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What’s the Secret to Social Media Success? Cute Animal Theory

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Several years ago I created the Cute Dog Theory, a node to a Nicolas Kristof quote about how puppies get more attention than dry statistics about Darfur. Many of nonprofit Internet strategists are Dog lovers! Ethan points out that the Web was invented so physicists could share research papers, but Web2.0 Marine animals and much.

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YouTube Launches Nonprofit Program

Have Fun - Do Good

Just got a press release this morning announcing the launch of the YouTube Nonprofit Program ! YouTube’s 2007/2008 Clinton Global Initiative commitment enables nonprofit organizations (in the U.S. YouTube’s 2007/2008 Clinton Global Initiative commitment enables nonprofit organizations (in the U.S.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Where Are The Gen-Y Bloggers Who Write About Nonprofits and Social Change? Pimp My Nonprofit Panel at SXSW. Reports of the Death of Social Networking for Nonprofits Are Not True! Blogging Behind the Nonprofit Firewall: ROI Approach. Vote for All These Awesome Nonprofit Panels At SXSW. Nonprofit Blogging Policies.

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The Drumbeat of Bad News in the Nonprofit and Philanthropy Sector and A Couple of Glimmers of Hope

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the nonprofit and philanthropy world, like the economy in general, the outlook for 2009 is rather bleak. A group of nonprofit and philanthropy pundits have offered their views on the impact of the economy on the nonprofit sector. The coming year is going to be a difficult one for everyone, especially nonprofits.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » YouTube for Nonprofits – Donations are Nice, but What About List Building?

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As part of the new YouTube for Nonprofits , Google has integrated Google Checkout donation processing for organizations in the program. If a decent percentage of people who view a nonprofit video actually give, then we have a revolution on our hands. Thanks, Ian 3 Jan 2008 lili Thank you very much for the great information.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » YouTube for Nonprofits – Donations are Nice, but What About List Building?

See3

As part of the new YouTube for Nonprofits , Google has integrated Google Checkout donation processing for organizations in the program. If a decent percentage of people who view a nonprofit video actually give, then we have a revolution on our hands. Thanks, Ian 3 Jan 2008 lili Thank you very much for the great information.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.

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