Nonprofit Technology 2007

Nonprofit technology: Trends

Nonprofits using new media to engage
Amnesty International Norway places posters in subways and alongside streets to enlist mobile-phone users to subscribe to text-messages calling on them to take action or make donations.

Nonprofit technology: Viral fundraising

The spread of viral fundraising
In 2004, nine-year old Austin Gutwein of Mesa, Ariz., raised almost $3,000 by shooting 2,057 free-throws, one for each child orphaned by HIV/AIDS during a typical school day.

Nonprofit technology: Mobilizing constituents

Online mobilization magnifies voice
On the surface, Philadelphia Forward's reform campaign may have appeared too ambitious.

Capitalizing on the human network
Question: What are a few ways for small nonprofits to take advantage of social media and social networking?

Harness the social web before it harnesses you
Change is afoot in the nonprofit sector. Check out change.org, Network for Good's SixDegrees.org and Tech Soup, and you'll see how the new tools are connecting users to powerful applications and, perhaps more importantly, to one another.

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• Reddit
• Newsvine
• Facebook
• Google
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