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HOW TO: Get Your Nonprofit Started on Pinterest

Nonprofit Tech for Good

I haven’t been this hooked on a new social networking site since I first got on Twitter in June 2008, and based on recent data released by comScore and Hitwise, Pinterest traffic is soaring. Business always underestimate the fact the nonprofits are some of the most active early adopters on the Web. Repin your first Pin.

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Games for Change: Al Gore, Supporting Vets, and Making Civics Fun

Tech Soup

iCivics grew out of the OurCourts project, which began in 2008, inspired by the desire of Justice Sandra Day O'Conner for young people to understand the judicial system better. The ability to play and replay scenarios, choosing different actions and benefiting from an expert avatar counseling you along the way seemed really well done.

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Social Media Roadblock: An Interview with Wendy Harman, Red Cross - Social Media Strategy Case Study

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We also encouraged people to change their avatars (see above). It was an echo campaign to complement a radio roadblock on Friday, September 19, 2008 when the NAB encouraged all radio stations to run a Red Cross PSA at 1 pm EDT. I'd try to figure out how in the world to measure how many people changed their avatars.

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Guest Post: A New Role for Science Museums--Playground for Scientists

Museum 2.0

Back in 2008, I devised a plan to outsource my New Year''s Resolutions. He''ll be able to watch how certain activities evolve into coordination and what kinds of histories the people who most easily coordinate have in common. Experimonth started out as play. as a part of Experimonth: Race.

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EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

60) Search « M+R and NTEN CMS, Email, Fundraising Benchmarks Study | Main | 51% of Donors Not At All Interested in Social Networks » Monday Apr 21 2008 EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life Monday, April 21, 2008 at 02:56PM | by Caitlin Ochs Imagine having the ability to translate virtual reality into actual reality.

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EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

60) Search « M+R and NTEN CMS, Email, Fundraising Benchmarks Study | Main | 51% of Donors Not At All Interested in Social Networks » Monday Apr 21 2008 EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life Monday, April 21, 2008 at 02:56PM | by Caitlin Ochs Imagine having the ability to translate virtual reality into actual reality.

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The Real Housewives of Social Media: Cooking up Recipes for Nonprofit Success

NTEN

In 2008, I helped start the Frozen Pea Fund against breast cancer. When people logged in on Fridays, they saw hundreds of frozen pea avatars from people who were fighting breast cancer. You can't be knee-deep in social media activism without it. Think of the impact the folks at Movember are having, only online.)