Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

In June 2007, I presented my first social media training to a small group of nonprofits in Lowell, MA. Though Facebook had gone public nine months previous, Facebook Groups were only just beginning to be used as community-building tools by nonprofits and Facebook Pages didn’t exist yet.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. They own my profile, and whatever time I spend adding content.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What OpenSocial Means November 1, 2007 The buzz of the blogosphere is the announcement of Google’s OpenSocial. And the language of these APIs are standard HTML and Javascript.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

This morning the Washington Post published an article titled " To Nonprofits Seeking Cash, Facebook App Isn't So Green: Though Popular, 'Causes' Ineffective for Fundraising." Proclaiming that fundraising using Facebook Causes was a failure based on a calculation of dollars per donor. .

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), I don’t know whether to be sad or proud that RapLeaf finds only my Facebook profile and no demos. I was trying to parse the usefulness of the service under the original wording, and it seems like there wouldn’t be much. 2 admin 06.11.08

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

In less than 24 hours, I've raised $806 to help children in Cambodia using a new feature in Facebook Causes. Not two minutes had passed after I set up my birthday campaign and added it to my profile, I got pinged from Facebook friends asking how they could install it. It's easy to set up. Happy (Almost) Birthday!

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MAY 21, 2008

At Blackbaud, we have turned to sites such as LinkedIn ®, MySpace ®, Facebook ™, and Spoke to build social networks designed to attract candidates that may not be actively looking for a job. LinkedIn® users create profiles and build their networks by inviting friends and past and present colleagues to join their social networks.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

These include Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and many others. Basically, it means that the data that you put into social networking sites, like profiles, social graph (those who you are connected to,) media, etc. So first, what is data portability? are *yours* to do whatever you want with. .&#

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

I will write more about the API later, but everyone is really there to see the Facebook opportunity. Convio has built a Facebook application builder as part of their Open initiative. Convio has built a Facebook application builder as part of their Open initiative. First, you can only create one Facebook application.

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AUGUST 7, 2007

60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 11:03PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins.

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DECEMBER 7, 2007

Sector's Facebook' launched - Third Sector: "Sector's Facebook' launched By Indira Das-Gupta, Third Sector Online, 7 December 2007 MyCharityPage, a new website billed as the sector's answer to Facebook, is being launched to enable charities to network with one another, engage supporters and fundraise more effectively.

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JULY 24, 2007

60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 11:03PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Experiments, snafus and stumbles December 17, 2007 I seem to have lost my head. Turns out, unlike Facebook, or Myspace and such, the “Spock Bot&# makes pages for people without their knowing. 2 trackbacks } Change » Blog Archive » Profile aggregators 12.18.07 You know why I started to twitter. tool to jump in.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

" They probably said the same thing about Facebook, Twitter, and other social media tools. billion donated in 2007. This is a 44% increase over 2007's online giving estimates. The Online Donor Profile. We know a lot more about the profile of an online donor than we did in years past.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Source: Facebook vs LinkedIn Traffic. The illustration above shows the overlap between people who use LinkedIn and Facebook. What initially caught my eye was the demographic (age analysis) of LinkedIn VS Facebook users. Yet, I do professional networking on Facebook and I'm noticing a number of colleagues are too.

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JUNE 14, 2011

Facebook ads? Send them a picture, do a profile of a person who was helped by your work, or just take a quick video from your desk saying thanks. Susan joined the Causes team back in March 2007, long before they had fancy things like catering, a blog, or even a name. Close the Loop.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Maybe you’ve also taken the next step of strengthening your stakeholder community by engaging in back and forth dialog online – whether in existing social spaces like blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, or in a custom built online community. org / blog /2007/03/20/ nptech - tagging - community. Some are successful, but messy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2007

On September 16, 2007 they will screen 24 hours of rolling footage at a rally in front of the UN headquarters and at smaller events at halls of power throughout the world - all connected through a real-time online broadcast. Also that they are asking people to spread the word on Facebook by embedding one of their videos in your profile!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

See, a movement compels someone to make your cause a part of their life, not just their Facebook profile. As you go into your sessions today, I ask you to think not about how to get 1000 people into your Facebook groups. It’s always better to have 500 people screaming your wares than 5,000 passive followers who don’t care.

