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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Organization: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Facebook has been a highly effective tool and is the strongest in communicating the message of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, but also allows people to connect and offer support to each other. Organization Size: Medium. Name: Allison Nassour. Title: Social Media Manager.

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Remento, a storytelling app for preserving family stories, raises $3M and debuts its iOS app

TechCrunch

The Los Angeles-based company is also launching its iOS app today after beta testing it for a year. Remento was founded in 2020 by Charlie Greene, who came up with the idea for the company after filming a series of interviews with his mother shortly after she was diagnosed with cancer.

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Recycling robotics firm Glacier emerges from stealth with $4.5M

TechCrunch

More recently, it launched its first commercial system at a facility in Los Angeles. “Our team has developed and deployed self-driving excavators and forklifts, extraterrestrial mining robots, humanoid disaster response robots and AI models to detect prostate cancer. Founded in 2019, Glacier has run a number of pilots.

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Using Data to Improve Health Policies and Outcomes

Forum One

The data you display, the types of visualizations you show, and the complexity of the visualizations you’re working with will vary greatly depending on what your goal is—whether it’s to improve health outcomes for low-income citizens, increase cancer screening, or educate policymakers.

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222 wants to match perfect strangers for bespoke, real-life experiences

TechCrunch

. “[I’m alarmed] by the tech industry’s lack of focus on building social products that are truly social rather than purely built to capture attention and exploit our desire for external validation,” Keyan Kazemian told TechCrunch in an interview. “We’re building a product to swing the pendulum in the other direction.”

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Nonprofit Organizational Culture Eats Big Data for Lunch

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I was thrilled to be interviewed by Steve along with many other nonprofit data nerds, for his new book, Data Driven Nonprofits. He was kind enough to send me an advanced copy and it is definitely a must read. Along the way, I interviewed more than 20 nonprofit experts from a wide variety of organizations.

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Debbie Laskey's Expert Insights On Marketing and Leadership

Eric Jacobsen Blog

She’s created and implemented successful marketing and branding initiatives for nonprofits including the Foundation for the Junior Blind, Exceptional Children’s Foundation, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles, and Brides for Good; and in the B2B financial sector for an insurance company and CPA firm. My worst supervisor.