Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 12, 2017

These early adopters were also embracing Myspace when the vast majority of nonprofits hadn’t yet had their aha moment about social media. YouTube launched almost 13 years ago on February 14, 2005 and you got to give credit to the early adopter nonprofits active on YouTube in its early years. It’s Time | Marriage Equality.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. It’s a social network that requires a lot of time and content, but more importantly, a social media manager who enjoys being active on Twitter and understands Twitter’s extensive toolset. Like all social media today, organic reach is very low.

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NetWits

OCTOBER 3, 2012

President Barack Obama raised nearly $410 million dollars through individual contributions in 2008.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 24, 2014

Not all social media channels are created equal. Read on for more about what every board member needs to know about social media. 3 Things Every Board Member Should Know About Social Media. Not a board meeting goes by where one of my board members doesn’t tell me about some cool new social media tool they are using.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2011

Based on more than 15 years of experience in nonprofit communications and 15,000+ hours spent utilizing social and mobile media, Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits, written by Heather Mansfield , is a comprehensive 256-page hardcover book packed with more than 100 best practices covering Web 1.0,

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2011

Social media for social good is grassroots organizing, fundraising and impact in the digital world. Here’s 9 “social media for social good&# websites you should check out today. Jumo is another social media for social good platform that entered the mix in 2010. 1) Crowdrise – [link]. 3) Jumo – [link].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 6, 2009

DIOSA Communications has been offering social media webinars for nonprofits since February 2008, but the content of the webinars and the time schedule mostly accommodate nonprofits in the United States. Approximately 20 charities in the U.K., The webinars are also well-suited for nonprofits in Eastern Canada.

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NCE Social Media

JULY 21, 2009

The Altimeter Blog has announced that they are releasing a new study on how the major brands, as identified by the 2008 BusinessWeek/Interbrand Best Global Brands ranking , use social media to get their message out. Tags: Marketing and Awareness Research Tools altimeter brand egagement media social.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has just published Social Media and College Admissions: The First Longitudinal Study by Eric Mattson and Nora Ganim Barnes, Ph.D. The study compares adoption of social media between 2007 and 2008 by the admissions offices of all four-year accredited institutions in the United States.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2012

Note from Beth: Over five years ago , I connected with Sam Mayfield, an independent media maker, through my blog. In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. My background is in community media. We scrape it together.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 24, 2013

The Mobile Web is often discussed as a future trend that nonprofits have time to prepare for, but the reality is that by the end of 2014, the majority of your supporters and donors will be viewing your website, email communications, blogs, and social media content on smartphones and tablets. In truth, the Mobile Web is already here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the Web goes mobile , so does social media… and so should your nonprofit. In 2008, over two trillion text messages were sent worldwide. 2) Mobile Websites: When I said social media is going mobile, I meant literally. The Web and how people use it is transforming quickly. 1 trillion of those were sent by U.S.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

There’s little question that social media is growing in popularity and becoming more of a mainstream activity. According to a November 2011 study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project , 66% of adult Internet users are using a social networking site, up from 30% in 2008. Keep Your Audience Engaged.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

I wrote about it in Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits : Communities begin to grow exponentially when they reach 5,000 members. There is absolutely a math to social media and once you hit that 5,000 mark, you’ll begin experience a faster pace of growth. And it’s true. 5,000 is the magic number.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Last year, I couldn't decide and ended up writing the look back as a lessons learned, a personal New Year's resolution post, and a round up of what nonprofit folks had on their minds as they entered 2008: Four Lessons Learned: Social Media and Nonprofits Meme: I listed four lessons learned and tagged four other people.

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Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

The results of two new surveys paint a bleak picture of the effectiveness of social media for fundraising and volunteer recruitment. The survey is based on responses from about 200 mid-sized nonprofits (defined as having revenues between $1 and $5 million annually) between July 2008 and March 2009.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2009

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?". A few weeks back I met Melinda Venable, Associate Director Digital and Ethnic Media at Resource Media who told me about the ClimateChangeUS Twitter strategy. .

