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Super Supporters: The Volunteer Who Gave $10,000

Bloomerang

Lola’s story: Turning volunteers into super supporters When Lola Woods went into the Idaho Youth Ranch thrift store she wasn’t thinking about runaway or homeless youth. As she waited in line with her item she overheard an ad on the instore radio about the ways Idaho Youth Ranch helps struggling kids and families.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Serving The LGBTQ+ Community

Bloomerang

Pride Month is a great time to celebrate and reflect on the work activists and nonprofit organizations are doing to support the LGBTQ+ community. The Visibility Impact Fund seeks to support and empower bi+ specific organizations, programming, and training to impact bi+ visibility and well-being. Areas served: Worldwide. Point of Pride.

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VisionLink’s Strategic Advantage Department Produces Complete College America’s National STEM Careers Academy

VisionLink

This Academy, the 13th Completion Academy produced for CCA by VisionLink’s Strategic Advantage department over the past five years, included teams from Massachusetts, Idaho, Illinois, Ohio, and the District of Columbia.

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3 months of Android: buyer’s remorse?

Judi Sohn

When I go back to iPhone it will be one of the first apps I get, if for no other reason than to support the developer. I try and use voice control to “Call (person) mobile” when (person) is in my address book and the phone searches and dials a pizzeria in Idaho. I love how integrated Google services are (duh). But the bugs.

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Can Small Nonprofits Reap Success With Social Media? (Giving away a copy of Twitter for Dummies)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They are located in Boise, Idaho. So, if your thinking that social media is just for corporate giants and fancy flash web sites to support national campaigns or chains and has no value if you doing work in your local community - think again. Be like Cindy Williams and give it a try. What do you have to lose?

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The Future of the Map – With Live Demos of GIS Platforms

NTEN

Flickr: °Florian From mapping election violence in Kenya to coordinating disaster response efforts to helping people decide where to live , nonprofits have increasingly used Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to support their work. Now, I'd likely just create a Google Map. Thanks Kent!)

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How Two Nonprofits Use Social Media To Help Save Fish – #keepemwet #SaveMarinsCoho

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It also has a benefit of generating campaign content as well as documenting support for an issue. The concept is simple – ask supporters to take a photo of themselves with your campaign message and share it on social media channels. Their overall communications goals include: Engaging our supporters quickly.