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How Nonprofits Can Effectively Promote their Online Shop on Instagram and Facebook

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Talia Walsh , Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at Heal the Bay – an environmental nonprofit that protects the coastal waters and watersheds of Greater Los Angeles, California. This holiday season, o ne-quarter of consumers plan to shop specifically at a local or small business. .

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Our official launch of text communication will be done at a Los Angeles Kings hockey game on November 27 th. Our official launch of text-to-donate will be January 3, 2011 at another Los Angeles Kings hockey game. We just launched mobile texting and text-to-donate this month (November). Anything else?

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6 Strategies to Involve Young People in Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

So, connect with local high schools, colleges, universities, and clubs. An example of this is NKLA, an animal rescue in Los Angeles. This is important to younger generations and probably everyone else your org interacts with.

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Community is even better when it's face-to-face: Check out your local NTEN 501 Tech Club!

NTEN

These are informal local groups of those working in the nonprofit sector that meet on a regular basis to network and connect with colleagues, share information, and develop a local professional support network. Tech Clubs are driven by local leaders who step up to organize and plan group events with the support of NTEN.

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Tech Local: New 501 Tech Clubs

NTEN

NTEN's local meet up groups have been popping up all across the US over the last few months. While each group has its own local flavor, most meet monthly to discuss nonprofit technology topics, learn from peers, and connect with the local nptech community. Los Angeles : Our LA Tech Club had their relaunch meeting last week.

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The Top 54 Auctioneers for Nonprofit Fundraising Events

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Chuck meets face to face with each local client, develops a strategy of not only how to meet each organizations’ goal, but beat it. He also did stints in other markets including Los Angeles, Sacramento and Albuquerque. His passion for helping others led George to take an early retirement at Fox 5 News in Atlanta.

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#4Change Chat Wrap-Up: Community Building

Amy Sample Ward

What’s the point in using “global” tools (social media) for local organizing? From @amoration: I find we’re always both global & local, so many of us travel frequently that virtual organizing tools are essential even for “local&# endeavors. Social media used to engage local supporters to act globally.

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