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7 Strategies Your Nonprofit Should Implement to Engage Volunteers

TechImpact

Habitat for Humanity of Charlotte County uses VolunteerConnect to track volunteer hours. When volunteers donate 1,000 hours to Habitat Charlotte, a celebration is in order. In fact, 56% of supporters wanted to do more after reading a story on social media (Waggener Edstrom). Create leadership opportunities. Get social.

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Social Media in Crisis Communication: A Lesson Learned by Charlotte Meckelnburg Library

NTEN

Jenifer R Daniels, Communications & Marketing Specialist, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. Unfortunately, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library’s budget woes were defined by all three. During the budget crisis, the library was in the media daily; but as we know, the media shapes stories based on talking points and sound bites.

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Kids and Kickstarter: The Rise of PhilanthroKids and Kid Crowdfunding!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Charlotte, A Young Teen, Helping To Save Horse Farm Through A Kick Starter Campaign. The story is about how Diane has run into trouble with the local planning board is described here on her GoFundMe page and has incurred legal fees. Crowdfunding in general has raised more than 5.1 A Crowdfunding Campaign To Save A Horse Farm.

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Apple is launching its own daily news podcast to compete with The Daily and others

The Verge

The company announced the show today along with other news about audio stories coming to Apple News and curated local Apple News collections, as well as the release of iOS 13.6. Additionally, Apple will release 20 audio stories a week through Apple News Plus. Apple is launching its own daily podcast.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. The world is better when nonprofits can better tell their story. Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin: How to Tell Your Nonprofit Story with Spark.

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Farmstead, a grocery startup with a focus on software, raises $7.9M

TechCrunch

There have been fewer success stories around the Farmstead approach, where a company sells groceries from its own warehouse (and in Farmstead’s case, employs its own warehouse staff and drivers). Next up: Geographic expansion, starting in North Carolina, with Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham (where Farmstead just opened its wait list ).

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Empowering Faith-Based Organizations With Innovative Donor Management

Bloomerang

Adapting to technology for better engagement Rabbi Shlomo Cohen, Director of Operations at Chabad of Charlotte, highlights another challenge: engaging with a community using technology everyone can use. “We Each of these stories from different faith communities highlights how Bloomerang caters to the unique needs of faith-based organizations.

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