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Happy National Volunteer Week - Guest Post by Chris Noble

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Do Something Focused more on teen activism and engagement with causes, their site offers Virtual Volunteer opportunities so you can take action without leaving your couch! Many of these encourage folks to work with kids and teens ( ) and share their life experiences!

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How to Design a Fundraising Landing Page that Makes Giving Easy and Inspires People to Give

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Say THANK YOU in big letters, followed by a sincere note of appreciation that says something like: “Thanks to you, more teens will be able to attend school and plan their careers. More teens will have the support of loving mentors and other teens who share their goals.

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Are Qwerty Monsters the Nonprofit Donors of the Future?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you skip that, your mobile tactics won’t yield much impact or learning. What we witnessed over a year ago with SMS donations to the Haiti disaster is not going to be the norm for nonprofits. Qwerty Monsters are teens, age 13-17, who have gone mad for texting on their mobile phones. Maybe that first step is research.

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Things We Like (February 2010)

NTEN

2010 Haiti earthquake mobile fundraising: $30+ million. Pew Internet, in their report on " Social Media and Young Adults ", reveals that the number of teen bloggers has plummeted since 2006. A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. Read more posts on our blog. 2009 total mobile fundraising: $4 million.

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Text-to-Give TweetChat Recap

Tech Soup

To begin with, the aforementioned high open rate applies to donor bases that might be otherwise hard to reach, such as teens and seniors. TechSoup recently held a tweetchat to discuss how nonprofits can best take advantage of text-to-give campaigns, as well as to answer specific questions related to mobile giving.

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100 Fundraising Email Subject Lines That Will Get Donors to Open Your Email

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Urgent: Teens need your help to start college on time . Want to know the biggest danger in Haiti right now? . Now , right now, and right away are great words that convey urgency without costing you a lot of characters. And don’t under-estimate the obvious: urgent. Breaking: Record number of homeless people need help in Atlanta .

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Cleaning Off My Desk for the New Year

Have Fun - Do Good

Teens as Good Samaritans The November/December issue of Psychology Today has a brief article called, "The Making of a Good Samaritan", about the benefits of community service requirements in schools. It was a huge success and it's now become an international drive , with toys and books going to children's hospitals all over.