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TikTok travel influencers are illegally hitching a ride on Mauritania’s Iron Ore Train

Fast Company Tech

Iron ore makes up nearly 50% of the small nations exports. Influencers now share tips for evading security, bribing officials, and sneaking onto the train. Still, that hasnt stopped social media. Some, like Isaac Elam , even sell guides for riding illegally.

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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. Work With Influencers. Influencers are prominent online figures with sizable, dedicated followings. Influencers can lend some legitimacy to your nonprofit or help you connect with a community you haven’t been able to reach.

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A Strategic Guide to Elevate Your Donor Acquisition

NonProfit PRO

It’s about forging meaningful connections with fresh faces, expanding your donor base, and amplifying your influence in the community. Our collective challenge is clear: how do we reverse the national decline in donor acquisition? The answer lies within the pages of this indispensable guide. Download now!

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America’s loss is China’s gain: Beijing is recruiting fired U.S. scientists

Fast Company Tech

federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), following funding reductions by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). workforceraise significant counterintelligence and national security concerns. The recruitment effort has drawn scrutiny from U.S.

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A Meet & Greet with Your Favorite Social Media Archetypes [Infographic]

NetWits

Download the Nonprofit Social Media Influencer Whitepaper for recommendations on how to best connect with, empower, and involve your social media supporters. Understanding your supporters and key influencers can be a challenging task. They influence to some extent, but their sphere of influence is not a dominant part of their persona.

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How Gen Z uses the internet to self diagnose and get help

Mashable Tech

Of the subset of nationally representative participants who had a diagnosis, a mere five percent, or 10 people, said they were self-diagnosed and had no plans to follow up with a clinician. She also advises people to vet the influencers they follow. People may be exposed to misinformation or hear about cures that don't exist.

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Contributions To DAFs, Distributions Both Decline

The NonProfit Times

billion, according to new data from the National Philanthropic Trust in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. The 2024 DAF Report affirms DAFs help stabilize the philanthropic ecosystem when outside influences impact giving patterns,” Holly Welch Stubbing, CEO of National Philanthropic Trust said via a statement. “The during 2023 to $54.77

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