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Conversation Starter: Digital Natives Moving Offline

Amy Sample Ward

—– The article from Spiegel Online International begins: They may have been dubbed the “Internet generation,&# but young people are more interested in their real-world friends than Facebook. It goes on to examine a few ideas and theories about the next generation and their relationship with the Internet.

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19 Proven Fundraising Ideas from Nonprofit Experts

NetWits

by Amy Sample Ward, Author of Social Change Anytime Everywhere and Membership Director at NTEN. Nonprofits + Internet = People Inspiring People. Your Donors Don’t Live Only Online or Only Offline, So Why Do Your Communications? by Beth Kanter, Social Media Expert and Author of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. by Roger M.

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New on SSIR: Slacktivism, the gateway to change?

Amy Sample Ward

Create opportunities for taking action that bridge online and offline, and start moving people on both sides of the computer. Getting Offline. I’ve had many people tell me that the Internet is ruining society, community, family, and everything else. So, what are you doing to connect your online community with offline actions?

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Does the Internet Inspire Youth Activism or Slacktivism?

Care2

The study draws on survey data from a sample of 400+ California youth aged 19–22 who were surveyed after the 2008 presidential election. The Internet can serve as a gateway to online and offline civic and political engagement, including volunteerism, community problem-solving, and protest activity.&#.

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Facebook Campaigning in Romania

Amy Sample Ward

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. For context, think about it this way: in a country of 21 million, where only about 7 million have internet access , about 1 in every 20 is on facebook! Notes: In June 2010: 253,360 new users joined in Romania – Coming in 3rd in the world for adoption for the month.

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The Commons Introduces Grassroots Mobile Survey

Saleforce Nonprofit

By using a mobile phone, they can collect data on the go and easily sync it to their Salesforce platform if they are in an area where the internet is unavailable. It became clear as we talked through the process that they needed a lightweight, efficient means to collect data that didn’t rely on internet connectivity.

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Steal this E-Mail! A Sample Year-End Fundraising E-Mail for Your Non-Profit

The Fundraising Authority

If you want to know how to run an amazing year-end fundraising campaign (both online and offline) for your organization, check out our three part series How to Do Year-End Fundraising the Right Way. Today, I want to present a sample year-end fundraising e-mail for a fictional non-profit organization.

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