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“A Frenzy of Giving”: #GivingTuesday Donations Approach $50 Million

Associations Now

That estimate, based on a survey of five companies that process online donations—Blackbaud, DonorPerfect, Network for Good, Razoo, and Click & Pledge—does not include figures from PayPal, which processed close to $4 million in #GivingTuesday donations in 2013. Other findings from the Times ’ research: Blackbaud processed $26.1

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Crowdfunding To Help Decide Next Big Thing in Heart Health

Associations Now

That’s what the New York City affiliate of the American Heart Association aims to do in its first-ever Open Innovation Challenge , a program that is part of the AHA’s Health Science Innovation and Investment Forum. That selection process is rather innovative in and of itself. The key to crowdfunding success?

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Join Me at SXSW, 14NTC, and Other March Conferences

Beth Kanter

There are many nonprofit, social media, and technology conferences all year long. What Social Media Analytics Can’t Tell You I’m thrilled to be on a panel organized by Alexandra Samuel, Vision Critical , along with Jeremiah Owyang and Colby Flint. Photo by George Galanais. SXSW: March 7, 2014.

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Page One: 9 Ways CMA’s SEO Strategy Builds Brands

CMA Solutions

SEO is a process in which a website engages digital elements on and off page to increase search engine results pages (SERPs) for targeted keywords that are associated with a specific brand. This can be through external backlinks, social media and business directory listings. But first, let’s get the basics out of the way.

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How Much Code Should You Know?

Associations Now

President Obama, for one, is firmly in the learn-to-code camp: And so is former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who famously claimed in 2012 that he was learning to code as part of a New Year’s resolution. My New Year's resolution is to learn to code with Codecademy in 2012!

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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

Beth Kanter

First, no trains, buses, or planes moved to or from New York City. For weeks after the storm, the same network that helped rescue my parents has remained active on text, email, and social media. After two days I was driven to distraction with worry about their ability to deal with the cold.

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#GivingTuesday’s Growing Reputation Leads to Surge in Donations

Associations Now

The noncommercial alternative to Black Friday involved a much larger number of charitable nonprofits this year, and the results suggest that the social-media-driven event might point to the future of donation drives. Other donation processing companies, including DonorPerfect and Network for Good, reported similarly positive results.