Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

OpenSocial is a set of APIs that handle three different kinds of user data: profiles, social graph (who your friends are) and activities (the stuff of the Facebook news feeds.) Facebook has quite the motivation to keep people on Facebook, and keep the eyeballs there, because of their revenue model, which is ad-based.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

August 5, 2008 I have been thinking for the last few days about what it means to “keep up&# with the technology field, particularly ‘net technology. I echo Holly and Jack’s reliance on blogs/RSS readers, also twitter, friendfeed and professional groups and connections on Facebook. 3 Erin McMahon 08.08.08

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

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!" Over 179,000 nonprofits utilize Facebook Causes but just how sticky is Facebook?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2009

What's interesting about this Twitter account is that it isn't an automatic feed that streams links to their own reports. They are using Twitter and a Facebook Fan Page to grow an audience interested in carefully vetted research. Source: Compete Media Trends for 2008 . They rely only on credible sources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

It takes your RSS feed and applies engagement metrics, analyzing the types and frequency of an audience's interaction with your content. You can actually go back and review your entire feed. The What, Why, and How of Facebook Fan Pages. Is Facebook Causes A One Night Stand? This analysis took all of five minutes.

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MAY 8, 2009

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!" See Frogloop’s recent article on Facebook Causes ).

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FEBRUARY 6, 2008

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!" This is a perfect illustration of the organizational power that Facebook and other social networks have.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Anyone can set up a profile for an organization (it prompts for an EIN number ( but not required ) and Facebook account url) and you can opt to be the administrator. But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign.

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AUGUST 7, 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!" Tips for Promoting a Cause on Facebook If you build it, will they come?

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JULY 24, 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!" Tips for Promoting a Cause on Facebook If you build it, will they come?

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Steve Bridger

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Please join the Colalife group on Facebook; 6,391 members… and counting. Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at 11:05 am. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. This was written by Steve Bridger. Filed under ideas , video. Tagged colalife , video , water. Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2008

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!" Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. How did they do it?

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Forum One

JUNE 16, 2009

In 2008 TwitterVoteReport attempted to provide real-time election monitoring as US citizens posted voting experiences to their Twitter feeds. Facebook: Mousavi on Facebook (via rwanderman ). YouTube: A student group posting videos on the Iranian election and aftermath. Protest Iran Election. Twitter: #iranelection.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2008

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!" Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. How did they do it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

Tony Karrer suggested that the approach of aggregating the RSS feeds of blogs, adding in semantic tagging, keyword search and browsable index might help. He set up an experiment with feeds from nptech bloggers. To be clear Nptech Bloggers is a point of departure. You get summaries and then it takes you to the source. Communication.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Their donor file has quintupled since 2008. John Haydon , Author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies. For example, look into donors who answered a survey, had their employer match a gift, read your newsletter, liked you on Facebook, attended a recent event, or said something nice about you while chatting on that thank you call!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

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MAY 22, 2009

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!" Custom RSS feeds let you get quick updates on blogs that mention your organizations name.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2008

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

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!" I followed with a post to our blog , Facebook pages, Twitter and an email blast. on Friday Feb.

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JUNE 5, 2009

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!" Websites like Facebook, MySpace and YouTube are among the top 10 most trafficked sites in the US.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

Their donor file has quintupled since 2008. John Haydon , Author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies. For example, look into donors who answered a survey, had their employer match a gift, read your newsletter, liked you on Facebook, attended a recent event, or said something nice about you while chatting on that thank you call!

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 7, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What Facebook Knows Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 7th, 2010 Think about all the things people post on Facebook or any other social networking website. What happens in Vegas stays on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Foursquare.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. They have also been very active on Facebook and Twitter along with a few entries on the Jumo blog. Where Jumo setup their offices in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Election 2008 is remarkable for so many reasons. As agents of social change, there is a great deal the nonprofit sector can learn from Election 2008. Social Network Sites: In an effort to court the younger voter, candidates have built presences on My Space and Facebook. Lauren-Glenn Davitian, CCTV Center for Media and Democracy.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have been successful raising money for Friends Asking Friends events. And don’t forget that multichannel donors are the most loyal and valuable donors to have. Social media doesn’t raise money online Wrong. blog comments powered by Disqus Previous: What is Jumo?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

You’re not Angry Birds or Facebook. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. Even the most downloaded iPhone applications reach a small percentage of users.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

And in 2010, online giving is expected to bring in more donations than ever, after having seen a 46% increase in online revenue between 2008 and 2009. At Causes, the application on Facebook, we’re releasing huge improvements to our fundraising and communications tools just in time for the year-end giving season. Fundraising Projects.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

They built an iGoogle dashboard and fed RSS feeds based on information they were seeking in online social networks. Then, grab the search RSS feed and add it to your iGoogle. We used this technique for DIGG, forums, Twitter, Bing, and Google and then set up various searches along with monitoring of certain Twitter feeds.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

An iPhone app called Memento compiles the data from your various disparate personal information repositories such as Twitter, Facebook and Flickr, and brings them back into a diary format, of all things. We live in the age of Facebook. But Facebook is horrible when it comes to telling stories. You can even add diary entries.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 5, 2020

We have compiled a list of the 20 best virtual (and coronavirus-mandated socially distance-friendly) fundraising ideas that leverage tools like Zoom, Facebook, YouTube, online gaming, and other platforms that can serve as a fundraising vehicle for your organization. 100% of the $1.75M in proceeds they raised went to Feeding America.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 8, 2011

Additionally, the report cites the participation of 100 women in a specific 2008-09 campaign, which generated $141 million with a minimum gift of $1 million. in 2008, which accounts for 40% of privately held U.S. Lets take a closer look at the findings. The report cites recent single gifts from women in excess of $25 million.

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sgEngage

APRIL 6, 2011

Featuring: Ben Jenkins, Product Manager, Blackbaud and a technical representative from the US Congress Part IV of Advocacy Live – Using Social Media to Boost Online Advocacy Watch a demonstration of a recently deployed Facebook-driven advocacy campaign supporting Amnesty International USA.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2014

In the early days of social fundraising in 2008, Erin Ennis who took a winter dip in Vermont’s Lake Champlain as part of a personal challenge to raise money for Special Olympics Vermont. The data from Facebook illustrates how the campaign started in Massachusetts (where Frates is from) and spread across the country.

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JULY 2, 2009

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!" link] It tracks Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, LinkedIn.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Since 2008, non-profits have cracked the $1 billion mark for online fundraising. In 2010, the average online gift jumped up to $91.94."

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FEBRUARY 19, 2008

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