NetWits

JUNE 9, 2011

billion in 2008, the council’s fourth annual “Run Walk Ride Thirty” study reports. This stems from the idea that for-profits should be engaging and giving back to their local communities, the environment, and to social causes. According to stats from the RUN. conference of 2010 [1] the top thirty “ thon ” (i.e. The collective $133.9

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Using the site for your own personal professional reasons aside, managing a LinkedIn group and company page for your nonprofit requires a minimum time investment of five hours per week. As the site continues to grow in popularity and functionality, that amount could easily increase. WiserEarth is for environmentalists.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 28, 2022

Mark Becker, Founding Partner at Cathexis Partners – Mark founded Cathexis Partners in 2008 to help nonprofit organizations get the most from their existing technology tools, implement new technology to address gaps, and find the best overall approach to using technology to support their missions. Build your fundraising emails.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My iPhone 3G August 12, 2008 I once joined the “iPhone non-buyers&# group on Facebook. I swore up and down I wouldn’t get one.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program Honorable Mention: National Parks Conservation Association Winner: Freepress for their StopBigMedia.com campaign Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. All rights reserved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

Million Dollars to fight the horrible disease, according to the ALS Association web site. Just one week ago, donations totaled $22.6 Let’s look at the possible factors that caused philanthropy to run wild and capture the attention of so many people, inspire them to participate, and donate to stop the disease.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

" Cause Fatigue #4Change Recap « 4change – Did you miss the recent #4change twitter chat? The February chat focused on cause fatigue, but if you missed it, Zero Strategist has done a great recap of the conversation and highlights. I wrote an article for them on how organizations are using Causes and it's now up.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Your guide to the resources that will help you put technology to work for your cause. Apparently, it's simple : cheerful colors, rounded edges, and "Free, as in beer (not kittens)" We also recommend some advice from "web design from scratch" , but with reservations: their web site isn't as pretty. Write for the Web.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 6, 2012

Aaron's favorite cause-related video: (Please visit the site to view this video). Raven's favorite cause-related video: (Please visit the site to view this video). David's favorite cause-related video: (Please visit the site to view this video). Connect with David on Twitter at @davidleeking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

We see examples in the ongoing success of Kickstarter , in the record number of small donations President Barack Obama collected during his 2008 campaign and, humorously, in the manner Stephen Colbert has solicited funds for his satiric Super Pac. They need to build relationships with influencers who will trumpet their cause and campaigns.

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NTEN

MAY 10, 2010

Try Causes! Let's create a Ning site! No budget for a web site redesign? Ah, 2008, you are missed. Remember those halcyon days of yore when the phrase "social networking" was suffused with golden light? New fundraising campaing? Need to build community? Start a Facebook Page instead! Maybe it will work.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Their Causes page garnered over $94,000 from 6,268 members in 50 days. Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause. You have to try and attract new people to Facebook and your Cause. How did they do it?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Their Causes page garnered over $94,000 from 6,268 members in 50 days. Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause. You have to try and attract new people to Facebook and your Cause. How did they do it?

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

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. " All of the Causes have to be attached to a Guidestar -verified 501(c)(3). (For " or "Fight Hate."

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Care2

JULY 24, 2007

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. " All of the Causes have to be attached to a Guidestar -verified 501(c)(3). (For " or "Fight Hate."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

As some sort of measure of accountability, raw web statistics (this site got x visits and y pageviews in t timeframe) mean zilch. Allan says: Granted, web site stats will not tell me anything about how many hungry people a nonprofit feeds. Why bother having a web site at all? Your site, zenofnptech.org, is already on Quantcast.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

That means custom fundraising pages, embeddable donation forms for your own site, text-to-donate functionality (with live display for sharing your progress bar at live events), live event ticketing, and peer-to-peer options. Founded: 2008 MobileCause has a pretty simple goal: Help nonprofits raise more money with less time and effort.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

You also ignore my argument about the 2008 security audits of Drupal that resulted in numerous vulnerability reports, but more on that later. My argument is that more eyes on Drupal’s code and more people performing formal security audits causes Drupal to uncover a greater percentage of issues. 4 Alexander Limi 04.04.09

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2007

com - a free site where people can create and share ringtones about the 2008 election. Jo says in email announcement, "A picture may be worth a thousand words, but sometimes well-chosen short political sound bites can rally a cause, make us laugh, and even sway an election. RingTones08.com Ringtones08.com

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Some of the results include: Facebook is by far the most popular social networking site amongst young people - used by over 7 in 10 (72%) of all 11-25 year olds; rising to 80% of 17-25 year olds, those of college/university age – and to 83% of those who are currently at, or who have already been to, university. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

"If you've ever been in bed with mosquito, you know that isn't true." She also announced that the Huffington Post has a new living section which feature the stories of people volunteering, raising money for causes they care about, and other inspirational stories. million from more than 71,000 donors, benefiting thousands of causes.

