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Book Review: The Imagination Gap

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve known Brian for over ten years and he is a brilliant strategist for executive leaders and global brands – nonprofits, startups, and political organizations. My colleague Brian Reich has just published a new book, The Imagination Gap. He says it is because we’re just more comfortable with the status quo.

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13 Causes I'd Give to If Friday the 13th Was My Lucky Day

Have Fun - Do Good

If Friday the 13th was your lucky day, and you won the lottery, what organizations and causes would you support? In the spirit of the 25 Random Things About Me meme/online chain letter going around Facebook right now, below is a list of 13 causes that are close to my heart. What causes are close to your heart?

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NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Find out what kind of monkey you are for a good cause. Convio or Causes? Nonprofit Social Media ROI and Adoption Issues The meme of the last week continues with a look at specific metrics like engagement. Some more post conference write ups and live blog posts from smArts & Culture and Len Edgerly.

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Has the Ice Bucket Challenge Spawned Charity Jacking?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Charity Jacking is imitating a successful fundraising campaign theme or idea that has become popular and instead of encouraging donations to the original charity, redirecting donations to another cause. Charity Jacking goes one step beyond “Social Media Meme Morphing.”

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[VIDEO] Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities

Bloomerang

So you might want to check in with her if maybe if you fit that cause type. So I got interested in communication topics because of my interest in nature actually, because I like nature a lot, I like environmental causes, I like corals, I like the sea. Culturally specific communication is the second thing. ” Right?

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How Nonprofits Can Leverage Crowdfunding: Best Practices and Data

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The infographic summarizes crowdfunding data points including average gift size and average crowdfunding campaign totals from platforms like Causes, Causevox, FirstGiving, Razoo, and StayClassy. experiment with an idea (meme or concept) that helps best define “giving” in the voice of your constituency. 28% of donors are repeat donors.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

We’ve seen potential for those unsympathetic to the cause to use the technology too – a bit of an arms race created. Andrew Keen (via video), author of Cult of the Amateur: How the Internet is killing our culture. Changes come through people and culture and not through technology. It’s about scale.

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