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Hello, Washington Post: Dolllars Per Facebook Donor Is Not the Right Metric for Success

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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." I'll boil it down to " Causes is A Friending Tool, Not A Fundraising Tool." Flickr Photo by Vaguely Artistic.

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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. You can read more about the MySpace/Facebook move here , here , and here.). 25 median donation amount. 35,000 causes have received at least one donation.

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Google Launches Google for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m in Washington, DC for the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. The question reminded of a screencast I created back in 2007 for NTEN and Salesforce Foundation that covered Google Adwords campaigns). I’m in Washington, DC for the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN.

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Interview: Kivi Leroux Miller, The Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Amy Sample Ward

When I moved from California to Washington DC in 1998 to be with my then-boyfriend, now-husband, I decided to start my own consulting company, which originally focused on writing for environmental groups, thus EcoScribe Communications was born. What’s the difference between online and offline marketing – or is there one?

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Guest Post by Kira Marchenese: What Happened When We Introduced 350 Staff to Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note From Beth: Since 2007, I've been using, adapting, and remixing the Social Media Game social media workshops for nonprofits. Last year, I facilitated a version of the Social Media Game for Packard Grantees as part of a convening on Network Effectiveness in Washington, DC. In fact, just last month, I took it to India.

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Its official!

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

February 1, 2007 Washington DC Members Only Software, Inc is pleased to announce that we have entered into a strategic alliance with Orchid Suites Inc., based developer of Content-Management and Community-Building Tools. Here's the announcement copied from the Members Only website. said Tanya Renne, Orchid Suites CEO.

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Nonprofits Live: Great Presentations on August 26

Tech Soup

Expect an hour rich with resources, ideas, secrets from the experts, and links to great technology tools offering everything you need to give a great presentation. Nat Robinson, vice president of SlideRocket , who provides insight into cloud collaboration for virtual teams sharing their work online.

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