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NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle.

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

The Empire State Building and London Eye are among a number of landmarks that will be lit up bright pink to mark the occasion. Although we had been trading letters for two years , I met Sopharath face-to-face in 2007 and recorded this interview. Why girls ? Why is this all important? She graduated from college and is married.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

These individuals undertook organizing, fundraising, and advocacy – activities that were once only in the control of nonprofits – outside the “control” of nonprofits. Free Agents still find creative ways to make a difference today. And that’s why I’m supporting Giving Tuesday. What about you?

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JULY 23, 2012

One core belief has driven the Organizational Effectiveness program for nearly 30 years: Organizations are more effective at meeting their goals when they have thoughtful strategy, strong leadership, and sound management. The OE program works with grantees around the world to build their capacity in these areas. Why Now, Why Packard?

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JULY 13, 2011

According to a new study that TCC Group is conducting of the Packard Foundation’s support for nonprofit capacity-building activities, the answer is no. What you think? How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish? The case for fortifying nonprofits’ fundraising capability seems like a no-brainer.

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DECEMBER 9, 2007

Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. I have two favorites: The Sharing Foundation which supports children in Cambodia and Creative Commons.

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MARCH 1, 2012

Pick a campaign and platform to experiment with integrating social fundraising , but build your network and get organized first. Let your stakeholders share their story and passion about your organization – from the heart and humor work. Set realistic expectations and objectives for pilots, focus on learning and engagement.

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JUNE 9, 2010

is a national non-profit dedicated to saving play through engaging communities; creating dialogue; and providing tools, training and resources to build playgrounds across the United States.). is one of the first non-profit organizations to take this approach online. 3. Build your own technical competency.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

In 2007, the popular Free Rice online game used quiz-style vocabulary building game that rewarded correct answers with ten grains per bowl to feed hungry children. I have seen millions of dollars and countless hours wasted by organizations looking for a magic bullet solution to how to thrive in today’s connected society.

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APRIL 19, 2010

One of the projects I developed and implemented for NYFA in the late 1990s was called " KIT: Knowledge in Technology " where nonprofit arts organizations developed a strategic technology plan. It IS about adopting tools that we feel comfortable deploying to our communities and building on, knowing they won’t close or leave without notice.

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APRIL 22, 2009

Back in 2007, when Facebook opened it doors to people older than college students and nonprofits started the early experiments on Facebook Causes, Froggy Loop did an extensive analysis " The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes " using the dollars per donor analysis. It's the relationship building, it's the relationship building. .

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JULY 28, 2009

And that means we must lead our organizations into a new era of communications. The classic mistake of organizations is to apply the very old publishing content and messages approach to the not so new social media. And so you are not just asked to change the world, but also your organizations. Tags: movement building.

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MAY 13, 2009

This webinar will be a resource for non-profits and other organizations for social good. Facebook empowers non-profits by enabling them to mobilize communities, organize events, increase fundraising, reduce costs with free online tools, and raise awareness through viral networks. Profiles are for individuals, Pages for Organizations.

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DECEMBER 22, 2007

We'll be back before 2008 with a roundup of 2007. Twitter and Nonprofits On January 8th, the next NetTuesday meetup will focus on Twitter and campaign organizing. Here some thoughts from the NTEN blog about ways to use twitter for your organization, although some nonprofit technology experts do not find twitter useful professionally.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Note from Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of presenting on a panel at Association of California Orchestras with Marc van Bree , an arts and social media blogger I met in 2007. Spreading the word was not a case of “build it and they will come.” The lessons for arts organizations.

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MARCH 21, 2010

Somewhere around 2006 or 2007, I got a call from Michaela asking for advice on a career path for Nonprofit Technology. For example, through a Twitter campaign during the conference, Mark Horwath raised $50,000 for his organization InvisiblePeople.tv And, it's amazing what we can accomplish when we get together.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2007

My background is in campus organizing, and in helping college students connect with others working to create social change across perspective, issue, approach, and geography. Online organizing tools give us a way to connect with others in meaningful and effective ways, and to take responsibility for the communities that we know best.

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JANUARY 30, 2007

Next a final look at the final KM4DEV call for papers for June, 2007 Issue called " Stewarding Technologies for Collaboration, Community Building & Knowledge Sharing in Development" (I'm a guest editor along with Nancy White, Beverly Traynor, and Lucie Lamoureux - others to join.)

