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Tech Tools Working Together: How Text-To-Donate Paves the Way for Text Message Communication

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Spamming is illegal, and often goes straight to a junk mail folder. In contrast, text message spam is almost always viewed, making it more annoying to donors. Once an organization decides to communicate via text, the next logical step is to build a list of cell phone numbers—not an easy feat without permission.

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10 Blogging Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

With social media, comments are increasingly rarely on blogs and there’s a good chance that the comments you do get are spam or argumentative for the sake of being argumentative. Also interesting about today’s nonprofit blogging is that many nonprofits have turned off commenting. Embed calls-to-action within your blog content.

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The future of recruiting in the technology industry

The Next Web

Sure, there’s a bunch of companies that help you filter applicants, manage the “jobs” section of your website, do video interviews or code tests. These days, many postings are attracting almost no qualified applicants at all and some companies are resorting to giving away iPods to developers who agree to just come in for an interview.

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First ever YouTube video edited by co-founder to predict ‘decline’ of the platform

The Verge

But many YouTuber users and creators have criticized the decision, arguing that dislike counts give the community a way to express its preferences as well as quickly identify misleading and spam videos promoted by YouTube’s own algorithm. The video reminded me of an interview Admiral Jeremiah Denton gave in 1966.

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QuickVid uses AI to generate short-form videos, complete with voiceovers

TechCrunch

. “By providing creators with tools to quickly and easily produce quality content, QuickVid helps creators increase their content output, reducing the risk of burnout,” Habib told TechCrunch in an email interview. Moderation and spam. QuickVid is already testing Stable Diffusion for generating avatar pics.

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Congrats Mark Horvath & Invisible People TV for Pepsi SXSW Challenge Win

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

During SXSW, Mark was doing interviews in the Beacon Nonprofit Lounge. I was honored that he asked me for an interview and even more honored that Debra Askanase was on the room to live blog the answers. He has built a supportive network of people who help him fuel his cause. but there's one hour left and I have 13,000 followers.

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Instagram scammers figured out a way to get paid for banning people

The Verge

The process, according to interviews and material reviewed by Motherboard , involves using a verified account to impersonate a target (their name, photo, bio), and then reporting the target as an impersonator to get them banned.

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