Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. It was the optimal time for early adoption of social media by nonprofits, and it’s no coincidence that the nonprofits that embraced these new tools in 2006 through 2008 are today the most successful nonprofits on the Social Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

Even though Google Profiles must be individuals, you can still help brand your nonprofit by adding your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your profile picture: 5. Can anyone help? Add a your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google Profile picture. to a WordPress.com blog (beyond what is found at the bottom of this blog post).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

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 was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 25, 2008

Myspace is going with OpenID ! Be Helpful. Is this a bad thing? That’s a great step. There are some other interesting moves outlined in that great post by Marshall Kirpatrick, my currently favorite ReadWriteWeb blogger Android for the masses, iPhone for the rich? More on that in a later post. { More on that in a later post. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

One of the big issues about social network platforms was that once Facebook made its platform available, and MySpace and LinkedIn followed, it looked like developers would have to port their apps to each social network. I’m not so clear about how this helps users. Be Helpful. This breaks the whole thing open.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Turns out, unlike Facebook, or Myspace and such, the “Spock Bot&# makes pages for people without their knowing. Creepy part: do I really want to know what’s on my ex-girlfriend’s MySpace page? I hope this will help in understanding how it works. .&# Well, I already trust them, so I joined them. 4 Ade 12.18.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

June 10, 2008 Today, someone on the progressive exchange list asked about a tool called Rapleaf. Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), Be Helpful. What is public? Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Care2

MAY 7, 2007

» Monday May 07 2007 Sunny the Seal Melts Hearts on MySpace Monday, May 7, 2007 at 04:34PM | by Hatef Yamini Carie Lewis of the Humane Society recently shared with us some lessons learned about branding and list recruitment from their unique MySpace campaign against clubbing baby seals. Any other metrics that are worth noting?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

MySpace, Facebook, and many other businesses have realized that they can give away the tools of production but maintain ownership over the resulting products. Be Helpful. One of the fundamental economic characteristics of Web 2.0

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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. 1] (In 2008, 26% of adults used an SNS.) MySpace – 29%. This is significantly higher than the 65% of Americans that belonged to at least one voluntary group in 2008." LinkedIn – 18%.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Amongst 11-25 year olds, Facebook is trailed by Bebo (28%), MySpace (25%), Twitter (12%), MSN (9%), YouTube (2%) and “other” (4%). Despite this, less than half (48%) of the 187 charities that were surveyed as part of nfpSynergy’s Virtual Promise (2008) report said that their organization used social networking websites. What It Means.

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See3

DECEMBER 12, 2007

We are working with our clients to engage constituents on sites like YouTube, Facebook and MySpace. Share and Enjoy: 4 Comments comment Social Networking News for Myspace / Facebook / Etc. Andrew 23 Dec 2007 nasir Please help us build a village in Somalia. Because email… what’s the technical term?

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Care2

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). How about Digg ? he wanted to get paid for linking to us).

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

With estimates up to 200 million members globally and 12% of all internet traffic, MySpace certainly earns the title of the "top dog" of social networks. Within MySpace, we searched the names of 383 of the largest, most well-known nonprofits to see if they had created profiles. And is it even worth it ?

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

We had 22 video submissions, 2,000 new list members via the winners page leading to [a campaign] to help end dogfighting, and 52,000 YouTube video views of the original video. March 4, 2008 | Carie This girl is on the ball! March 4, 2008 | Carol Rados Copyright © 2008, Care2.com How many videos were submitted?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

With estimates up to 200 million members globally and 12% of all internet traffic, MySpace certainly earns the title of the "top dog" of social networks. Within MySpace, we searched the names of 383 of the largest, most well-known nonprofits to see if they had created profiles. And is it even worth it ?

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Social Media Place Myspace Advocacy 28

Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

Websites like Facebook, MySpace and YouTube are among the top 10 most trafficked sites in the US. According to the just released 2009 eBenchmarks study by M&R Strategic Services and NTEN, most of the 32 groups featured in the study saw their online fundraising increase between 2007 and 2008. All rights reserved.

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Care2

MARCH 3, 2008

We had 22 video submissions, 2,000 new list members via the winners page leading to [a campaign] to help end dogfighting, and 52,000 YouTube video views of the original video. March 4, 2008 | Carie This girl is on the ball! March 4, 2008 | Carol Rados Copyright © 2008, Care2.com How many videos were submitted?

