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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Famous on MySpace and to teens across the world, outside of MySpace they are hardly known. As far as ads and Spam, that just a part of MySpace and the price to pay for having a social networking site with very little rules or censorship. If your organization is trying to reach teens, absolutely! Same with labor organizations.

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Grow Your Annual Fund with Targeted Appeals (It Works for Us!)

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For example, the internal theme of our summer appeal was “How ASM Prepares Teens for Life After High School.” Over three weeks, we highlighted our college readiness program, then our career exploration program, and finally wrapped the appeal with an email about how our summer programs prepare teens for life’s next steps.

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4 Signs Your Nonprofit Should Quit a Social Network

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The groups had become a burden to manage and now with only one group remaining, I can commit myself to being a better group manager ( translation: deleting spam and spammers faster). Unlike many teens, tweens, and Milllennials, I did not enjoy using Tumblr. 4 Signs Your Nonprofit Should. Pew Social Media Research.

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The surprising security pitfalls of read receipts

Recode by Vox

Parents texting teens, a boss texting an employee, a husband texting a spouse I can see how theres value in just knowing a message was seen and it doesnt create any awkwardness. If youve ever received a spam text and opened it, for instance, the bad actor on the other end of the exchange knows that youre a person. It gets worse.

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Are Online Vote-for-Me Contests A Good Idea?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Our largest “good idea” to date will be a fully accredited residential high school for homeless teens in San Francisco, which we will look to replicate in other cities across the country. AGI is a vehicle for positive social change ideas that connect people in need with people who want to help.

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This climate activist says he was silenced on Twitter

The Verge

Activists were caught in a spam filter. “I Twitter says that at least two of the suspended accounts belonging to environmental activists were caught in a spam filter and have since been reinstated. Another Ugandan activist with Fridays for Future who fights deforestation, Leah Namugerwa, had her account frozen in September, too.

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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 . Avoid the numbers 100 percent or #1 because they may trigger spam filters. 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. You can also use a deadline to create urgency.

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