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Recap: Twitter #GivingTuesdayMyths Chat Hosted by Salesforce Foundation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here’s a transcript of our discussion captured in a Twitter Moment. Myth 5: #GivingTuesday is such a crowded time for fundraising so my org shouldn’t participate. Myth 6: Our technology worked pretty well last year, so we shouldn’t make any changes. Here are the myths we discussed.

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How to Report Live from Nonprofit Events and Conferences

Nonprofit Tech for Good

According to the 2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report , 52% of nonprofits worldwide have used social media to report live. Twitter: Tweet in real-time and stream using Periscope. Twitter: During live events, the ideal tweet rate is once every 8-10 minutes. org , bsr17.org org , bsr18.org.

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Which Company is the Most Socially Responsible and Generous to Nonprofits: Facebook? Twitter? YouTube? LinkedIn? MySpace? Flickr? Google?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Nonprofits and their adoption of social media has created an interesting, albeit interdependent relationship with large companies like Google, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr. 5) Twitter. Twitter launched Hope140.org org to help raise funds for Haiti and to end malaria. potential consumers). 3) LinkedIn.

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How Organizations Can Use VR and AR Tech for Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Kayla Matthews is a researcher, writer and blogger covering topics related to technology, smart gadgets, the future of work and personal productivity. Fundraising is and will always be a necessity for nonprofit organizations, but times have changed — and so has the technology. How Can a NonProfit Org Utilize VR and AR?

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Twitter and Nonprofits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. I love twitter, which in some ways surprises me, and in some ways doesn’t.

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Next #4Change Twitter Chat: Social Media & the Climate Change Movement

Amy Sample Ward

4Change Chats are hosted on Twitter – Read “ Join the Conversation ” below for ways to jump into the discussion. Where: Twitter (search for #4Change. What technologies are both available & needed? If you want to contribute to the conversation, you’ll need to have a twitter account (it’s free). Details: Date: Oct, 8th.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. org before? Instead of saying in the middle of the campaign “we need $X”, they share an interview with one of the beneficiaries, or invite people to connect directly via twitter with children in Tanzania who attend the school funded through the campaign.

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