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Watch How These Fish Geeks Use Facebook for Science

Oregon State University ichthyologist Brian Sidlauskas and his fellow science peers (who are also his Facebook friends) documented more than 5,000 fish in under 24 hours using Facebook. Before you read any further, watch the following video that describes how they used photo tagging to achieve this impossible task. How are you using Facebook to

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What Does Community, Network and Crowd Really Mean Anyhow?

Why is it important to know the difference between your nonprofits community, network, and crowd? These are terms that we seem to throw around frequently but haven’t yet clearly defined. I recently had the opportunity to hangout with Amy Sample Ward and Allyson Kapin who wrote Social Change Anytime Everywhere to define and discuss community,

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7 Ways To Use Print Ads To Increase Online Activity

Let’s imagine the following scenario. A local cause has, for years, run a quarter page black-and-white ad in a bunch of local publications. It’s been a fixture of the organization’s marketing, and everyone feels like it has probably done okay performance-wise. It’s in the right context at least, and the organization still gets local support.

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Weekly Social Media Checklist for Twive and Beyond

  As we gear up for Twive and Receive next week, nonprofits have been asking me for “recipes” on how to build up excitement and engage their community to take action—donating and spreading the word—next Thursday. Here are a few tips on how to start talking to your online community, and building momentum for the

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Allyson Kapin (@womenwhotech) Talks Community Building

Having an engaged community is critical for a successful online fundraising effort. Ever wonder where to start? In the above video RAD Campaign Co-founder and Editor of the top ranked nonprofit blog FrogLoop Allyson Kapin (@womenwhotech on Twitter) discusses how to build a community with the Mightycause team. By the way, Allyson’s team redesigned our

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Off to School for the First Time

Education empowers, broadens horizons and turns children into productive adults contributing to society. It is because of this that the mission of House of Blue Hope is to transform the lives of at risk youth through education. Providing educational opportunities to children in dire need of them is by far the single most powerful thing that can be done in Tanzania, a country full of disadvantaged and homeless children.

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