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This Nonprofit Could Help Fight Terrorism, but Critics Are Torn

Associations Now

“If we seize this opportunity and have partners across the social media spectrum willing to fight the extremist threat by deploying this technology, extremists will find internet and social media platforms far less available for their recruiting, fundraising, propagandizing, and calls to violence,” Farid said in a news release. “It

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Halloween Offers Associations Creative Growth Opportunities

SCD Group

One way to celebrate Halloween and recruit younger members may be to combine it with a cause marketing effort and/or fund-raising for a local or national cause. (By So, what might your association (and/or nonprofit organization) do for Halloween 2013? Halloween Town is the largest family (19,000 participants) Halloween event in Boston.

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Say Cheese: Instagram at Meetings

Associations Now

Take some advice from the Association of Donor Recruitment Professionals. At its 2013 ADRP Conference, it simply asked attendees to upload photos taken on their smartphones to Instagram using #adrp2013. The results: Over the course of three days, nearly 600 photos were shared. ADRP could potentially use them to market future meetings.

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