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Opt-in a bigger issue than the Fundraising Preference Service, says Etherington

AFP Blog

Opt-in a bigger issue than the Fundraising Preference Service, says Etherington : "EU rules which will require donors to opt in to fundraising communications are “a bigger issue” for charities than the Fundraising Preference Service, Sir Stuart Etherington, chief executive of NCVO, has said in an interview published today.

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Surviving As A New Nonprofit: 12 Focus Areas For Nonprofit Leaders

Bloomerang

According to Forbes magazine, one quarter of fledgling nonprofits will close their doors this coming year and almost half will be gone within three years of founding. Study good grant writing techniques and apply what you learn to as many as you can. Have several interviews before you offer the job. .

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Announcing My Next Book: The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Conference, the same year we were both recognized by Fast Company magazine as two of the most influential women in Technology. Stress reduction techniques. We are on a mission to identify and interview people who work for nonprofits about their stories of scaling self-care in their organizations. Mindful Leadership.

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Will Facebook’s Internet.org Bridge the Global Digital Divide?

Tech Soup

According the New York Times “Facebook is already working on techniques to reduce the average amount of data used by its Android mobile app from the current 12 megabytes a day to 1 megabyte without users noticing.” Connectivity Is a Human Right. Matt Buchanan’s New Yorker piece is really good.

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Playing the Social Media Game with 100 Bay Area Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I don't get an opportunity to do this workshop with a large group, so this was fabulous learning experience to work out some techniques to make it scale. It makes me wonder about the various techniques for getting people to shift attention from small group to large group. See the interview I did for Arrive Magazine , pages 34-37).

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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In the case of J-FLAG, Martus enables the organization to protect the identity of victims of abuse who come forward to tell their stories, to secure the information from their interviews, to report on the types of crimes documented, and to aggregate evidence for future court proceedings.

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7 Practical Tips for Engagement with a Higher Purpose On Social

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This is the type of news sound byte you will typically see in Alumni magazines or that alums (or their parents) might share with your organizations. You want to celebrate their personal , social, or professional accomplishments. There are several tactical techniques that consistently work on Facebook to inspire engagement.

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