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

She is a co-founding member and serves on the advisory board of the Social Media Club and founder of Every Dot Connects , a consortium of marketing and media practitioners who are passionate about using new technologies to build bridges between people and ideas and causes. You should also be building your own online network.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2007

The organizations felt that it was difficult to identify an appropriate one and felt that they were often left. Smaller organizations said that they could not afford help of any kind, particularly their own staff dedicated to technology. 2007: What does it mean to my business? maintaining systems or tools for which they didn???t

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MARCH 29, 2009

July 24, 2007. While there may be tremendous opportunity, your organization won't be able to reap the benefits if it is stuck in doing the same strategy year after year. You have to think of your "experiments" as one part learning, and the other part building up your online network of donors. The Long Tail of Facebook Causes.

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JUNE 14, 2007

see her post about the virtual philanthropy simulator ) She shares some thoughts about what she thinks may happen after June 22, 2007 when The John D. if they get to build from scratch. Lucy Bernholz has been thinking deeply about virtual worlds and philanthropy over the past few months. and Catherine T. public role,???

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

who gave the keynote speech at UC Berkeley’s conference on law, ethics and technology, “ Social Networks: Friends or Foes? ,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. Organized crime, Mr. Carlin, says is selling our information and making some very serious money.

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MAY 19, 2008

How would you organization cope with a natural disaster? What if organizations did not have government funding or pursue it? What is my responsibility to my organization - money, unique knowledge, ? Yes, we screen organizations, but it isn't easy for us. There are some organizations that are filling the void.

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MARCH 9, 2007

A quick review of the results of Isovera Survey of Open Source Content Management Satisfaction in Nonprofit Organizations. Cyberspace Innkeeping: Building Online Community by John Coate was first written in 1992 and will give you a good context of online community practice. Deadline March 23, 2007. CEO Kintera steps down.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2007

That's when I was working with the New York Foundation for the Arts on its technology capacity building programs, including offline/online workshops for online skill building called SpiderSchool. " She is hoping to make connections with organizations and individuals who are running programs based in Afghanistan.

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DECEMBER 30, 2008

This is a good way to avoid application fatique and a great way to build interest in the application. I remember when I was first joined Facebook in 2007 how surprised I was the first time friends left birthday messages on my wall. The folks at Causes are controlling the installation.

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MARCH 3, 2009

It creates a gift economy and that help you build your network. Social Media Game In 2007, David Wilcox and I presented a workshop at LASA using this game he created. Here's why: A way to crowd source ideas. People can add and embellish your content and if you have access to the remix, it can give you new ideas. I've used this license.

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MAY 18, 2007

Momentum is building. An excellent primer about RSS in Teaching Hacks Wiki that looks at RSS in terms of different outcomes - productivity, professional development, community building, and others. NetSquared Community. for the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) beginning on May 29th. Eric Leland is the first person to introduce themselves!

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I left the classroom in 2007 to join Teach For America staff where I pioneered graduate school recruitment for the organization through May of this year. I taught in the Bronx for two years through Teach For America while working toward my M.A. in General Childhood Education at Bank Street College of Education.

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JULY 23, 2009

According to Tara Hunt , author of a fabulous social media marketing book called The Whuffie Factor , there are a few things that comprise your, or your organization's, social capital: Connections: Who do you know? First of all, your organization, based on its mission and staff, has a unique voice in the world. Build an identity.

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MARCH 23, 2007

Netsquared Net Tuesday next week in SF is about " How Nonprofits Can Use And Build Online Social Networks ," featuring speakers from Change.org and Ning. with a detailed account of her organization's experience. is very flexible and organic, able to develop and evolve and fit different shapes you can mould it into.

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APRIL 13, 2007

Emily Weinberg has some terrific notes from the "Branding Through Websites: Building Your Brand from the First Click" Heather Carpenter summarizes what she learned from the Disaster Planning for Nonprofits session. NTC 2007 Pipe. Or these organizations will simply cease to exist. is an attitude , not a download.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

As part of our ongoing research project into the future of membership-based advocacy organizations, we’ve been talking to folks from “new” as well as “older” groups focused on issue-organizing. All of which brings me to MomsRising.org – perhaps one of the most compelling “new” models for issue-organizing.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

On Friday, I leave for Beirut for co-lead a series of Train the Trainers workshops as part of the E-Mediat Project , a capacity building project for NGOs to learn social media skills. The Story of Electronics is part of a series of short films created and released by the Story of Stuff project since 2007. It is about sharing.

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JUNE 26, 2009

I may just be cynical, but I’ve seen too many technology providers claim that their tools will help organizations raise money, engage volunteers, mobilize action, or generally address organizational challenges in ways that only the internet is suited to do. Facebook Causes followed the same path. Let’s review: Its not about the technology.

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APRIL 27, 2007

" I would appreciate any suggestions, improvements, pointers to other resources or if your organization has a story to tell about web analytics. To show a practical example of how Google Analytics is used by a nonprofit organization. More detail ClickTracks Web Analytics Education Series, Virtual World : Feb 26 & 27, 2007 ???

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