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2009

In other news, Lindy Dreyer has been working on a series of posts about organizational Social Media policies , including one addressing your organization's official presence on external existing networks (like LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter). " You can see his "Meet NTEN" profile here.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

The organization is asking supporters to change their Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook avatars at 1:10 on Friday, March 6th to the "oneten" avatar. One of the events listed is an exhibition of photos at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris from the book Celebrating Women by Paola Gianturco (who I interviewed in October 2007).

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NOVEMBER 15, 2007

60) Search « A Procrastinators Guide to Year-End Fundraising | Main | Five Tips for Online Fundraisers from a Direct Mail Dinosaur » Thursday Nov 08 2007 MySpace.com: A Place for Donors? Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 01:46PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins. And is it even worth it ?

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NOVEMBER 8, 2007

60) Search « A Procrastinators Guide to Year-End Fundraising | Main | Five Tips for Online Fundraisers from a Direct Mail Dinosaur » Thursday Nov 08 2007 MySpace.com: A Place for Donors? Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 01:46PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins. And is it even worth it ?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The donation page required a user to create a log-in profile, so CC also collected information about party guests as potential new donors or volunteers. It also started Facebook and Twitter feeds to allow volunteer hosts find one another and discuss their party plans. 2,160. Via Facebook ads. Join CMMB Facebook group.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Almost all of which were dominated by the Internet : February 2007 : Launch of mybarackobama.com. Eventually this site draws over 2 million profiles and 35,000 volunteer groups. (To May 2007 : A grassroots Obama MySpace page hits 100,000 fans. Obama’s Facebook pages alone grow to 3.2 a social networking site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Barely a week goes by that I don’t see at least one status update or tweet from a nonprofit colleague lamenting a hacked personal account, including email, Twitter and Facebook. According to John Carlin, the Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel to the Director of the F.B.I,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2007

I think the title should have been more aptly "Why Project Agape's Cause Is Better ROI for Fundraising Than Second Life in 2007!" As Allan points out, there is a steeper learning curve and will require more resources to go to scale than say a Facebook profile. But, what about education programs?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

t have naughty gifts on your Facebook profile if your ???friends??? Here's the policy for online persona from Easter Seals: Easter Seals Internet Public Discourse Policy SECTION III PART I-9 Approved by board: July 14, 2007. What kind of polices are there? How do organizations create policies? Is anonymous ever REALLY anonymous?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

But then we were approached by a high profile Digg user and asked to work out a reward for future links (i.e. With the rise of MySpace and Facebook , it will only be a matter of time before there are Facebook consultants who can develop and implement a comprehensive Facebook strategy for organizations and campaigns.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 10, 2009

Have you seen what’s happening with Facebook ?!? In the meantime, Facebook has become mainstream relevant. When I joined Facebook in mid-2007, there wasn’t a single person from my high school class on it that I could find. Most have found me first (it helped that I added in my maiden name to my profile).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Submitted by Brian Reich, publisher of Thinking About Media I have been critical of Facebook Causes, almost from the day it emerged onto the scene. Facebook Causes followed the same path. But its not just Facebook Causes. The Facebook Causes platform doesn’t change that. They are tied to celebrities or major events.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

But then we were approached by a high profile Digg user and asked to work out a reward for future links (i.e. With the rise of MySpace and Facebook , it will only be a matter of time before there are Facebook consultants who can develop and implement a comprehensive Facebook strategy for organizations and campaigns.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

If you have profiles on social networking sites like MySpace or Facebook , make sure icons that link to those are on your home page. Ana Maria Cuenca from NGOConnect shared that in her experience visitors only read 160 words of your website before deciding whether or not its worth looking at further.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology More on Facebook July 17, 2007 Michelle Martin has a great post this week on Facebook. They have a roundup of what they are calling the 10 best Facebook apps for work.

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AUGUST 12, 2007

With more than 130 million user profiles on record, MySpace’s announcement gave a major boost to the larger trend of social networks going mobile. Response: thomasdc1977 by thomasdc1977 at thomasdc1977 on February 23, 2007 None Reader Comments (1) The isea that ppl have to buy a certain phone to join a social networkis done.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What Facebook Knows Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 7th, 2010 Think about all the things people post on Facebook or any other social networking website. What happens in Vegas stays on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Foursquare.

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