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Technology Trends for Nonprofits in 2011

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To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011. Our survey showed that 91% of our respondents use Facebook, 63% use Twitter, 45% use YouTube and 35% use LinkedIn, amongst other media. 3] Did you get an adrenalin rush?! [1]

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Research Friday: So, where is Bob?

ASU Lodestar Center

To the rescue: LinkedIn. My experience searching for Bob is concrete evidence of the helpfulness of various social networking sites (SNS) like LinkedIn and Facebook. 1] (In 2008, 26% of adults used an SNS.) LinkedIn – 18%. Pew Internet & American Life Project, June 16, 2011. MySpace – 29%. Twitter – 13%.

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Tech Across Your Org: Social Media Collaboration Across the NYC Elder Abuse Center

NTEN

Established in 2008 as a collaborative response to the growing number of complex elder abuse cases in NYC, the NYC Elder Abuse Center helps professionals, organizations, and systems prevent elder abuse and improve their response to it. Or: “not many of us are on LinkedIn, how should we use it to help the organization?”

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HOW TO: Get Your Nonprofit Started on Pinterest

Nonprofit Tech for Good

When Mashable first started buzzing about Pinterest in December 2011, I took a quick look at the site and thought to myself, “Shopping, crafters, and foodies. Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. Not relevant to the vast majority of nonprofits and (whew!) not another site I need to pay attention to.”

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Fight Colorectal Cancer: A Rebranding Tale

Judi Sohn

The organization I helped found as Colorectal Cancer Coalition in 2005 officially became Fight Colorectal Cancer on Monday, March 6, 2011. At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck Consulting. We connected on LinkedIn and for a while, that was that. I waited until the time was right.

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Fight Colorectal Cancer: A Rebranding Tale

Judi Sohn

The organization I helped found as Colorectal Cancer Coalition in 2005 officially became Fight Colorectal Cancer on Monday, March 6, 2011. At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck. We connected on LinkedIn and for a while, that was that. I waited until the time was right.

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Philanthropy Cloud Adds New Volunteer Management Capabilities for National Volunteer Week

Saleforce Nonprofit

In 2008, the Points of Light Foundation and the Salesforce Foundation conceived HandsOn Connect — a native Salesforce application designed specifically to make volunteering easier for employees and nonprofits — in a series of whiteboard sessions in San Francisco. Connect with her on LinkedIn , Medium , and Twitter.

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