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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Nature Conservancy

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Organization: The Nature Conservancy. I know our YouTube channel started in 2007. Did you experience resistance from higher ups in the organization initially utilizing about social media, or were they supportive? Organization Size: +1 million members, +3800 staff. Name: Amy Ganderson. Website: www.nature.org.

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Ocean Conservancy: The Art of Social Media Experimentation, Learning, and Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking with Vikki Spruill, Ocean Conservancy 's President and CEO and members of her communications team, Laura Burton Capps, and Dove Coggeshall about their recent experiments and learning on Facebook. Often, experiments are done for extra credit. Easier said than done.

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The other side of the figures: Causes reaches $20 Million in Donations

Amy Sample Ward

Earlier this week, an announcement on the Causes Application blog broke the news that over $20 Million has been donated since May 2007 via donors using the social networking application. Would love to hear your experiences, any lessons learned or best practices, and ideas. 25 median donation amount. What do you think?

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Using SMS in the Field

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Brooke Sadowsky, Program Manager, RARE Conservation. Our campaign managers in the field have been experimenting with using SMS to reach target audiences to spread news and information, campaign messages, and news about campaign activities. and regional offices.

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Interview: Kivi Leroux Miller, The Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Amy Sample Ward

In 2007 I started to transition away from consulting for a few clients at a time to more writing, online training, and public speaking, which lets me connect with thousands of nonprofits every year. It’s like they just want to quietly blend in, when what they really need to do with their marketing is stand out!

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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Young, old, poor, rich, conservative, liberal, urban, rural, black, white, brown, red, yellow, gay, straight, preps, goths, rappers, artists, hippies, yuppies… you name it. I have to say, in my experience nothing changed when Fox News Corp. The AFL-CIO is non-existent and the Teamsters haven’t logged in since 2007.

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How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Since 1997, the Packard Foundation has awarded 1,392 “organizational effectiveness” grants to an array of groups, most of which have annual operating budgets of $1 to $10 million, and operate in the human services, environmental conservation, population, and arts fields. Do you disagree with any of our interpretations? Paul Connolly.

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