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Giving USA 2023 Report Insights & Solutions to Giving Decline 

Qgiv

This growth was likely spurred on by the conflict in Ukraine and devastating natural disasters that impacted Turkey and Syria. Corporate giving comes in a variety of forms, so be open-minded about how you approach corporate giving. International affairs nonprofits reported a 10.9% increase in donations betwen 2021 and 2022.

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AFP ICON 2023 Recap

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One private school set a reasonable goal of $4,000 to help raise relief funds for the earthquakes in Syria. Conclusion The Qgiv Team had a blast attending AFP Icon this year and connecting with other mission-minded individuals. Another participant from the Greatest Generation achieved tremendous success through her campaign.

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Facebook Radically Changed the News Feed – Here’s What Your Nonprofit Needs to Know

Connection Cafe

A heart-wrenching story about a refugee from Syria sparks more meaningful conversations between people than click bait from Buzzfeed. Keep in mind, your followers are waiting to share their own stories, their journey. Nonprofits have a clear advantage over consumer brands and businesses. How should I change my Facebook strategy?

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The Nonprofit Weekly Roundup: Culture, Microsites, and The Kiss of Death

Connection Cafe

President Obama publicly addressed the situation surrounding Syria. Steve Maclaughlin’s 10th episode of npVoices rallies some of the nonprofit sector’s brightest minds. There were some pretty huge moments this week. Fashion Week came to a close in NYC. I purchased a blue wig. (I’ll I’ll explain at a later date.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Although it had never been created with crowd sourcing in mind, the Bookshare concept fit the existing exception like a glove. Whether it’s accurately reporting the number of people killed in Syria or explaining why the FBI’s count of American police killings is significantly underestimated, data is finally influencing the policy debate.

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Leaders in Nonprofit Technology: Daniel Ben-Horin

Tech Soup

I see social enterprise as a kind of benign stopgap — an approach whereby people can contribute to the good of the world, find people of similar mind, and make a living. In their wake, there is no grand scheme to replace them that people are excited by. And I do see that movement building.

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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, the UN Refugee Agency, encourages all field officers to tell the stories of the refugees they are working with as this recent tweet from Syria illustrates. In addition to surveying people directly and asking them to rank priorities, one can also pay attention to what people say about what’s on their minds right now.

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