Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 30, 2011

Similar to Myspace and Facebook in 2007 and 2008, there’s seemingly a geographic difference between Foursquare and Gowalla users. Related Links: Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Mobile Social Networking Tools and Location-Based Communities. to take possession of it. to take possession of it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

“For over 10 years Heather has been my primary reference point and mentor for all things pertaining to online community management and social networking for nonprofits. If I want to find out who is doing social media correctly, I always look to Heather’s blog and tweets. Heather is great.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

There was also a session announcing the " All for Good ," an application that makes it easy for people to give back to their communities through volunteering. Some key themes were focus on relationships and how to encourage other people to volunteer or give way to their communities. It also has widgets. The Challenge raised $1.8

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

I really wanted to attend the " Social Networks Friend for Foe? "at who gave the keynote speech at UC Berkeley’s conference on law, ethics and technology, “ Social Networks: Friends or Foes? ,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. I’m not a lawyer.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

The estimates below allow for the time required to research and create content for your social media campaigns, the actual time spent engaging and participating in your nonprofit’s online communities, and the time necessary to monitor and report ROI. There’s no shortage of niche networks out there to experiment with.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2010

In 2008, many of the friends of the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace migrated over to Facebook, then in 2009 and 2010 a good number of the new fans came from @NonprofitOrgs on Twitter. Social networking communities are migrant communities, but that’s another blog post. This was a Facebook litmus test for me.

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2011

Crowdrise is an innovative, crowd-sourcing community of volunteers and fundraisers that are answering the call to service, raising money for charity, and having the most fun in the world while doing it.&#. The big differentiator for Crowdrise is the built in community that encourages people to raise money and awareness while earning points.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

The Net2 Secret Plan from Marnie Webb NpTech Tag New Year's Reflections, Predictions, and Best Ofs What are some of the ways that the social web marks the New Year? Chronicle of Philanthropy has a roundup of predictions for 2008 from. And finally, Chris Brogan focused on needs for 2008. Let's take a look. bubble would burst.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Though Facebook had gone public nine months previous, Facebook Groups were only just beginning to be used as community-building tools by nonprofits and Facebook Pages didn’t exist yet. The media had made Myspace, and social networking in general, out to be dangerous, life-threatening even.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2011

“For over 10 years Heather has been my primary reference point and mentor for all things pertaining to online community management and social networking for nonprofits. If I want to find out who is doing social media correctly, I always look to Heather’s blog and tweets. Heather is great.

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Care2

JULY 17, 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!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

We know that professional relationships are moving from the Rolodex to the social networks. LinkedIn is designed for specifically for business professional networking, while Facebook is a bit more casual. Yet, I do professional networking on Facebook and I'm noticing a number of colleagues are too. by Mark Dykeman.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

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JULY 26, 2007

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 22, 2010

Recent changes in Ning’s business model (see News & Views About Change for updates) have Network Creators wondering whether to pay to keep hosting their online communities on the Ning platform, or to start looking at alternatives. Back in 2008, founder Marc.( Back in 2008, founder Marc.( read more ). read more ).

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Care2

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Email grew 21% between 2008-2009. million people in August of 2008 according to the Nielsen Company. Social Network demographics can be skewed. What percentage are really “active users&# and communicate via social networks all day? In August 2009, 276.9 million people. million people.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Kiva.org and the Social Capital markets II - other examples of ???second Meet the patrons - benefits and risks of social networking in fundraising. Projects Direct - Oxfam provides the opportunity for direct donations to communities. second wave philanthropy???

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Nonprofit Technology Link Love July 30, 2008 Here are posts from a small sampling of bloggers I regularly read: Holly Ross shows her geek cred in a great post about DNS. Beth is, of course, THE web 2.0

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 24, 2011

This week we welcome Mary McGillicuddy, one of the researchers who worked with the ASU College of Public Programs on a project that analyzed and mapped the social network of downtown Phoenix nonprofit organizations. Contrary to popular belief, social networks and social network analysis (SNA) both existed long before Facebook.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2008

The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. 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. s the secret sauce?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Posted on Stanford Social Innovation Review’s Opinion blog. It’s back-to-school time for many countries and that means a switch from summer programs, outdoor community events, and many youth campaigns. Read the full press release here or download the Social Media data slides here.) Visit the original post here.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

I figured, since I’ve been getting a bit involved in the community, I’d give a bit of a summary of what’s going on, and what will possibly come from this effort. Basically, it means that the data that you put into social networking sites, like profiles, social graph (those who you are connected to,) media, etc.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 12, 2008

I think these mashups are tremendously helpful to organizations working to make real change in their communities, allowing them to more dynamically tell their story and make their case in a compelling way to supporters, funders, and the community at large. Community Movement. Tools like Twitter, FriendFeed and social networking.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 29, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Blackbaud buys Kintera May 29, 2008 In retrospect, this probably was inevitable. And I’m sure that the very low stock price of Kintera’s certainly made a buyout of it by Blackbaud easier.

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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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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. Or even a social network strategy? Wish we could afford to hire you!

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

My experience searching for Bob is concrete evidence of the helpfulness of various social networking sites (SNS) like LinkedIn and Facebook. So, I was intrigued with a report from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project about the social impact of widespread use of social networking sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Transparency and Social Media: Dealing with Criticism. The Intangible Benefits of Social Media. Reports of the Death of Social Networking for Nonprofits Are Not True! Bloggers Who Create Community Award. Social Networking: Part of Your Job or Just for Fun? Social Media In An Economic Downturn.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2009

" Forrester Wave Report: The Leaders in Community Platforms for Marketer - Community Platforms reviewed on the Forrester Research blog for Interactive Marketing Professionals. New Marketing Summit 2008 - Events in San Francisco, Dallas, Boston, USA & Milan, Italy. Could This Be Your All-in-One Social Network?

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Lili Wang Associate Professor, School of Community Resources & Development. is an Associate Professor of Nonprofit Leadership and Management in ASU's School of Community Resources and Development. I joined ASU in Fall 2008, and it’s been 8 years. Meet the folks who are here to help you and your nonprofit succeed!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 13, 2009

This Wednesday, April 15th, you can participate in a free online event and webinar from TechSoup, Basics for Beginners: Getting Started with Social Media Tools. So you’ve heard about Facebook, Twitter, and other online social networking sites. Please email: community@techsoup.org. Have any questions? About TechSoup.org.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 30, 2007

Elgg is a very cool community-building and e-learning tool – it’s got the social networking combined with features like forums, etc. I wish I had an excuse to install and test it – but it really requires a purpose for bringing community together. One of which is called Elgg.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Note from Beth: It is strange sometimes how social networks can have your past, present, and future collide. When the New de Young opened it did a 32-hour party and community celebration , starting a trend that was then picked up by the Contemporary Jewish Museum with Dawn in 2008 and now the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA).

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 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!" In other words, if electronic messages can reach it, its on-line. 2) Make it simple.

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