ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008. On one of the pages, amid all the charts on who volunteers and what they do, is a big banner depicting the following result: "33 percent of Arizona adults volunteered in 2008." One in three. But is it right? One in four.

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

“Of course, things got a lot worse in the fourth quarter, so these trends might not hold up.” For example, between 2006 and 2007, online donations grew by 26% but between 2007 and 2008 online donations only grew by 14%. Keep up the great work on FrogLoop! Donors hate feeling like cash machines.”

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JANUARY 30, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman JAN 30, 2008 Identity 2.0

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See3

MAY 12, 2007

The thing that kills me, and got me writing here, is that the top ranking Michael Hoffman is an anti-Semite which is terribly ironic, and of course I will not link to him or even mention his name — may it be blotted out forever, amen — but he has all kinds of friends and foes linking to him and that raises his stock on Google.

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MARCH 27, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman MAR 27, 2008 NTEN Does Web 2.0

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Care2

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

If you read the title of this blog and thought to yourself, "of course," you probably arent alone. As Swartz states in her blog, "This is a great opportunity for community-based nonprofits, or national organizations working on regional or local projects, to be funded to experiment with online communications innovations."

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

From teaching supporters how to create Facebook accounts to ol fashioned door-to-door fundraising, Amy Eldridge from LWB, an admitted Facebook newbie, says its as much the offline as the online work that gets the job done. Which source of traffic worked the best? As you can tell, the interview is pretty long. Sometimes more!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

From teaching supporters how to create Facebook accounts to ol fashioned door-to-door fundraising, Amy Eldridge from LWB, an admitted Facebook newbie, says its as much the offline as the online work that gets the job done. Which source of traffic worked the best? As you can tell, the interview is pretty long. Sometimes more!

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Care2

JULY 10, 2007

Where do you work? And then if it works out, we can move into steps to further the relationship – What’s your sign? And, of course, we must listen, listen, listen and adjust our communications appropriately as we receive answers. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com What’s your sign?

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Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2007

I was busy starting my green communications consulting company, Aequus Green Communications , and working with clients to pay the bills and increase the portfolio. Six months later, and despite being delayed again by work, a new template for GBK, and eventually several additional green sites, is almost done. 60) Search « Care2.com

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

How’s it working for your nonprofit? This is, of course, only anecdotal, but were seeing some of our advocacy clients like Equality California get real value from the FB communities. June 30, 2009 | Andi Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Do you think Facebook is sticky? Reader Comments (7) Excellent stats Allyson.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

As Wikipedia becomes more mainstream as a reference source, there might be substantial benefits from helping ensure it frames the debate in a truly balanced manner (and presents your organization’s critical information, of course). September 14, 2007 | TheMySpaceConsultant Copyright © 2008, Care2.com How about Digg ?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

As Wikipedia becomes more mainstream as a reference source, there might be substantial benefits from helping ensure it frames the debate in a truly balanced manner (and presents your organization’s critical information, of course). September 14, 2007 | TheMySpaceConsultant Copyright © 2008, Care2.com How about Digg ?

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

billion in 2008 to $29.8 Furthermore, as more states propose laws that would ban or restrict “junk mail,” it’s essential for organizations to immediately start building a strong online fundraising program and to work on growing their base of online supporters. billion in 2013. What do you think? Thanks for listening.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

A couple of Care2 staff favorites, of course, include the Care2 Stickies and Petitions. That works out to an average of about $1.24 One way to work around this problem -- and some of the smaller nonprofits have done this -- is to have an employee post on the wall of all the groups to direct people to an "official" Cause.

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Care2

JULY 24, 2007

A couple of Care2 staff favorites, of course, include the Care2 Stickies and Petitions. That works out to an average of about $1.24 One way to work around this problem -- and some of the smaller nonprofits have done this -- is to have an employee post on the wall of all the groups to direct people to an "official" Cause.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Á la our Causes analysis awhile ago , we examined 150 nonprofit profiles on MySpace to see which functions people were using, how those features were working, and how much money their profiles were raising. To date, the Transfair USA Change.org widget reports bringing in the most money ($942), which works out to be about 22 cents per friend.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Á la our Causes analysis awhile ago , we examined 150 nonprofit profiles on MySpace to see which functions people were using, how those features were working, and how much money their profiles were raising. To date, the Transfair USA Change.org widget reports bringing in the most money ($942), which works out to be about 22 cents per friend.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2011

To make matters worse, Charity Navigator seemed standoffish and unwilling to work with the field or adjust its approach despite some pretty obvious shortcomings in its methods. Zooop — fast-forward to 2008: Charity Navigator gets new executive leadership in Ken Berger. Keep up the good work! And that will be good.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Not counting staff time, of course. Getting Started When our grant application was approved, we got to work right away. NWLC works on a wide range of issues, so we invited program staff, as well as our communications and outreach team to suggest search terms. Did It Work? with a cost-per-acquisition of zero. CPC limit ?

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

nonprofits in 2008. Will it someday play a useful role in engaging nonprofit members or donors in the work of the causes they support? Now lets get to work in developing the strategies and creating the integration that will lessen our impact on the environment, engage our supporters and raise more money! Think about it.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Not only is that unlikely to work, it is likely to antagonize people who are sympathetic to your situation. What works in normal times will probably work now, just with more modest results. Of course as the Web 2.0 Sincerely Victor February 8, 2009 | victorseo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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MAY 4, 2007

The Forum convened these groups and they agreed to work together to do what no single organization could do on their own - build a large online audience for action on youth policy. The strategy is working. May 4, 2007 | Joem Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

He further says: "If information producers do not need to capture the economic benefits of their particular information outputs, or if some businesses can capture the economic value of their information production by means other than exclusive control … the justification for regulating access by granting copyrights is weakened."

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

2008 is the year in which all the new technologies, techniques, concepts, innovations of so-called new media are being tried. New media of course isnt; freshmen at my university have never known a world without the Internet, e-mail or cell phones. September 4, 2008 | Hatef Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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AUGUST 29, 2008

2008 is the year in which all the new technologies, techniques, concepts, innovations of so-called new media are being tried. New media of course isnt; freshmen at my university have never known a world without the Internet, e-mail or cell phones. September 4, 2008 | Hatef Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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