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#IFC2014 International Fundraising Congress: Inspire, Connect, Transform

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I also keynoted the NGO track at the Internet Festival in Pisa, Italy (more about that in separate post later). Marcelo expertly wove in audience interaction – which was quite impressive given that there were over 1,000 people in the room. A social change fighter ! IFC2014 best ever entrance for a plenary session.

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

Tech Soup

I have noticed that a significant percentage, I daresay a majority, of the people attending the big annual Nonprofit Technology Conferences (NTC) have been women every year. International NGO Leadership. Image 1: Jennifer Leahy Photography. There are powerful women in these organizations. Nonprofit Technology Leadership.

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Storymakers 2016 Winners

Tech Soup

And our Twitter chat was more global than ever before, with people from 20 countries participating! Best Photography Winner — Learning Tree Farm. Those services include groups for hotline calls — the elderly, youth, people with disabilities, and education — to provide an ear and home for those in need of support.

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Cheap and Cheerful Audience Analysis for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When I ask an NGO “who are you trying to engage with?”, ”, the answer is often simply “everybody” or “you know, the people on our list” There’s an inclination to think “everybody will obviously be interested in our cause! After all, people love to read about themselves.

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Mission in Action, in Life and in Work| The Storytelling Power of A Camera Lens

Connection Cafe

It’s not unusual, especially in the community where I live, for these very same people to be friends and colleagues. For, a mere 20 miles away in the atrium of another building, sits an exhibit focused on bringing the work of many nonprofits to life through photography. The people they help. The issues they tackle.

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Second Life: Issue Awareness Raising Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Namely that it isn't enough just to shame people. Mobilize: Give people something to do. According to my colleague Rik Riel, this campaign is sponsored by the Spanish NGO Mensajeros de la Paz , which is leveraging various new media to draw attention to their work. Educate about your cause. And not just fundraise.

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Visual Storytelling for Nonprofits

NTEN

The visual story of the Bhopal Medical Appeal was subsequently awarded a Getty Grant for Good in 2011 after winning the 2011 Focus for Humanity NGO Assignment Fellowship. Without Masi’s powerful images and well-crafted visual essay, the story of The Bhopal Medical Appeal would not have reached the millions of people that it did.