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How you can help save declining butterflies

Fast Company Tech

Given everything we know about its biology, it should be doing fine it has a wide range and feeds on a variety of plants. Butterflies are pollinators , picking up pollen on their legs and bodies as they feed on nectar from one flower and carrying it to the next. This gives me a bit of hope when it comes to butterfly conservation.

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Feeding America :: @ FeedingAmerica. National Parks Conservation Association :: @ NPCA. Ocean Conservancy :: @ OurOcean. Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) :: @NationalCASA. Crisis Group :: @ CrisisGroup. DoSomething.org :: @ DoSomething. Education Week :: @ EducationWeek. Human Rights Campaign :: @ HRC.

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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place :: 2011 Edition

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Feeding America Tribute Gifts: With poverty and food insecurity at record levels in the Untied States, it’s practically your patriotic duty to donate to Feeding America! [ Give a Feeding America Tribute Gift ]. Although Concern is based in the U.K., their gift program also accepts U.S.-issued

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Is ocean conservation the next climate tech? 7 investors explain why they’re all in

TechCrunch

Founders and investors have started to look for opportunities to conserve, and even enhance, the ocean’s resources rather than exploit them. In that way, ocean conservation tech mirrors climate tech, which has been growing so fast that some have called it “recession-proof.” That doesn’t mean that investors aren’t bullish, though.

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Facebook Advertising Experiment for Nonprofit Organizations :: The Results

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Purchasing advertising did not increase my fan base or help my Status Updates show up in the News Feed > Top News. Additionally, purchasing adverting did not appear to have any effect on getting my Status Updates to show up more often in the News Feed > Top News. The results are below: 1. That’s the new Facebook.

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How Nonprofits Can Use Instagram for Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For example, Feeding America is a nonprofit with a national network of more than 200 food banks. The Nature Conservancy’s page is big on professional nature photography. How you should manage your content strategy will vary depending on what you’re trying to accomplish. Other orgs take different approaches.

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10 Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Conservation International features all three in their website’s primary navigation bar and footer – both visible on every page of their website. The most recent design of the Nature Conservancy’s website is excellent. Feeding America is an excellent example of a website with well-structured and simple navigation.

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