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Cut Through the Clutter: Why Storytelling Matters for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Stories are a great way to inspire action, get thousands of “likes” and online followers, further spreading your message across social networks. A good strategy is to use a first-person perspective to create authenticity and a sense of personalness. And this is where storytelling comes in. Tap into shared experiences.

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We Are Visible: Empowering Homeless People Through Social Media

Tech Soup

Mark's expertise in video production, his personal experience with homelessness, and his huge heart uniquely position him to help homeless people share their stories. are emotionally difficult, but they put a much-needed human face on the complexities of homelessness in America. off the ground. read more. off the ground.

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. 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. LinkedIn Pages.

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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. And if this is truly the future of mobile, there's also a need for users to be able to lock down their personal data from prying third-parties. Homelessness and Mobile Technology.

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From Novice To Champion: Empowering Board Members

Bloomerang

Do you have personal aspirations that could be enhanced by board service? Send a press release announcing your new board members to your local newspaper and business journal and post on LinkedIn and social networks. What skills, connections, resources, and expertise are you willing to use on behalf of the organization?

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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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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

The long-term goal is that this declines as each new generation advances, but as we have seen in recent years, these deep rooted social ethnic divides are ingrained in western societies and hardwired into how our cultures function. Mentorship is in many ways a mindset, and one which those from BIPOC communities are not regularly exposed to.