124 NTEN Members that are participating!

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The Craig Newmark Beneblog Interview

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

These sites should be working together using technology like RSS feeds. And All for Good does draw on feeds from other sites. Also working with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America to help get them the respect and services they deserve, working on reform of the VA. A: More will be revealed.

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Today is World Refugee Day: Give Refugees a Hand

Have Fun - Do Good

Yesterday's Huffington Post article, 500,000 Iraqis Refugees in 2007 , reported that, "A half-million Iraqis fled their embattled country in 2007, the third consecutive year more Iraqis were displaced than any other nationality." The Dispatch also reports that the reason for the increase is the war in Iraq. Follow their Twitter feed.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

The Iraq War was raging. Net Tuesdays became a series of national and international face-to-face meetings connecting industry and nonprofit techies. In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." " The year was 2005. Google Maps.

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How to Maximize Success Stories Across Your Nonprofit’s Digital Channels

Nonprofit Tech for Good

World Food Program USA (WFP USA), the US affiliate of the 2020 Nobel Prize-winning United Nations World Food Programme, has beautifully adapted the story of Rani—a precocious student in India who receives meals fortified with micronutrients—for their blog, Facebook, and Instagram. World Food Program USA: Rani’s Story.

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50 Nonprofits To Be Grateful For This Thanksgiving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Feeding America. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. is the only developed nation in the world without paid maternity leave. National Anti-Vivisection Society. Because you can judge a nation by how it treats their animals. National Campaign to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy. National Geographic Society.