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Care2

JULY 15, 2008

While youre at it, the always fantastic Agitator blog posted a video article linking to new data and a helpful article showing how to save costs related to online video. He gave a series of tips that will help video become popular, but stressed the fact that some videos will never go viral. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

You can use this tool to calculate an estimate of cost and return on investment for the recruitment and fundraising efforts of your staff in social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace. If you think that fundraising and recruitment from social networks is the way for you to go, here are a few articles to help you get started.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

You can use this tool to calculate an estimate of cost and return on investment for the recruitment and fundraising efforts of your staff in social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace. If you think that fundraising and recruitment from social networks is the way for you to go, here are a few articles to help you get started.

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Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Care2

MAY 16, 2007

Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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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). How about Digg ? he wanted to get paid for linking to us).

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

This age group is increasingly on Facebook , MySpace and Twitter -- more ’mainstream’ social networks.“ Another 2008 market research study conducted by NPD Group showed that 61 percent of Boomer Internet users had visited sites that offer streaming or downloadable video (e.g., LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace).

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

You can use this tool to calculate an estimate of cost and return on investment for the recruitment and fundraising efforts of your staff in social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace. If you think that fundraising and recruitment from social networks is the way for you to go, here are a few articles to help you get started.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

May 2007 : A grassroots Obama MySpace page hits 100,000 fans. July 2008 : Supporters launch an uprising on mybarackobama.com in response to a vote made by Obama. August 2008 : Obama makes the VP announcement everyone was anxiously awaiting by text message for the first time ever. Organizations should take heed of this new model.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

This age group is increasingly on Facebook , MySpace and Twitter -- more ’mainstream’ social networks.“ Another 2008 market research study conducted by NPD Group showed that 61 percent of Boomer Internet users had visited sites that offer streaming or downloadable video (e.g., LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

I suspect that the good folks at SeaChange are busy updated the 2008 the Procrastinators Guide To Year-End Fundraising. from DonorsChoose.org at the bottom of posts, so that readers can find opportunities to take action to help classrooms around the world. Heather Mansfield, Making It On MySpace. Digidave of Spot.Us

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

With email newsletters and emails as part of your campaigns you can move your supporters up the ladder of engagement to take more actions and help you more and more. A couple of examples: GreenPeace didn’t have everything they needed to conduct an email campaign so they set up a Myspace profile. Google Maps & MyMaps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

where your mini-application can extend to: MySpace, Bebo, SixApart, Orkut, Salesforce, LinkedIn, Ning, Hi5, Plaxo, Friendster, Viadeo and Oracle. It will run on MySpace. Open standards help long term. I like Christopher Penn's example: Think for a moment what this means. It will run on Plaxo. Harness existing communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Here are some examples from Beth from November, 2008 - I'd be interested in hearing about more data and experiences myself. I haven't done a lot of work with Facebook, but integration (linking from your website and enewsletter, writing about it in your newsletter, and sharing it through your other marketing and fundraising presence will help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

The share of adult internet users who have a profile on an online social network site has more than quadrupled in the past four years -- from 8% in 2005 to 35% now, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project's December 2008 tracking survey. They are not just posting photos of their grandkids.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

YouTube , Google Maps , DIGG , TypePad , MySpace , Facebook , Plaxo, or Salesforce , then youve likely run across an API. In fact, ASPCA and Conservation International received recognition during Convios Summit, in part for their successful use of widgets on social networks such as MySpace. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

Running ads that link with a co-registration campaign, like those offered by Care2 , are fantastic ways to boost your lists Social networks, like Care2, Facebook , and MySpace help people attach the issue with themselves and become more personally invested in it. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

Group members offered helpful suggestions for the team on ways to improve their site. Heres some highlights of the evening that can help you pimp your own nonprofits website! SplashCast Media and Searchles can help you out. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com To create a new comment, use the form below. All rights reserved.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

If you engage influentials right, they can help your organization spread your message, introduce new people to your organization and blog about it. April 18, 2009 | Justin Farrow Copyright © 2008, Care2.com It’s a cheap and easy way to connect with your current supporters and engage new ones. During the Fem 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

The nonprofit sector is the long snail - helping the 99% of nonprofits that are providing 50% of the services to obtain the resources. Gave an example of Feet First: Bought a chicken suit and you had to help the chicken cross the road. We're trying to help give with their head. Nonprofits lag behind the corporate sector.

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