Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

It was the optimal time for early adoption of social media by nonprofits, and it’s no coincidence that the nonprofits that embraced these new tools in 2006 through 2008 are today the most successful nonprofits on the Social Web. Executives were terrified by the legal implications of using social networking tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

.” Now, just two weeks into January, I am completely addicted to pinning boards for social good on Pinterest. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2007

A big hat tip to Nedra Weinreich for a link to this study about nonprofit social media adoption: Nora Barnes and Eric Mattson at U Mass Dartmouth surveyed the 200 largest nonprofits and found that they are adopting social media. tools to pay attention to.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2008

It is a remix of the " Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism " which was the title of a talk given by Ethan Zuckerman at O'Reilly's E-Tech Conference in March, 2008 (notes from Ryan Singel. This got me thinking about the adoption challenges faced by nonprofits in embracing these new tools. What the heck is the Cute Dog Theory?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook is the largest social network in the world and is becoming increasingly integrated into the Social Web with every passing second. Flickr is the largest photo-sharing social networking community on the Web and should be your starting point for your online photo-sharing campaigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2010

Nonprofits and their adoption of social media has created an interesting, albeit interdependent relationship with large companies like Google, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr. I was very glad to see that every company listed below is doing some good for nonprofits and social causes.What do you think?

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

The study compares adoption of social media between 2007 and 2008 by the admissions offices of all four-year accredited institutions in the United States. 63% of respondents stated that they are very familiar with social networking, and 44% reported they are very familiar with blogging.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Google has a number of partners, including social network sites like LinkedIn, Friendster and Ning, as well as Salesforce, which does have very interesting implications given the increasing use of Salesforce in the nonprofit sector. Basically, if the more social network sites that adopt OpenSocial, the more open the whole thing gets.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. We are still in innovator phase here, not even early adopters have signed on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Claire Murray and Kathleen Sherwin are other nonprofit technology colleagues who I first met face-to-face and have also kept up with through social media and who attended the book event. We met face-t0-face at a social media event in 2008, but that was the only time I had interacted her face-to-face.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

Add links to your website, blog, and social networking communities to your Google Profile. As the proponents of social good online, I urge nonprofits to stay committed to diversifying their brand online across multiple sites and platforms – not just because it’s smart, but also because it is the right thing to do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Lela talked about how and why sound founded this enterprise in 2008 and their programs that are disrupting poverty. These are mobile, sensors everywhere (wearable technology), location data, social networks, and big data and machine learning. ” Next up was Dave Evans, Chief Futurist at Cisco.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Some recent studies on social media and social networking use and baby boomers show that more and more are adopting social media. At its core, use of online social networks is still a phenomenon of the young. Instead, encourage low-effort contributions such as star ratings.

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Care2

APRIL 6, 2009

Elana Wolowitz (EW): I'm pretty sure we started in May or June of 2008. I was starting to hear more and more about the service (from bloggers and early adopters like Beth Kanter and others), and simultaneously was launching a new website for Wellstone Action that we wanted to be more interactive, and which included a blog.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Elana Wolowitz (EW): Im pretty sure we started in May or June of 2008.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2016

Lesson Two: Social Networking. As the 2008 campaign was heating up, internet based tools, especially social media, were really taking off. Barack Obama’s 2008 effort was the first truly social media-heavy presidential campaign. Lesson Three: Ease of Donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. And the user-adoption numbers are ridiculously high.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008. Social Media: Adoption, Strategy, and Measuring Success ZUP4Nonprofits has a two-part post ( pt. 2 ) that discusses how to lay the groundwork for board signoff on an organization's social media in initiatives. Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge !

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JUNE 4, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Thank you for beig so Generous. All rights reserved.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

2008 was a benchmark year in online fundraising history as Obama won the presidential election with 87% of funds coming through social networking. Cancer.org is an early adopter and nonprofit pioneer using this largely untapped fundraising technology. Learn more below, and RSVP today to reserve your space.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. And the user-adoption numbers are ridiculously high.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Shortly after a Cyclone struck Myanmar in May 2008, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) created a web-based collaboration portal for aid workers in the region that enabled more than 100 relief organizations to communicate, analyze information and manage resources.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Shortly after a Cyclone struck Myanmar in May 2008, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) created a web-based collaboration portal for aid workers in the region that enabled more than 100 relief organizations to communicate, analyze information and manage resources.

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2008

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

The nonprofit technology community is aksing: " What will Google Open Social mean for nonprofits? " Allan Benamer answers : Not much because the average nonprofit does not have the infrastructure and skill sets that would allow for rapid adoption for new technology. Your existing applications become social.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" So Im surprised by the reversal in adoption by boomers. Thanks for sharing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Amy Sample Ward lays out a 5 things to think about before you get into the execution of a social media strategy for the first time. But, maybe you've done some of that thinking and implemented a few focused social media experiments in 2008 and have gleaned some insights. Are you impulse adopting tools? Good for you!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Did you already have a social networking presence before this contest?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1. Email still gets a good response - if it will best help you reach your desired output, don’t feel obligated to short change your capacity there to try to use social networking or something else. Very cool project from 2008: Twitter Vote Report.

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OCTOBER 28, 2013

As adoption of mobile devices increases for both work and pleasure, IT will no longer be dominated by PCs. A 2008 update on these initial reports, User Survey Analysis: Secondary PC Market Offers Growing Opportunity , continues to support both the supply and demand growth projections. Order volumes have increased steadily since then.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. And the user-adoption numbers are ridiculously high. Submitted by Ted Fickes.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Did you already have a social networking presence before this contest?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2009

While initially driven by "free agent" fundraisers (those not on the organization's board or staff, but who are fans and social media users), we'll begin to see more and more as nonprofits adopt social media as part of their fundraising tool box. live streaming for entertainment. As my colleague David J.

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MAY 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « A great read about e-mail fundraising. All rights reserved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

I started using Twitter on September 24, 2008, and my first tweet was, "Working on two new loan requests on Lend4Health." This was interesting to me -- that people joined the Facebook social networking site specifically because I (Lend4Health) was there.

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