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Thursday Thoughts: engaging advocates all year round

EveryAction

It is great when we get wins and can celebrate them, and it’s tough when we take a loss and have to re-group and press onward. Raise the Roots is a digital agency providing nonprofits and small businesses with expert digital strategy and support to raise awareness, voices, and money. Advocacy is a long-term calling.

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"Press 2 for Chickens": Innovating African Radio Stations

NTEN

Two years ago, Bev Clark, the co-founder of Kubatana.net , was awarded a large grant in the Knight News Challenge for Freedom Fone, an open-source software platform for distributing news and information through interactive voice response (IVR) technology. . Capturing Voices from the Field in Tanzania.

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10 Recent Upgrades to Facebook Your Nonprofit Needs to Know About

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That means Nonprofit Admins need to be even better at finding their finding their Facebook voice and posting quality content. POLL] Since the launch of the new Facebook News Feed, have you noticed an increase, a decrease, or no change at all in your Status Update Likes and Comments?

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Integrated Social Media for Sustainable Agriculture

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I always design to incorporate the voice and experience of the participants. It’s a four-step process: 1) read social media trade press 2) discuss with peers 3) present in-house 4) design a measurable, low risk experiment to start. Connecting Learners to the Content and Each Other. 3. An opportunity to Process and Apply.

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I heard it on the news

Connection Cafe

I polled some friends in the media relations world and came up with some ideas that might help – one that might even be a tad controversial: Seasonal Opportunities: Whatever you might be doing that is seasonal or timely will have a greater chance of getting press coverage. The face can be an animal or a place too.

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Can Public Art Increase Civic Participation?

Connection Cafe

In Philadelphia, many polling places are difficult to find, hidden deep in the recesses of schools, churches, and community centers. The required paper signage identifying polling places must only be posted by the entrance of each location, which means they are often located on side streets out-of-view for anyone on the sidewalks.

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Losing Mobile Users? Easy Mobile-Website Builder Can Help You: New TechSoup Program

Tech Soup

Forms, Polls : Use forms and polls to collect information and gauge interest in new programs or issues. You can opt to let visitors dial in and leave voice feedback for your tour or exhibit. Multimedia, Maps, Social : Upload and share multimedia content like video, audio, text, and images on your mobile website.

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