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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

Fast Company Tech

New volunteers get trained in Lexington, Ky., Bickel As gerontologists social scientists who study aging populations we envision a future in which older people leave a doctors visit with a prescription to go volunteer for something. Volunteering is tied to having fewer symptoms of depression and being more satisfied with your life.

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Nonprofit Volunteer Management: Three Tips to Increase and Maintain Engagement

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Volunteers are a lifeline for many nonprofits. million volunteers are currently needed to support nonprofits (VolunteerMatch). And the current estimated national value of each volunteer hour is $29.95 (Independent Sector). Let’s do the math and make a conservative estimate. The keyword is Volunteer Management.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Nature Conservancy

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Organization: The Nature Conservancy. My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. On Facebook, we’ve had some great success with Facebook Causes generating donations and our Facebook Fan Page driving traffic to our stories on nature.org. Organization Size: +1 million members, +3800 staff. Name: Amy Ganderson.

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HOW TO: Use Twitter Lists to Promote Nonprofits and Causes You Care About

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Twitter’s new Lists are a great way to organize your followers, and with a little intention and a dose of good will, Twitter Lists can also be used to promote your favorite nonprofits and the causes you care about. 4) Create Causes Lists. Wildlife Conservation. Global Warming. Breast Cancer Research. Human Rights.

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How you can help save declining butterflies

Fast Company Tech

Because humans are fond of butterflies, its easy to get volunteers to participate in surveys to count them. Whats causing butterflies to decline? This gives me a bit of hope when it comes to butterfly conservation. Photo: Chris Light , CC BY-SA] Supporting policies that benefit conservation can also help.

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10 Random, but Interesting Stats About Online Donors Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The report is groundbreaking in that it is the only annual research project dedicated to studying how and why donors worldwide give to their favorite causes and charitable organizations. If you have not yet participated in the 2017 Global Trends in Giving Survey , then please volunteer 3-4 minutes of your time and take the survey!

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The other side of the figures: Causes reaches $20 Million in Donations

Amy Sample Ward

Earlier this week, an announcement on the Causes Application blog broke the news that over $20 Million has been donated since May 2007 via donors using the social networking application. 35,000 causes have received at least one donation. 35,000 causes have received at least one donation. 25 median donation amount.

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