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To the Small Nonprofits on the Social Web: 5,000 is the Magic Number

Nonprofit Tech for Good

We engaged, asked questions, held competitions, discovered advertising and had a great time teaching the world about our cause and how to keep kids safe. We worked so hard to get to 5,000 and then we took off!

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The Mother-Led Movement to Save Our Kids’ Climate

Saleforce Nonprofit

Even as a child, I was always drawn to all the great causes out there. It’s the gift of having my children teach me that everyday actions can make a world of difference. Children are teaching their parents that everyday actions can make a world of difference. Pictured: Devi Thomas’ sons. The science is frightening.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Best Wishes for Healthy, Happy, and Social 2008!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Chronicle of Philanthropy has a roundup of predictions for 2008 from. The Selfish Giving Blog by Joe Waters gives us some tongue and check predictions about Cause Marketing. And finally, Chris Brogan focused on needs for 2008. What are the nptech social media needs for 2008? Let's take a look. bubble would burst.

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Care2 and NOAA Promote International Year of the Reef 2008 - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

The idea was that thefederal agency would work with Care2 to build support for the International Year of the Reef 2008. Im going to be mentioning your partnership in speeches I give and in classes I teach as I move forward and I only hope others learn to emulate you in other areas. Great work. All rights reserved.

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Ice Bucket Challenge: Can Other Nonprofits Reproduce It?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. 2) Playing on Memes: The campaign took advantage of social media narcissism for a good cause. I chronicled some of these back in 2008.

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Meet A Social Butterfly Who Cares About Nonprofits Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm looking forward to hearing feedback and insights when I present the paper at the World Social Marketing Conference in Brighton, England this upcoming September 2008. Or, to teach your child how to change a tire. Next, do a social media scan of your non-profit and/or cause using Technorati or a Google blog search.

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How To: Put Technology to Use (November 2008)

NTEN

Your guide to the resources that will help you put technology to work for your cause. While you should be wary of anybody promising to teach you how to make people laugh, some of the advice itself can be pretty funny. Write for the Web. First, you need to understand how people read on the web. Hint: they don't.) Humor helps, too.