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Book: Welcome to the Fifth Estate

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It also takes analyzing competitors and perhaps in the nonprofit sector, understanding the ecosystem or network of organizations working on similar issues. In short, listening is market research. Service — Serve your Internet community with great data, content and applications. These include: Conversation Starters.

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#NPTechChat: The CSR, Tech, and Civil Society Partnership

Tech Soup

As the Internet has exploded and software has become more affordable over the last two decades, greater access to technology, hardware, software, and the web has grown in importance. Other CSR teams promote programs to address a huge range of social issues. Other CSR teams promote programs to address a huge range of social issues.

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up and I hope you’ll dive into the conversation with me! The debate around social media and the Internet in general as a leveling force is still heated from all sides. Tags: community issues causes data facebook future myspace openweb ssir.

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up and I hope you’ll dive into the conversation with me! The debate around social media and the Internet in general as a leveling force is still heated from all sides. Tags: community issues causes data facebook future myspace openweb ssir.

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Customer Feedback in the Non-Profit Sector: Listening to Low-Income Consumers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note From Beth: With the rise of mobile adoption and the primary use to access the Internet and social platforms, it is reaching across consumer segments of all income levels. We know that when low-income families can access other people’s consumer feedback it is both extremely useful and a source of empowerment.

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Microsoft’s Networked Approach To Accelerating Social Change Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But as Daniel Ben-Horin said, “Our theory of change states that software products are necessary, but not sufficient for empowerment of social change organizations. When the earthquake struck earlier this year, their partner, quickly put together a mobile telecentre equipped with servers, Internet, and software.

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Nonprofit Technology News: Help for Charities to Develop Mobile Giving Capacity

Tech Soup

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. In the midst of a pivotal moment in patient engagement and empowerment, our microphone has been turned off. Bing’s New "Conversational" Search.

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