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Mental Health Awareness Month: 10 Nonprofits Advocating For Change

Kindful

View the trainings. Mission: The Tacoma Recovery Center and Café is a community of women and men impacted by substance disorders, addiction, homelessness, PTSD, and other mental health challenges. Impacting: Mental health. Headquarters in: Redwood City, CA. How To Support Adolescent Counseling Services. Impacting: Mental health.

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The Ultimate Guide to Volunteer Recruitment: 15+ Strategies

Qgiv

Retention is everything your organization does to keep the volunteers you recruit, like providing proper training and management , aligning volunteer assignments with individual volunteers’ interests, or working hard to create personal relationships with your volunteers. Get sponsors involved in event committees.

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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. The SXSW Pepsi Fresh Challenge matched three different causes with three social media rock stars.

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More about that Homeless Avatar in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Remember the homeless avatar in Second Life that got a lot of attention a few weeks back? Mensajeros de la Paz with a virtual homeless kid has received enough Money to. sponsor a child. The homeless. We will start to train someone in Mensajeros de la Paz who's gonna be responsible for the avatar if the action works.

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A Hearty Congratulations to TechSoup Members Winning Google Impact Challenge Awards

Tech Soup

” The Google.org sponsored project invited Bay Area nonprofits to share information about their great work to make a better world. They also carry on the work of visionary founder and board member, Van Jones, especially in the area of developing green jobs training programs for low-income youth.

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How Faith-based Nonprofits Can Use Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

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For example, let’s say your faith-based organization is also an outreach ministry for shut-ins and the homeless. Your venue will need to accommodate attendees, sponsors, and event staff , with each of these audiences having unique needs that must be met. Where should sponsors set up a booth (if they get one)?

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Are Mobile Apps Serving the Underserved?

Tech Soup

In addition to efforts to build community-relevant apps, a number of initiatives designed to train youth from underrepresented communities to build mobile apps have recently launched. Random Hacks of Kindness , for example, regularly sponsors hackathons to rapidly develop web and mobile phone solutions in sectors like health and education.

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