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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

Nonprofit Tech for Good

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. What social media tools are you currently utilizing?

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A Social Media Strategy for Scientific Research or Policy Impact

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I encounter a lot of social media skeptics who ask me pointed questions. What if your goal is large scale systemic change, why bother with social media?". They do offer our opinions or promote any one policy or get into politics. . Source: Compete Media Trends for 2008 .

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Social Media and Governance: Reflections from BoardSource

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I had the honor of doing a mini workshop at the annual BoardSource Conference called “Governing the Networked Nonprofit in An Age of Social Media &# where I had an opportunity to share some ideas on social media culture, transparency, and simplicity from the Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine.

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Crowdsourcing Your Professional Learning With Social Media: An Example

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday I did one of the Chronicle's Live Chat Discussions that was billed as "How Can Charities Figure out How Much Time and Money To Invest in Social Media." The transcript is here. This is an example of how you can use social media to crowdsource your professional development and learning. Thank you Kevin!

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. Defourny et al.,

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

Care2

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!" Social Networking Reader Comments (1) Thanks for the compliment! I wrote the article.

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The Impact of Connectivity in the Future: Everything Is Connected, Cows will Tweet

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I just spent two amazing days at the Social Innovation Summit 2013 , a cross disciplinary crowd of people who work on social good in the areas of technology, investment, philanthropy, international development, and business. Samasource connects poor women and youth to training and employment in the digital economy.

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