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Ensuring Your Content is Mobile Friendly

Friday, 11 April 2014
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According to the NTEN, increasingly supporters interact with non-profits from their mobile device, there are three main areas a non-profit should focus on to ensure that their content is mobile friendly. Read more...
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Virtual Donations on the Rise

Friday, 04 April 2014
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According to the Star Tribune, more charities are accepting crytocurrency. Also known as virtual currency, cryptocurrency comes in the form of BitCoines or DogeCoins and are downloaded from a virtual wallet. SpareKey of Minneapolis is one of the first charities to accept virtual currency donations.   Read more...
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Crowdfunding Platform Becomes a Non-profit

Friday, 04 April 2014
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Medifund, a crowdfunding platform to help medical students, has relaunched as a non-profit, reports TechCrunch. The mission of Medifund is help med students get funding for their schooling, so that there are more doctors available in countries that have a critical shortage of doctors. Read more...
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Software Company Donates to Florida College

Friday, 04 April 2014
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According to Florida Today, the Florida Institute of Technology has received a $24 million dollar donation from Massachusetts based PTC Software. The donation will be used to improve FIT’s manufacturing technology program.   Read more...
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Technology Helps Non-profits Define Impact

Friday, 28 March 2014
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According to BetaNews, thanks to technology non-profits are able to show constituents the impact of their donation. CharityNavigator estimates that 75 percent of all charities use some type of measuring tool. Read more...
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Google Leader Gives to Non-profits

Friday, 28 March 2014
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Despite saying he preferred to give his money to up and coming business, Google CEO Larry Page did make charitable contributions, reports the Chronicle of Philanthopy. In Febraury, he gave over $177 million worth of stock to non-profit organizations. Read more...
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Know Your Audience Before Deciding on Website Design

Friday, 28 March 2014
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According to WiredImpact, how well you know your audience dictates the success of your website. If you know your audience you will understand what content they want to see on your site. Read more...
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New Giving Platform Wants to Increase Donation Effectiveness

Friday, 21 March 2014
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Givelocity, a charity crowdfunding start-up, wants to increase the effectiveness of crowdfunding, reports UpStart. Givelocity lets users join communities. Each community is formed around a specific cause, and each month the members vote for how the funds are distributed. Read more...
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Facebook Remains Most Popular Non-profit Social Media Choice

Friday, 21 March 2014
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A new survey by Virtual, Inc., an association management company, shows that Facebook remains the main social media choice for non-profits. 82 percent of those surveyed indicate they use Facebook for their organizations social media. Twitter is the next most popular social media choice with 54 percent of respondents indicating they used it. Read more...
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Techies Seek Meaning in Non-profit Sector

Friday, 21 March 2014
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According to SF Gate, a new trend is developing in the tech world as young tech entrepreneurs leave their tech sector start-ups for non-profit organizations. They are trading high level high profit jobs for a job with more meaning. Read more...
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