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Yesterday, I had the huge honor and pleasure to present the keynote at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits ‘ NPTech Conference, eStrategy in an iWorld. The Evolution of NPTech: Where we came from, and [maybe] where we’re going. The Evolution of NPTech. If you have other questions, or other ideas, please share them!
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The NpTechTag Summary went on hiatus to give some space to. I'm moving beyond monitoring the NpTechtagged items and meta feeds to incorporate nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, friend feeds, and USG. Don't forget to sign up the feeds on the agreed tag. Photo by SpacePotato. Johannes).
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Oh, and did I mention that once I created my gratitude note I got a personal video thank you on Twitter ! Tags: Social Media #nptech Epic Change Epic Thanks EpicChange EpicThanks Non-Profit nonprofit social media Tweetsgiving. Let’s do this! Tweetsgiving 2010 – #EpicThanks.
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Clean1982 The NpTechTag Summary is a weekly compilation of resources tagged with "nptech" by those who follow all things nonprofits and social media. Michael Stein (West Coast) points to how to use a video as a thank you for donations The NpTechTag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.
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