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JUNE 5, 2009

Regardless of whether you believe direct mail is on its way out -- and many smart people seem to disagree with each other on this point – nearly everyone agrees that the role of online giving is only becoming more important over time. Tens of millions of people are doing business online. Consider this. Internet users, or 72.5%

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The "Fall Festival" advertised on their homepage is for 2008, and the "events" link opens up to a May 2009 calendar. This IRS action is long overdue.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

60) Search « Converting New Activists into Donors | Main | Five Tips to Engaging New Online Activists » Thursday Jun 11 2009 How Sticky is Facebook? Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 01:28PM | by Allyson Kapin Facebook is the 5th most trafficked site in the United States. June 11, 2009 | Jeff Patrick Great article !

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JUNE 17, 2009

60) Search « Washington Post: Fundraising Via Email Is Way More Effective than via Social Networks | Main | Punching Up Your Action Alerts and Online Fundraising Appeals » Tuesday Apr 21 2009 Congratulations to Nonprofit Campaigners on Three Recent Victories Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 11:22PM | by Clinton OBrien 1.

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JANUARY 15, 2009

60) Search « Friday Webinar: Best Practices for Email List-growth and Fundraising | Main | 10 Fast Tips to Boost E-newsletter Performance » Thursday Jan 15 2009 What Makes A Campaign Go Viral? – Anne Dougherty, Clean Water Action @escapetochengdu : Viral = spreads on its own without any help from its creator.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 4, 2010

Wikipedia Loves Art, Take One The first version of Wikipedia Loves Art first took place in February 2009. The Wikimedians asked if the museum would coordinate a project in which people could photograph artworks in cultural institutions to illustrate Wikipedia articles.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 1. April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 3. April 27 , 2009 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 5. Burks | Mercy Corps Communications Track - Franciscan B Action is at the heart of what our organizations do. Without further ado here are my favorites. Better Online Storytelling Designed by Roger O.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

For many people who find you online, your website is the organization. Your website should tell people who you and what you do. Use email to reach out to your constituents to let them know what youre up to or to ask them to take action. Websites, Email & Constituent Management from Laura Quinn: Your website is you, online.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

If you dont measure results strictly by fundraising -- maybe your results are based on advocacy or branding only -- you can just look at the "cost per friend" or "cost per email name" to compare with the costs of recruiting people elsewhere. Its time to bust out the calculator and have a realistic look. The irony).

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Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Care2

JULY 17, 2007

If you dont measure results strictly by fundraising -- maybe your results are based on advocacy or branding only -- you can just look at the "cost per friend" or "cost per email name" to compare with the costs of recruiting people elsewhere. Its time to bust out the calculator and have a realistic look. The irony).

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Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Surprise, surprise, a lot of people were searching on keywords like “register to vote” in September and October, and we got our highest numbers yet. People who are searching for issues that we work on might not find our website in their first page of organic search results, but they may well see one of our Google ads.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

If you dont measure results strictly by fundraising -- maybe your results are based on advocacy or branding only -- you can just look at the "cost per friend" or "cost per email name" to compare with the costs of recruiting people elsewhere. Its time to bust out the calculator and have a realistic look. The irony).

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ROI Social Network Social Media Advocacy 53

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, March 18, 2011 Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunteer?" The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008. The number seems high to some people and low to others. posted by Mark Hager, Ph.D. One in three. But is it right?

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See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

It doesn’t allow people to take your organizational actions or sign-up for your newsletters the way Convio’s application does. So it might not be so easy to deliver specific messages to specific people within Facebook the way you might elsewhere. They have also made it easy to build. Interactivity.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

"This Is Why Im Hot" instead of "Global Warming is Serious") or interesting tags can increase the number of people who click on your video. There really are no golden rules here - were continually surprised by the content we see from people on YouTube and it spans a very wide variety of form and formats. All rights reserved.

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YouTube Social Media Video Advocacy 34

Care2

JULY 14, 2008

"This Is Why Im Hot" instead of "Global Warming is Serious") or interesting tags can increase the number of people who click on your video. There really are no golden rules here - were continually surprised by the content we see from people on YouTube and it spans a very wide variety of form and formats. All rights reserved.

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YouTube Video Social Media Advocacy 34

Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

» Sunday May 31 2009 Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 02:22PM | by Mal Warwick My, my. 3) The direct-mail-is-dead crowd repeatedly asserts that only old people give by mail and that young people only give online. Philanthropy has always been primarily a concern of older people.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 8, 2011

. ^ [4] Empathy is measured by feeling protective of others in need, a willingness to care for others who are less fortunate, or a willingness to assist people in need. Making Philanthropy a Lifestyle, 365 Days a Year Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving? Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunte.

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Care2

MAY 27, 2009

Main | Earned Media: How to Stay Relevant and Track It » Wednesday May 27 2009 The ROI of Social Media Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 10:39AM | by Heather Holdridge Social media is a hot topic these days. You can see the metrics in action in the chart below. May 27, 2009 | Beth Kanter Great post here - thank you!

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Social Media ROI Media Social 59

Care2

APRIL 21, 2008

His creative and unusual campaign merged online activism with offline action, and combines the power of the web with live demonstration. Though the web is useful for connecting people around a single cause on a global scale, this support is often difficult to express offline. Here each avatar represented 3,000 Dutch people.

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2008

His creative and unusual campaign merged online activism with offline action, and combines the power of the web with live demonstration. Though the web is useful for connecting people around a single cause on a global scale, this support is often difficult to express offline. Here each avatar represented 3,000 Dutch people.

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Avatar Life Campaign Social Media 37

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

He says that the standard reason why people say that exclusive rights are important is that this will encourage information production and innovation: "In order to harness the efforts of individuals and firms that want to make money, we are willing to trade off some static inefficiencies to achieve dynamic efficiency.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

Katie Harbath of DCI who joined me on the panel “Every Question I Was too Embarrassed to Ask about Technology” said that this is one of the best resources of data when you begin to search for people to build your social media community. It’s where people go to gather news, resources and discuss issues.

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Social Media Online Communication Media 76

Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

60) Search « New Study: The Power of the Premium: Convincing Prospective Donors to Give | Main | 5 Quick Steps to Better SEO » Friday Mar 13 2009 Open Government: A Recap of TransparencyCamp Friday, March 13, 2009 at 12:32AM | by Tracy Viselli "We have brought the techies and the policy wonks together, and they arent that different."

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Government Social Media Open Advocacy 31

Care2

APRIL 20, 2009

As communicators who are fighting to change the world, we need to write passionately and tell stories that connect to people in order to motivate them to take action and donate some of their hard earned money. To be honest, my eyes just glaze over reading most of them because they say the same old thing. This needs to change ASAP.

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