Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

To get in, he had to scan a QR code which pre-loaded a text onto his phone. Accessing a Throne requires a unique user ID, usually a cell phone number. For those without access to a phone, Throne also distributes key cards through local service providers. based portable toilet startup Throne. What do I text, I need to pee?

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

A new survey and report from the Made of Millions Foundation, a nonprofit mental health advocacy organization, found that only a small fraction of Gen Z youth relies solely on the internet to interpret their symptoms and make their own conclusions about a diagnosis or disorder.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Customized for small nonprofits on a limited budget, the Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits webinar highlights current trends in using social media for fundraising, advocacy, and storytelling. Launching a formal employee advocacy program for social media is an emerging trend in the nonprofit sector.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 3, 2020

Nonprofit advocacy campaigns are becoming increasingly popular to help advance the mission of organizations. However, many organizations are under the impression that they must divide their attention between their advocacy campaigns and their fundraising efforts. In this case, many decide to ignore advocacy altogether. .

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NetWits

MARCH 3, 2011

For a sector often looking for creative ways to communicate our message, QR codes are a great tool for things like advocacy and scavenger hunts. The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is a national organization creating hope in a comprehensive way through research, patient support, community outreach, and advocacy for a cure.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious. Launched the advocacy Twitter handle in January 2010 (@Advocate4PanCAN) and it is growing steadily.

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The Verge

APRIL 9, 2022

Fresh off big wins with Google, Samsung and Valve, iFixit says more parts deals are nigh When I called up iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens, I figured he’d be celebrating — after years of fighting for right-to-repair, big name companies like Google and Samsung have suddenly agreed to provide spare parts for their phones. So did Valve. Image: iFixit.

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2012

With smart phone penetration in the US crossing 40%, QR code readers will soon be everywhere. Engagement, advocacy, fundraising – these are all areas where QR codes will help you tap into the mobile market. Clever use of mobile technology might be just what your next campaign needs. Tons of People Can Get a QR Code Reader.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 22, 2020

Plus, think of the trees you can save as members begin switching to reading agendas and reviewing minutes on their tablets and phones! These last two take staff time and financial resources that could be better spent providing services to clients. 4) Collaborate Outside of Scheduled Meetings. FULL BIO ].

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Candid

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Prioritize returning supporters, larger gifts, and local donors for phone calls and handwritten notes. Ask reactive donors to join your advocacy network, share across their network, or volunteer. As you segment your donors, weave in individualized outreach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Don’t Bring Your Phone in the Shower – guest post by Carrie Avery. So the CEO of a medical clinic trades ideas about technology with the head of a children’s advocacy organization, and the environmental leader gets to know the inner-city organizer.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

Social Media: A Bubble About to Burst – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – "Are your nonprofit staffers addicted to social media? The only question: Is it a mere glitch or a natural extension of Apple’s policy that is generally indifferent to nonprofits and philanthropy?

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2021

A consumer advocacy group in Europe has filed the latest lawsuit against Apple saying the company intentionally throttled older iPhones in Italy. Euroconsumers, an umbrella advocacy organization in the EU that includes Italy’s Altroconsumo, says the €60 compensation is the average amount consumers paid to replace their devices’ batteries.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Thanks to the leadership and quick acting of Beth Kanter and Sue Anne Reed, there’s now a petition is up on Care2 focused on the fact that Apple’s iPhone app policy does not allow nonprofits to gather donations via the mobile phone platform.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 18, 2025

Whether the goal is donations, advocacy, or volunteer engagement, well-designed nonprofit marketing and communications can inspire action. A well-crafted mission- and impact-driven narrative helps people form an emotional connection with your organizationand that connection leads to donations, volunteering, advocacy, and engagement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

It is illegal to buy, sell, or trade mobile phone numbers, unlike e-mail and snail mail addresses. If Twitterers are willing to open a new browser and manually type in URLs, then they are just as likely to pick up their phone and send a text to subscribe. As a result, it takes time to build a list, so the sooner you start, the better.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The Justice Department has a long history of anti-encryption advocacy. Crucially, the seven countries would not only seek to acces encrypted data in transit — such as the end-to-end encryption used by WhatsApp — but also locally stored data like the contents of a phone.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Thankfully for members of #OWS, there are various tools to livestream events, just from your mobile phone. The most successful fundraising campaigns, advocacy efforts, and even personal experiences center on one person, one animal, one story, especially when trying to support a huge, faceless issue. Personalize It.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

