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2012 SXSW Interactive – #nptech Highlights

Amy Sample Ward

Start Some Good, a platform for social good groups – whether nonprofit organizations or not – to raise funds and build community, highlighted eight diverse projects working for social impact at an evening event hosted by Center61 at SXSW. Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits.

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3 Unique Strategies To Thank Your Supporters On Social Media

TechImpact

Their donations fund your initiatives, thier bodies attend your events, and interact with your social media accounts. Because their importance can not be understated, it is crucial that you take the time to thank them publicly through your social media feeds when appropriate. Vine and Instagram videos.

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RIP: Rob Stuart, Godfather of the NpTech Movement

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That’s when I first heard about Rob Stuart who at the time was Director of the Rockefeller Technology Project , at the Rockefeller Family Fund. I got hear the legends in the nptech sector in the early days talk about their work and was inspired. That’s where I met Holly Ross. Rob, you will be missed.

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How Nonprofit Use Tech To Increase Transparency

TechImpact

In your CEO’s message you could update them on the latest technology you’ve implemented, how the funds raised at the latest even are being utilized, or what plans they have for the organization in the coming years. Try tasking someone with responding to every Tweet @mention your nonprofit receives on social media to drive engagement.

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Volunteers Or Donors: The Millennial Question

TechImpact

Whatever you want to call them , there’s no doubting their importance in funding the nonprofit sector in future decades. In a study conducted by the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, those who said they’d volunteered in the last 12 months donated as much as 10x more than respondents who had not volunteered at all in that same time span.

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NPTech Summary: Happy Holidays!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Things are slowing down during the holidays , so here's a short version of the NpTech Tag Summary. The PeaFund Friday Campaign PeaFund Friday is an amazing example of the power of social media for social change. What lessons can nonprofits take from this in using social media campaigns for social good? Go vote here.

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Donate to the NTC 2014 Scholarship Fund! (A Past Recipient Shares Her Story of Change)

NTEN

As Lyndal Cairns, a 2012 NTC Scholarship recipient, shares: Before I went to NTC, I was the only social media manager working in the HIV sector in Australia. In fact, I was the only nonprofit social media manager I knew; so I felt alone and rather adrift. 13ntc 14ntc Community nptech nten scholarship campaign Program'

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