Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

In June of 2007, nearly over 35% of Facebook traffic came the 18-24 year old segment, compared to around 22% in June 2008. I've changed where I'm willing to link to anyone who I feel may be a good person to know in the future based on their profile and possibly a limited messaging exchange. And that's the way I've operated.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

Established in 2008 as a collaborative response to the growing number of complex elder abuse cases in NYC, the NYC Elder Abuse Center helps professionals, organizations, and systems prevent elder abuse and improve their response to it. ] By Debra Askanase, Community Organzier 2.0

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MARCH 24, 2015

Earlier this year, BoardSource launched Leading with Intent: A National Index of Nonprofit Board Practices , which is a comprehensive scan of current nonprofit board practices, policies, and performance. For more on the important role that board members can play in advocating for their missions, visit here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

who gave the keynote speech at UC Berkeley’s conference on law, ethics and technology, “ Social Networks: Friends or Foes? ,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. To stay updated on how the legal landscape develops, follow the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic blog at UC Berkeley Law.

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

Separately, MedBiquitous’s Learning Experience Working Group has completed a draft of its first profile, Virtual Patients, and has started work on its second profile, titled Human Patient Simulators, Mannequins and Task Trainers. This profile will promote standardization in how simulators report over the Internet to databases.

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MARCH 12, 2011

We focused on the science and policy. At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck. I reached out to Farra through her LinkedIn profile. We could change the description, profile picture, etc. We focused on the patient. We focused on action and making change for the patient.

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MAY 14, 2009

Email: While more than 35 percent of American adults now have a profile on at least one social networking site – the best way to reach supporters is still email. Email lists are continuing to grow, though the rate of growth was 17% in 2008. Average gift size across organizations was $71 in 2008. Here are the highlights.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Eventually this site draws over 2 million profiles and 35,000 volunteer groups. (To The campaign takes over this page and creates profiles on other networking sites, targeting key demographics where they spend their time such as BlackPlanet and AsianAve. a social networking site. Obama’s Facebook pages alone grow to 3.2

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

I know of some but they would pick my Facebook personal profile instead of the Organization's Page I am admin of. Is the stigma of having fans or cause supporters with 'questionable' Facebook profiles true? Especially in workforce development, as it's very possible that those with questionable profiles could benefit from your work.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

The people’s choice winner (chosen by an online poll) was also featured on our website and social networking profiles. March 4, 2008 | Carie This girl is on the ball! March 4, 2008 | Carol Rados Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply. Increased traffic?

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MARCH 3, 2008

The people’s choice winner (chosen by an online poll) was also featured on our website and social networking profiles. March 4, 2008 | Carie This girl is on the ball! March 4, 2008 | Carol Rados Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply. Increased traffic?

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APRIL 22, 2009

Elana Wolowitz, the Communications Director and voice behind the @wellstoneaction profile, took some time out of her hectic schedule to answer a few questions. Elana Wolowitz (EW): Im pretty sure we started in May or June of 2008. www.MHPonline.org April 22, 2009 | Rick Bernardo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Á la our Causes analysis awhile ago , we examined 150 nonprofit profiles on MySpace to see which functions people were using, how those features were working, and how much money their profiles were raising. Within MySpace, we searched the names of 383 of the largest, most well-known nonprofits to see if they had created profiles.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Á la our Causes analysis awhile ago , we examined 150 nonprofit profiles on MySpace to see which functions people were using, how those features were working, and how much money their profiles were raising. Within MySpace, we searched the names of 383 of the largest, most well-known nonprofits to see if they had created profiles.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

60) Search « Email Is Most Popular for a Reason: Its the Strongest Performing | Main | Join WVU for Integrated Marketing Degree Information Session » Wednesday Feb 06 2008 Worldwide Protest Organized on Facebook Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 10:43AM | by Caitlin Ochs Need more proof of the organizing power of social networks?

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

Listen and Build Relationships Some of the best ways to build relationships with reporters and bloggers who cover your issues is to examine their “byline profiles”, start listening and begin a dialogue. May 22, 2009 | Caitlin Jennings Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

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Care2

MAY 7, 2007

We had almost 500 new additions to our email list from MySpace-which includes both profiles-our main HSUS profile and Sunny the Seals profile. It was important for us to carefully cross promote the advocacy campaigns between the two profiles and leverage the number of friends with our main profile.