TIP 10: Consider creating activities that engage people’s passions : Cool memes or videos they’ll want to share with their networks; surveys; online quizzes; petitions and advocacy initiatives; conference calls; networking events, volunteer activities and more. Leverage your influencers to boost trust.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

We so often focus on learning from innovative online campaigns that we miss out on opportunities to integrate offline cause communities and grassroots advocacy. Building buzz and press for an advocacy action. The road trippers also made stops for advocacy events in Boston and New York before concluding in Washington DC.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

If your nonprofit engages in advocacy, it’s worth experimenting with. It’s also worth noting that they have an excellent mobile website which enables nonprofits to make their online advocacy campaigns mobile. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Based on feedback from customers, advocacy groups, researchers and others, we have decided to take additional time over the coming months to collect input and make improvements before releasing these critically important child safety features.”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Social Media is definitely going mobile, and I have listed below three mobile strategies that your nonprofit can start experimenting with and considering for 2010: 1) Text-messaging for advocacy and fundraising: Services like Mobile Commmons and mGive offer mass text-messaging and Text-to-Give services for nonprofits.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Advocacy and volunteering emails As you well know, donating isnt the only way your audience members can show their support for your mission. Advocacy and volunteering email example: Help for Heroes call for volunteers Help for Heroes also created a useful example of a volunteer request email. Will you help us fight these obstacles?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

based nonprofits and nonprofit staff that regularly participate in e-advocacy should monitor what issues/petitions are most important to U.S. If your nonprofit does awareness tours, hosts events in multiple cities, or is active around your hometown, Tripline can help staff share their location-based activism and advocacy online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2011

My colleagues at The Monitor Institute just published a study called “ Disruption: Evolving Models of Engagement and Support ,&# a national study of member-based advocacy organizations. Nothing is settled about how even the most relevant and impactful advocacy organizations engage constituencies or attracts resources.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

CharityRadio is a live weekly radio program that you listen to over your mobile phone. Listeners opt-in to receive a phone call at show time and no dial-in is required. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. CharityRadio :: charityradioshow.com.

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Care2

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Advocacy - People taking action both online and offline. Are they lobbying their local and national representatives for you by writing letters, making phone calls, meeting with their Reps, etc? Are you advocacy goals being met? Volunteers - Is your nonprofit generating volunteers?

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Use CTAs to encourage supporters to take actions that align with your goals, such as donating, volunteering, or joining your grassroots advocacy campaign. The form on this page should only ask for necessary information like names, addresses, shift preferences, skills, and phone numbers. Strategically craft your CTA language.

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The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

The ruling concerns the 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which prohibited “almost all robocalls to phones.” “But they are largely united in their disdain for robocalls.”. A 2015 amendment to the TCPA grants an exception to robocalls made solely to collect debt on behalf of the US government.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 24, 2011

" Azavea – Augmented Reality for Cultural Institutions – Augmented Reality by PhillyHistory.org – What do you do with 93,000+ historical photographs and the power of Augmented Reality on smart phones? So, how can social media play a positive role in crisis? Here are five social media must-haves in crisis."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. A mobile app that allows you easily conduct mobile searches by simply speaking into your phone using their new “Speak Now” technology. You can either manage your group online or on your mobile phone.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

animal welfare act, animal rights, animal advocacy, AETA, ALF, cage-free, cruelty-free, declawing, etc.), After a potential candidate replies to email or InMail, arrange a phone call. Come up with lists of keywords that you could plug in, and a list of keyword combinations that yield a good pool of candidates. SPCA, Paws For Life, etc.)

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2014

The FCC recently announced that it would consider new rules governing the Internet, including the opportunity for phone and cable Iternet Service Providers (ISPs) to create two levels of access, or a "fast lane" for those paying a higher price. Advocacy Communications fcc internet issues law net neutrality open web'

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Whole Whale

MARCH 28, 2025

What it looks like: Priority actions taken (downloads, registrations, pledges, petition signatures, purchases, phone calls, etc.) ENGAGED: Moving to Meaningful Action This is where impact starts to happen. You’re not just educatingyoure mobilizing. This stage is about deepening relationships and driving sustained impact.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

E-books, therefore, make access to information an affordable reality, as more and more people, including students, have a device in their pocket capable of operating as an accessible e-reader: from inexpensive mobile phones and MP3 players to Braille note-takers that can store thousands of e-books in digital Braille.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2013

Millennials are often the target demographic for many nonprofits, as they are known to be the most technologically-savvy with high adoption rates of smart phones, their value of entrepreneurship, and the belief that they can make a local difference, according to the Telefonica Survey.

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