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#thankful4home: Raising Awareness Around Homelessness

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This fall and winter I’m working with a group of organizations in Chicago to raise awareness around homelessness, alongside screenings of the @Home documentary that features portraits of this issue through the eyes of activist Mark Horvath. #thankful4home: A Lesson in Project Based Learning & Gratitude guest post by Lisa Colton.

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Cut Through the Clutter: Why Storytelling Matters for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Explain in detail what aspects of their stories you want them to share, why you want them to share, and the social media platforms you want them to use. Then tie your user-generated stories together using hashtags and encourage them to tag your organization and share it with their social networks. Tap into shared experiences.

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Habitat for Humanity focuses on periodically posting curated content relevant to the cause of homelessness and housing. Tagging corporate sponsors and partners. For example, this post by the Houston Food Bank tags and shows appreciation for their sponsor , CVS Health. Curated content relevant to your mission.

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5 Tips to Boost Your Nonprofit Website’s SEO

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Laura Bucher , Storyteller at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Instead of only using the term “homeless,” you should also use “unhoused” and any other synonym a searcher might use when referring to homelessness. 5) Apply for a Google Grant.

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Looking forward to 2009

Judi Sohn

Do you want to feed the homeless or cure cancer? While we won’t officially be off the GetActive platform and. Tags: Nonprofit. We want to figure out how to do a better job letting people know who we are and why we matter in a way they’ll listen. Give books to needy children or build a performing arts center? Convio Summit.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

The event happens in the week leading up to Mother’s Day and provides a platform where anyone can build a heartspace with text, photos and videos to show their love for their mother, an important woman in their life, or even people that inspire them. It is less about the number of people to retweet or like or blog.

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The Road Ahead for NTEN Members

NTEN

Your membership ensures you'll be able to pinpoint the most effective technology approach and make the right decisions on platforms and tools through: . I'm the sole IT person at my non-profit organization (we are a shelter for homeless families), and we are undergoing severe budget cuts at the moment. You can find me at: .

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