Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Any application written for OpenSocial will work on any partner social network – any OpenSocial “container&#. 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.

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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.), I realized that one of the most important things that we can do is educate the organizations we work with (as well as individuals) about privacy issues and data.

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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 really could have skipped the pictures of two of my work colleagues necking. :) Kinda fun though. 5 Jay 12.18.07

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Care2

MAY 7, 2007

60) Search « Care2 in the Press: Dawn Gets Greener With Care2 | Main | New M+R Study: Online Fundraising Tactics -- What Works? Did you experience any increased site traffic to HSUS as a result of your MySpace presence? Weve seen a 50% increase in traffic to our site from MySpace since the campaign went live.

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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. at 12:33 pm I think digital sharecropping works better as an analogy than as an actual analytical insight. One of the fundamental economic characteristics of Web 2.0

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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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Care2

JUNE 17, 2010

million people in August of 2008 according to the Nielsen Company. And what happened to MySpace? As they get older and join the working world, they will use email and a variety of other channels and gadgets to communicate. In Mexico it grew by 917%. In China it grew by 1500%. Furthermore, in August 2009, 276.9

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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. Because we believe that increasingly we will be seeing engagement move to these social networking models and away from email.

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See3

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

See3 has been working for months with NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation to conceive, develop, and produce their latest youth-oriented initiative: free.will.power. We even re-skinned their MySpace page to reflect the microsite creative!). And the timing for this initiative couldn’t be better.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

12 organizations are in the running to win $100,000 to amplify their message during the 2008 election. Wendy is spreading the word for people to vote for the Genocide Intervention Network through her MySpace blog. I love working here, but if those shelves above my head ever fall down, I'm a goner: books and videotapes smack on my head.

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Care2

MAY 7, 2007

60) Search « Sunny the Seal Melts Hearts on MySpace | Main | Join Care2 for Another Internet Advocacy Roundtable! » Monday May 07 2007 New M+R Study: Online Fundraising Tactics -- What Works? Copyright © 2008, Care2.com To create a new comment, use the form below. All rights reserved.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

I thought one organization I was working with was getting great traffic from Digg, in part due to highly placed users who seemed to really like our stuff. But then we were approached by a high profile Digg user and asked to work out a reward for future links (i.e. 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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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 12, 2007

In May 2005, Andrew Slack and his friend Justin Oberman started a MySpace site to discuss the connections between the Harry Potter series and social justice. Interesting tidbit: Harry Potter author JK Rowling used to work for Amnesty International ). Image Credit: Harry Potter Alliance logo from the HP Alliance MySpace.

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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

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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Care2

JULY 15, 2008

If a nonprofit works internationally, they should film their trip and the people they talked to and the work that they did. Nonprofits who work primarily with policy still should document themselves because they have access to experts on their topic. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Be sure to check it out. com , Inc.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I thought one organization I was working with was getting great traffic from Digg, in part due to highly placed users who seemed to really like our stuff. But then we were approached by a high profile Digg user and asked to work out a reward for future links (i.e. How about Digg ? he wanted to get paid for linking to us).

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman MAR 27, 2008 NTEN Does Web 2.0

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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. It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator. Coming soon - Im working on an overall online ROI assessment calculator. The irony).

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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. It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator. Coming soon - Im working on an overall online ROI assessment calculator. The irony).

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman JAN 30, 2008 Identity 2.0

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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.

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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. It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator. Coming soon - Im working on an overall online ROI assessment calculator. The irony).

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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

It is a story about a grasshopper who has spent the warm months singing away while the ant worked hard to store up food for winter. The story is used to teach the virtues of hard work and preparation. I suspect that the good folks at SeaChange are busy updated the 2008 the Procrastinators Guide To Year-End Fundraising.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Depending on your goals and your work, you may want to use a constituent management tool that is really good at tracking actions and activists, but not as good at other things. Or, you may need to get one that can work for many kinds of groups. They were active and dedicated to making it work and raised 90,000+ friends.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

The campaign employed widgets and leveraged Care2, and CI’s page on MySpace, as well as blogs, to spread the word about their campaign. ASPCA won the “Use of Web 2.0 / Peer to Peer” prize, largely for having in-depth and innovative presences on MySpace, YouTube, Squidoo and other locations on the Internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Kevin Gilnack workes for the Providers Council. Especially in workforce development, as it's very possible that those with questionable profiles could benefit from your work. Here are some examples from Beth from November, 2008 - I'd be interested in hearing about more data and experiences myself.

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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. What have you found that works?

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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

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. Write down what works to grow your presence and profile on these sites. I like Christopher Penn's example: Think for a moment what this means.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

using social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, online video, and text messaging to accomplish their own goals. and even some 3.0 ) tools in their work. The article can be accessed from: [link] November 14, 2007 | Amy Luckey Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved.

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Care2

AUGUST 27, 2007

using social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, online video, and text messaging to accomplish their own goals. and even some 3.0 ) tools in their work. The article can be accessed from: [link] November 14, 2007 | Amy Luckey Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

In this session, representatives from Causes (as in “on Facebook” and “on MySpace”), Capital One and Network for Good will present channels for raising money and awareness other than your website. They’ll also share with you their deepest confessions about what has NOT worked and why. All rights reserved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

What if we faced up to really measuring the results of our work? Told story about doing a workshop and someone said the product didn't work. How to make it work: Popular, Easy, Rewarding, Fun, Cultivate, Tangible. They will be using Skype, Second Life, Facebook, and MySpace. Good or bad thing? No one clicks on the button.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2011

Well, that’s when nonprofits started using MySpace to engage the MySpace community. It soared in users beginning in 2008 to present. Working hand in hand. That’s just the way the Web works now — fortune befriends the early adopters. What does all this have to do with social media? Everything!

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