Japan Catastrophe Tops Twitter Topics in Popularity
A effort to encourage donors to text donations to the American Red Cross is among the topics getting most attention on Twitter.
By Derek Lieu
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Girls Are More Likely to Support Charities Using Social Media
Teenage girls are more likely than boys to follow and interact with charities by using social networks, according to a new study.
By Derek Lieu
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Young nonprofit blog writers use their online influence to spread new ideas.
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Medical Van Brings an Added Dimension to an Education Effort
An effort to improve public schools in one of Washington’s most impoverished neighborhoods gets a boost from a mobile health program.
By Derek Lieu
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Haiti Earthquake Fund Raising, One Year Later
Find out what charities plan to do with the donations they have left to help the country recover from the devastating earthquake.
By Derek Lieu
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How Birthday Celebrations Can Spur Donations
New Web efforts encourage people to forgo buying birthday drinks and instead give the money to charity.
By Derek Lieu
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Tweetsgiving and the Evolution of Twitter
A charity’s effort to retool its appeal caused a big drop in gifts, so now it will rethink another way to spur holiday-time donations.
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How Charities Should Pursue Innovation
Seth Godin, the author and marketing expert, says charities need to be less businesslike in their approach to change.
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Advice From a Charity Founder: How to Start a Nonprofit
Melissa Kushner, founder of Goods for Good, explains how she started her organization and offers advice to other would-be nonprofit founders.
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For Scott Belsky,the difference between a brilliant idea and a successful idea is a matter of execution. Mr. Belsky -- author of Making Ideas Happen and founder of Behance, a company that develops products and services for creative industries -- says successful entrepreneurs are able to turn their…
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