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Mobile for Good: Fire Phone, Locking Down Data, and Services for the Homeless

Tech Soup

I'll also update you on the "kill switch" initiatives as well as a nonprofit that's using mobile services to alleviate homelessness. So let's say you're watching a movie and the camera pans to a can of Spam on a kitchen counter. Homelessness and Mobile Technology. Sounds a bit creepy, right? Or helpful?

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. Their use of the social network is mostly inconsistent and without strategy – the 10 best practices below are meant to change that. Habitat for Humanity focuses on periodically posting curated content relevant to the cause of homelessness and housing.

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Congrats Mark Horvath & Invisible People TV for Pepsi SXSW Challenge Win

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mark Horvath, known as " HardlyNormal " on Twitter and who is a tireless advocate for the cause of homelessness, was the winner of the SXSW Pepsi Refresh Challenge. Mark uses social media to tell the story of homeless people in America. He has built a supportive network of people who help him fuel his cause. He doesn't pitch.

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Are Online Vote-for-Me Contests A Good Idea?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jared Paul, the co-founder of a new nonprofit that has a focus on homeless youth and one of the winners of the $25,000 in the first phase of Chase's Giving Community Contest offered to share his thoughts. Well…sheer hustle, an inspiring video , and a supportive network.

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10 Ways to Build a Better Community Brainstorming Meeting

Museum 2.0

Not surprisingly, a different focus group of social service providers and homeless adults had a very different set of concerns about downtown. Networking opportunities. Part of this is rooted in a legitimate desire not to spam people. not feeling "welcome") or don't mention their safety concerns at all. Child care. Free tickets.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving?

ASU Lodestar Center

We tune into causes through our relationships with others, whether its a kid from our neighborhood in a youth group, our sister doing a breast cancer run, or our friend organizing a reading night at a homeless shelter. The reality is, we're all bombarded with digital messages and shares and likes and spam.