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Transmedia — Making Change Across Mediums

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I caught up with Danny Alpert at the NTC Conference in Minneapolis, MN where he briefed me on how he is using a “Transmedia” strategy to raise awareness and funding to support homeless services. He graciously agreed to pen this guest post while I was in transit to “down under.” ” Enjoy.

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The concept of empowering individuals to fundraise for a charity by asking their friends to donate has been around for years offline. Think about all those marathons or walking events for social causes that have been around before Facebook.

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Basic Tips for Evaluating New Technologies for Your Nonprofit

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This brave new world of touchscreens, aggregated data, and pastel AJAX-based social networking sites, is partly. is becoming old faster; your familiarity of the popular social networking. on homeless issues, access to healthcare, or wetland preservation are. Use both online and offline. Your new iPhone.

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Change.org Launches Blog Network, And They're Hiring

Have Fun - Do Good

When Change.org started less than two years ago, its main focus was to be a social network where nonprofits and their supporters could connect and take action. In early October, the network re-launched as a social action blog network. org) blog social change activism social network Change.org

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The Essentials of Online Advocacy Begin With Email - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" It’s a great opportunity for summer camps, homeless shelters, halfway houses, etc.

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The Essentials of Online Advocacy Begin With Email - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" It’s a great opportunity for summer camps, homeless shelters, halfway houses, etc.

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Twestival: Are Fundraising Groundswells A Massive Opportunity or Distraction for Nonprofit Organizations?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On February 12, 2009, Twitter users will meet up in over 100 plus cities to socialize offline, meet other Twitter users, enjoy some fun, have a few drinks, and raise money for charity: water. charity:water has a presence on Twitter and has the caught the attention of social media gurus like Twitter's founders and Mashable.