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program Honorable Mention: National Parks Conservation Association Winner: Freepress for their StopBigMedia.com campaign Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. All rights reserved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

grist.org has discovered what social media folks who work for zoos, aquariums, and animal welfare organizations already know. Time to Update The Cute Dog Theory of Social Media: Cute Animal Theory. I even did a series of interviews of nonprofit social media professionals and their dogs and its all available on a fun wiki.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

This spring, the New York City Elder Abuse Center (the Center) began its journey from a traditional, “non-social” organization to one that uses and embraces social media in both its communications and internal processes. In order to accomplish the goals of social media strategy, Deputy Director Risa Breckman knew that 1.)

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NetWits

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Back in January of 2008 he told us (the non-profit sector) that we should be looking to use the internet in new and innovative ways to build community and engage our supporters because direct mail, although still a huge revenue source, was beginning to show signs of fatigue. My Question to You.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2011

I participated on a panel called Face, Tweet, Link – Socia Media, Grantmaking & A True Social ROI. I started with an overview of the state of social media measurement and ROI in the nonprofit field, outlining some of the challenges and the needs: * Social media measurement goes hand in hand with good practice.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 2, 2008

We're half way through 2008, so I thought I'd share how mine are going, and check in on yours. Challenge for the rest of 2008: I'm feeling a bit discouraged about what feels like a lack of progress in the situation. Challenge for rest of 2008: I only have 6 more interviews for 2008. My resolutions were to: 1.

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Care2

OCTOBER 7, 2008

The idea was that thefederal agency would work with Care2 to build support for the International Year of the Reef 2008. October 7, 2008 | Paul Greenberg Copyright © 2008, Care2.com October 7, 2008 | Paul Greenberg Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Great work. All rights reserved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

Chronicle of Philanthropy has a roundup of predictions for 2008 from. nonprofit leaders , including Daniel Ben-Horin, founder of CompuMentor who predicts, "Successful nonprofit players in the social media space will those who understand the opportunity without being seduced by it." Let's take a look.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Social Impact Nonprofit Social Media Survey View more presentations from Weber Shandwick Social Impact. The results of two new research studies about nonprofits and adoption of social media were released this week. One focuses on telling nonprofits not to bother with social media, the other provides some strategic ways to move forward.

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

Achieve was founded in 2008 and started off working in the nonprofit sector primarily in research, strategy, and fundraising. Given that they were the children of the financial crisis of 2008-2009, they didn’t have the income to support significant giving. Qgiv has been fortunate to make wonderful friends over the years.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 31, 2009

VoiceThread, named one of Webware's top 100 web apps for 2008, is an online media album tool that lets a group of people easily add their comments to a collection of images, videos, and documents. Tags: Non-profit technology nptech online community Video collaboration media. read more ).

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2007

The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing is providing leverage for Tibetan, Darfurian, Burmese and Chinese human rights campaigns: The International Campaign for Tibet created the Race for Tibet. We believe China and the IOC should be held accountable to the promises they made during Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympics."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The Need for the 4Cs Social Media Framework. Over the last year, I have had to explain how social media works to diplomats, defense officials, and academics and students focused on fields as diverse as international affairs, management and sociology. I have found that first-timer find social media confusing because of two reasons.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program. Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. They promoted the campaign through social media sites and raised $300k online within two months. Winner: Ploughshares Fund.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Note from Beth: Last May, Mark Pescue published a provocative essay called the "Tower and the Clouds" which talked about the tension between working in traditional, hierarchical nonprofits and the "cloud" like behavior of working with social media. We started our communities in 2007, more than a year before we started the nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

After explaining Globalgiving Svetlana wrote: I was wondering if you were interested in learning more about us and maybe featuring us on your blog or offering us ideas about how to improve our social media avenues? Will personable intermediaries and funding local issues be on the horizon for trends in 2008 year end or beyond?

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Care2

JANUARY 16, 2008

com Passes 8 Million Member Mark » Wednesday Jan 16 2008 So Easy, a Chicken Could Do It: frogloop 2008 Reader Survey Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 03:57PM | by James OMalley Help us help you by taking the frogloop 2008 Reader Survey ! Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Main | Care2.com All rights reserved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2008

Nancy Schwartz wants you to help her select the winners of the 2008 Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards, to be announced in July. The tagline finalists you see here have been carefully culled from the more than 1,050 taglines submitted to Getting Attention Tagline Awards. Hurry, the voting closing on Friday, June 20th.

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