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Care2

JUNE 11, 2008

60) Search « New Research Findings: Advocacy Groups More Trusted | Main | Social Actions: How to Pitch Yourself in Two Minutes » Wednesday Jun 11 2008 Three Keys to Successful Online Campaigns Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 11:52AM | by Hatef Yamini Campaigning online. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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MARCH 12, 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 MAR 12, 2008 Why do people give charity?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

A couple of examples: GreenPeace didn’t have everything they needed to conduct an email campaign so they set up a Myspace profile. Very cool project from 2008: Twitter Vote Report. Influence decision-makers; impact public policy. More than 4 million users become fans of Pages each day.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

If you have profiles on social networking sites like MySpace or Facebook , make sure icons that link to those are on your home page. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply. Make the first words they read the ones with the most impact and importance. All rights reserved.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

It’s important to recognize that you will not recruit millions of new people to your organization and raise tons of money just because you have a profile on Facebook, or because your staff Twitters. April 18, 2009 | Justin Farrow Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I'd worked at a DC nonprofit the summer after my junior year that focused on policy work, but that wasn't a fit for me either. If you've already got an idea for an organization you'd like to create, the deadline for Echoing Green's 2008 Fellowship applications is December 3, 2007. educational inequity, poverty), what would they be?

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

The same goes with how nonprofits can look at having a profile on Facebook or Twitter; that they may be catching someone at exactly the right moment of when they want to be involved. June 30, 2009 | Andi Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply. All rights reserved.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

billion minutes are spent on Facebook each day (worldwide) More than 20 million users update their statuses at least once each day More than 4 million users become fans of Pages each day A couple of examples: GreenPeace didnt have everything they needed to conduct an email campaign so they set up a Myspace profile. All rights reserved.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

But then we were approached by a high profile Digg user and asked to work out a reward for future links (i.e. September 14, 2007 | TheMySpaceConsultant Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply. he wanted to get paid for linking to us). All rights reserved.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply. ” As part of doing the demo of Convio’s new application, Austin noted that Convio reportedly is offering additional extensions for nonprofits to tap into audiences on Google, Flickr, Plaxo and YouTube, as well. All rights reserved.

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2007

With more than 130 million user profiles on record, MySpace’s announcement gave a major boost to the larger trend of social networks going mobile. August 12, 2007 | Francis Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply. All rights reserved.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Here is the user profile by age circa July 2008 (per this report ). And here is the creator profile by participation. Profiles: Very Safe. Unlike other online communities, ScratchR does not allow you to "pimp your profile" with all kinds of information. Communication: Pretty Safe.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

But then we were approached by a high profile Digg user and asked to work out a reward for future links (i.e. September 14, 2007 | TheMySpaceConsultant Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply. he wanted to get paid for linking to us). All rights reserved.

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AUGUST 7, 2007

Chief among them is that when a user installs the application, they get a charity badge / search engine right in their profile. March 4, 2008 | Leonard Sellem This can most definitely help fundraisers too [link] Its a free ebook on the 7 Secrets to Facebook Fundraising September 30, 2008 | Quality Article Writers Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Care2

JULY 24, 2007

Chief among them is that when a user installs the application, they get a charity badge / search engine right in their profile. March 4, 2008 | Leonard Sellem This can most definitely help fundraisers too [link] Its a free ebook on the 7 Secrets to Facebook Fundraising September 30, 2008 | Quality Article Writers Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Care2

JULY 2, 2009

According to ReadWriteWeb, they will soon be providing a related API for Twitter, Facebook, and FriendFeed to integrate, retrieve, and provide further statistics for each users Facebook profile. Reader Comments (13) I like Quantcast better than Xinureturns for an overview that includes social media profiles. To some extend anyway.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2010

Supporting these visionary leaders, raising the profile of their work and facilitating collaborations and sharing has allowed many to pursue a life of changemaking, scaling their impact and, in many instances, affecting national policy and changing the lives of thousands in their communities.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

So first you can expand your toolkit by making sure that you have strong gift acceptance policies that are already in place, particularly related to appreciated asset-giving, wealth transfers and bequests. So you just want a very well documented asset management policy, if, as a nonprofit you’re working to hold cryptocurrency.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

So first you can expand your toolkit by making sure that you have strong gift acceptance policies that are already in place, particularly related to appreciated asset-giving, wealth transfers and bequests. So you just want a very well documented asset management policy, if, as a nonprofit you’re working to hold cryptocurrency.

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

But 36% discovered them through a friend’s profile. As for Facebook Causes, you can see our total raised on our profile page: [link] Please stay in touch! 6 Jun 2008 Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits.

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