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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. Jen Burton, Community Director of Causes Fundraising Focus: Facebook. Causes is the largest Facebook fundraising application and most nonprofits are likely familiar with it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

January 2008 As the first place winner in the America's Giving Challenge for Global Causes, I use several twitter strategies. August, 2008 Using Twitter and other channels, I raised $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex. September, 2008 Dr. Mani, a heart surgeon in India - and Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Note from Beth: The long anticipated social network site for social change, Jumo , launched. But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. “The last thing I want to do is add yet another site to a nonprofit’s plate.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

For example, if a tech officer knows that an organization wants to allow members to log into the site eventually, they may choose a different kind of content management system in the short-term so they can make this feasible down the line. Tech officers can use this to inform decisions about systems toward long-term impact. During his 4.5

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Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2007

Six months later, and despite being delayed again by work, a new template for GBK, and eventually several additional green sites, is almost done. Recently, one Green Brooklyn cause has made some waves despite starting off as what I thought was just another post about a local transportation issue. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

This has been found in a number of surveys over the past few years (see Allison Fine's astute commentary on the recent Blackbaud survey here ) If we look back a year ago at donation trends on Facebook Causes, we also see the same complaint. Causes Reports On Its First Year - $2.5 Million and Counting , The Agitator, May 29, 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

Twitter is establishing itself as a charitable giving and cause marketing channel. . The first Tweet-a-thon took place in September, 2008. First time you can raise money for worthy cause by sending a tweet. The campaign site features a twitter counter. We're now seeing the concept of a Twitter "Tweet-a-thon" evolve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2009

According to Katie Couric who recorded a special clip from the set of CBS Evening News for BlogHer 2008 (as seen above), 36 million women write or read blogs each week. I was there because 46% of mommy bloggers have contributed to a cause or a political campaign. Moms are more powerful than ever, thanks to Web 2.0.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

It's a relationship driven by their experiences with their bank, their airline or travel site, and yes, Google, Apple, YouTube and eBay. . Many of these organizations continue to see 2X to 3X the daily traffic of average days in 2008. (A Tags: Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Social Media Web Sites Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2008

On Tuesday, March 25, 2008, I will be co-moderating with Flickr's Community Manager, Heather Champ, an online event over at TechSoup called Images of Social Change. 25, in the TechSoup Emerging Technologies Forum as we discuss issues such as: Benefits of using online photo sharing sites to build community and awareness for your cause.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 9, 2008

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

In 2008, I had my first opportunity to speak on a panel at SXSW called " Pimp My Nonprofit " with Ed Schipul as the moderator. Even if you have the most awesome web site, campaign, or cause out there, you need a thoughtful and dedicated community behind it in order for it to be successful. And that will make all the difference.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

Websites like Facebook, MySpace and YouTube are among the top 10 most trafficked sites in the US. According to the just released 2009 eBenchmarks study by M&R Strategic Services and NTEN, most of the 32 groups featured in the study saw their online fundraising increase between 2007 and 2008. All rights reserved.

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Care2

JANUARY 6, 2009

Which KPIs your nonprofit organization ultimately uses will depend heavily on its goals and the goals of your website (your site does have a purpose, right?!?). Google Analytics has proven particularly helpful for content-based sites and commerce sites. For this reason, you must tailor your KPIs to your own site and strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2008

We are in the very early stages of how nonprofits and social activists can leverage social networking applications for good causes and just learning what works and what doesn't. Sort of a 2008 version of build it and they will come syndrome we saw in the 1990's. This is a disaster for cause marketers who simply can???t

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Talking about time, is there an application which would post an update on all main Social Networking Sites at once? Is the stigma of having fans or cause supporters with 'questionable' Facebook profiles true? I tend to be of the feeling that if someone wants to support your cause via social media, they should be able to.

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