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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

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Organization: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. 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. Organization Size: Medium. Name: Allison Nassour. Website: pancan.org.

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6 Practical Tips for Promoting Your #GivingTuesday Campaign on Social Media

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Other hashtags related to childhood cancer include #findacure, #gogold, #morethan4, #littleheros, etc. I for one did not know before writing this post that the childhood cancer community knows the National Cancer Institute only gives less than 4% to research and to cure all types of childhood cancer.

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50 Nonprofits Every U.S. Politican Should Follow on Twitter

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They are active in our communities, in our schools, and have valuable knowledge and experience that our nation’s elected officials could learn from and be inspired by, and yet very few U.S. American Cancer Society :: @ AmericanCancer. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People :: @ NAACP.

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Scanning for Good: How One Nonprofit Used QR Codes to Raise Awareness

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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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22 Online Gift Stores That Benefit Nonprofits

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The National Retail Federation predicts that holiday sales this year will increase 4.1 The profits from the BeadforLife Store go into training and community programs in Uganda and education in North America. National Geographic Store. National Public Radio(NPR) Shop. National Wildlife Federation Online Store.

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10 Blogging Best Practices for Nonprofits

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For example, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network makes wise use of their sidebar by prominently featuring a call-to-follow on social networks and an e-newsletter opt-in. For example, the National Parks Conservation Association recently blogged about a rollback of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and included a prominent CTA.

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2014 Cause Awareness Days

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Social network communities are highly responsive to giving and promoting your nonprofit’s cause on cause awareness days and provided your nonprofit prepares at least one month in advance, cause awareness days provide ample opportunity to create visual and text-based content that inspires engagement and interaction on your social networks.

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