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Crash Course in Online Activismrb1gcubnjqt6dbsy9kexilj2zi1aca8uCrash Course in Online Activism">Crash Course in Online Activism85jo51gm7qiouzo36t4wm6yxa1f6fkhdCrash Course in Online Activism

(English → Dansk) View originalTranslators: Are you creating an online campaign with a group of young folks? Are you interested in becoming an activist?7spjrgfnbeu52c09et1cc7ioxg2mpjqm If you have an important story to share online, start here!x9owqi7xcc2vsjbc2whki75ppzemb9ez Watch the video to get the 3 minute e-Advocacy crash course, What is e-Advocacy?f9l4p6theq0b9efhf1v0t6za91jl36q8, produced by Jennifer Dueñas from the [...]

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(English → Dansk) View originalTranslators: Have you been thinking about how to get people to care about the information you are putting online?qsrge5hglve80a1q4cgl2hom2a4iyb3f As you begin the process to engage people in the offline or online world, you have to figure out how your messaging reaches the people you care about by tapping into what [...]

Data: Your Most Important Tech Assetkeiwnbymjoz7v6epvgphosu0c419sfo3Data: Your Most Important Tech Asset">Data: Your Most Important Tech Asseta8jrzxssp8xh4oirl5zr5w3bvm3nqirqData: Your Most Important Tech Asset

(English → Dansk) View originalTranslators: As much as we love tools here at SSC, we find that many nonprofits focus too much on them when thinking about their technology strategy and infrastructure. While tools are an important and necessary piece, it’s important that an organization focus on the more crucial piece of the technological equation: [...]

Matt’s Tools for Putting Together an HTML Email Newsletter">Matt’s Tools for Putting Together an HTML Email Newsletter

(English → Dansk) View originalTranslators: Continuing the email newsletter support that started with Why HTML Email Newsletter Editors Suck, I put together a toolbox on Social Source Commons of tools that I use at Aspiration to create our HTML email newsletters.3it0qnbc7j45y9gyqj3oenm2h3monpdh The Custom Description Text of each tool tells you a little bit about why [...]

How Do You… Find… the People You Love?">How Do You… Find… the People You Love?

(English → Dansk) View originalTranslators: Thanks to everyone who took our survey for the new TechFinder’s rating system last week! So far, people seem to look for a middle ground between an easy and a detailed rating process. More than half of our survey-takers chose the simple 1-5 or 1-100 rating scale, and half of [...]

How Do You Rate the People You Love?lifwkboxgmijhv43c8sgl3pu1l4e2djdHow Do You Rate the People You Love?">How Do You Rate the People You Love?xnwywllojfcvq3dacz5t0nfmmwkv5rdsHow Do You Rate the People You Love?

(English → Dansk) View originalTranslators: Hey, I’m Caroline– I’m working with Aspiration this summer on developing the new Techfinder. In 2010, TechSoup Global and NTEN decided to retire their site TechFinder.org, passing the data on to Aspiration with an invitation to create a next-generation version. For much of the past decade, TechFinder served as a [...]

Why Would Anyone Use That?186akoryu62scvnq09koktcko5vsot1gWhy Would Anyone Use That?">Why Would Anyone Use That?xm2bomrlupwmsqc9jaihormffefb0m7oWhy Would Anyone Use That?

(English → Dansk) View originalTranslators: You’re creating ANOTHER social network?? Photo courtesy of doctabux75hrgb2jmh8kwdstm2y2jxzl9aqbe2z Here at Social Source Commons we see a lot of tools. Many of them are flash-in-the-pan or sputter out fast. What’s the problem? Organizations create tools and websites that no one uses. They tend to think in terms of the features [...]

Ramping up a New Hire with Our Nonprofit Techwl8hk0ttrrksbhwvrzux4yn05buwr3idRamping up a New Hire with Our Nonprofit Tech">Ramping up a New Hire with Our Nonprofit Techv71gi4euo2xlghkscad8xt2gl000du0yRamping up a New Hire with Our Nonprofit Tech

(English → Dansk) View originalTranslators: New Hire = Unicorns & Technological Infrastructure6qtssw8brvgi20p71ld06wvw3wxn4wl0 Aspiration recently had the pleasure of welcoming a new employee, Misty Avila! This is awesome, we love her and everyone is holding hands in the unicorn and rainbow fields. Flash to the next day when Matt has to ramp her up to Aspiration’s [...]

Conversations Across Channels99l0kw3v5b0gg8mlzctxh7kioumxegceConversations Across Channels">Conversations Across Channelslaoae805vovfzaah8wjevdouuihqlhhwConversations Across Channels

(English → Dansk) View originalTranslators: A couple of days ago, on the Aspiration Facebookwy4ce3cd8pn1xga5spuvd7ud3qu2uwkh page, I asked if people thought it was cool and kosher to take screenshots of Facebookwy4ce3cd8pn1xga5spuvd7ud3qu2uwkh comment threads and stick them into blog posts. The replies were varied and I encourage you to take a look at this screenshot of the [...]

2010 #NPDev Summit Recap7qiystt62tsxdd5lkauqxfnf8maejfjh2010 #NPDev Summit Recap">2010 #NPDev Summit Recap4v5hzuvfu1sifhq3ni0tk5ah8lsoomdi2010 #NPDev Summit Recap

(English → Dansk) View originalTranslators: This past Wednesday wrapped up the 2010 Nonprofit Software Development Summit in Oakland, CA and, let me tell you, it was a pretty sweet time. There were a lot of amazing people, projects and energy that came together and truly made it a community event.dkb04aadzaxiqnzz3mx7t5e9m2ctj3bn Some of the Great Orgs [...]

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