Care2

JUNE 30, 2009

Main | Advocacy Online Unveils Social Networking Platform in Toronto » Thursday Jun 11 2009 Five Tips to Engaging New Online Activists Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 11:58AM | by Allyson Kapin Your nonprofit spends time and money growing your online list. Did they help? How did they help?) What do you want them to do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

The first part of the problem is that India still has low literacy rates - the 2009 Annual Status of Education Report shows that between classes 1 to 8 only around 40% of children can read a class 2 level text in their own language and an even lower 23% of children can ready easy sentences in English - sentences of the kind "What is your name?"

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Care2

JANUARY 6, 2009

60) Search « Care2 Adds Two Experts to Nonprofit Services Team | Main | Year-End Fundraising » Tuesday Jan 06 2009 Defining a Nonprofit Websites Google Analytics KPIs (Part 2) Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 12:43PM | by James OMalley In part 1 of this series, we discussed how to correctly install your Google Analytics.

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

If they do match up, good job, but they can still help you shape your content and provide a better user experience once visitors come to your site from their search results. The links to site map generators were really helpful too. March 23, 2009 | Hatef Yamini Excellent list! Basic, but specific enough to implement.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

60) Search « The ROI of Social Media | Main | Advocacy Online Launches in the US » Thursday May 21 2009 Earned Media: How to Stay Relevant and Track It Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 01:20PM | by Allyson Kapin “If you dont brand yourself, Google will brand you,” says branding expert Sherry Beck Paprocki.

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Care2

MAY 8, 2009

May 7, 2009 | Kimberley Le Sueur I run the OpenTravel Allliance (www.opentravel.org),and as a not-for-profit trade association serving the travel industry, it doesnt make sense for us to be on Facebook. May 11, 2009 | Caitlin Jennings Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Thanks for this post. All rights reserved.

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Care2

JUNE 16, 2009

» Monday Jun 15 2009 Converting New Activists into Donors Monday, June 15, 2009 at 05:05PM | by Allyson Kapin Last week Frogloop talked with Madeline Stanionis and Jenn Smith of Watershed about their top 5 tips for engaging new activists who recently signed up for a nonprofit’s email list. Quantifying those asks (e.g.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

I said, "I dont know if this will be valuable, but it cant hurt," and any tactic that could help raise our profile was received well. It wasnt a story Id planned on pitching, but it was a great way to promote our brand (irreverent, not politics-as-usual) and help a journalist looking for a source. All rights reserved.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

» Tuesday Feb 17 2009 Reaching Baby Boomers: The Next Big Demographic in Nonprofit Online Fundraising Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 03:50PM | by Allyson Kapin By: Allyson Kapin , Blogger-In-Chief Direct Mail acquisition is one of the most expensive ways to raise money these days. Reader Comments (5) Nice post Allyson!

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

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. Offering incentives to donate online may help boost response rates. April 1, 2010 | sales leads Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Care2

JANUARY 19, 2009

» Thursday Jan 15 2009 Friday Webinar: Best Practices for Email List-growth and Fundraising Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 05:01PM | by Justin Perkins As more and more nonprofits go online, and more and more donors give online, the leading nonprofits are finding that email is the most powerful option for online fundraising.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

5) Use Compelling Images And Headlines: Images can help draw your readers in and help connect them to your organizations mission and initiatives. February 26, 2009 | Gayle Thorsen Allyson, Great overview of web content best practices. mkp [link] February 27, 2009 | Maryan Pelland Just wanted to say thanks for the great tips!

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 27, 2011

Within an hour (and with a huge helping hand from social media), thousands had mobilized and gathered all over the United States to celebrate, remember, and embrace. It was completed and published in November 2009. Clearly, participation is in, and passive observation is out. Click here to download a PDF copy.

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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. million on their last return in 2006 , is the Helping Hands Agency in Page. Long overdue, the IRS finally pulled the trigger. This is great news.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

» Tuesday Feb 17 2009 Reaching Baby Boomers: The Next Big Demographic in Nonprofit Online Fundraising Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 03:50PM | by Allyson Kapin By: Allyson Kapin , Blogger-In-Chief Direct Mail acquisition is one of the most expensive ways to raise money these days. Reader Comments (5) Nice post Allyson!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

60) Search « Nuts and Bolts of Online Advertising | Main | Webinar: How Online Marketing Can Be Your Nonprofits Fundraising Stimulus Plan » Friday Feb 20 2009 Tapping Small and Local Donors on Twitter: A Girls Inc. Case Study Friday, February 20, 2009 at 11:32AM | by Adrienne Royer After hearing about Twestival , I was intrigued.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

Main | Care2 Adds Two Experts to Nonprofit Services Team » Wednesday Jan 14 2009 10 Fast Tips to Boost E-newsletter Performance Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 10:40AM | by Allyson Kapin Let’s face it: People have a love hate relationship with their email. January 15, 2009 | Samer Excellent suggestions!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

60) Search « Twestival: To Meet, Tweet And Raise $500K For Charity | Main | The Joys of Google Grants, Part 2 » Wednesday Feb 04 2009 Why Every Nonprofit Should Embrace the Web 2.0 If you engage influentials right, they can help your organization spread your message, introduce new people to your organization and blog about it.

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Care2

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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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

60) Search « SXSW Panels Offer Key Advice to Nonprofits | Main | GuideStar Study Says Nonprofits Need to be Transparent » Wednesday Mar 25 2009 Convio Releases Nonprofit Online Marketing Benchmarks Study Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 10:02PM | by Allyson Kapin Allyson Kapin, Editor-In-Chief ‘Tis the season for benchmark studies.

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Care2

MARCH 15, 2009

This text will appear in search engine results and will help tell both the search engine and users what the page is about. While you dont necessarily have to constantly create new pages or blog posts (though its great if you can) updating the pages you have with fresh information or adding new pieces can help a great deal.

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Care2

APRIL 14, 2009

I hope this helps everyone out there who feels unsure about how to deal with crisis communications in the online space. April 14, 2009 | Anne Dougherty Jen Excellent counsel. April 15, 2009 | suzi w. April 15, 2009 | Gwynne Kostin Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Well, maybe longer, it was Easter Sunday.)

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

So we tried moving more of our budget into certain campaigns on the weekends, then moving it back on weekdays — and that helped, too. These results can help us determine what messaging to use in our other communications. jon February 5, 2009 | jon This and the earlier companion piece are great articles.

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Care2

MARCH 27, 2009

As more and more organizations are looking for help with their social media strategy, the successful organizations are allocating a percentage of their online effort to throwing pasta at the wall and accepting that experimentation is an ok way to start. March 27, 2009 | Dave Steadman So nicely put, Ill have to pass along to client.

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Care2

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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Care2

JULY 17, 2008

To help accomplish this, they launched a wiki this week. May 18, 2009 | last minute Copyright © 2008, Care2.com The folks at Social Actions are trying to recruit a wide array of ideas from the non profit community for web applications and mashups Social Actions can build. Thanks again for the post. All rights reserved.

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Care2

JULY 16, 2008

To help accomplish this, they launched a wiki this week. May 18, 2009 | last minute Copyright © 2008, Care2.com The folks at Social Actions are trying to recruit a wide array of ideas from the non profit community for web applications and mashups Social Actions can build. Thanks again for the post. All rights reserved.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

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. My hope is that people will help me refine this to make it a more user-friendly tool, and hopefully save the nonprofit sector millions of dollars. link] or [link] if you want to tweet it. (Ha!

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

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. My hope is that people will help me refine this to make it a more user-friendly tool, and hopefully save the nonprofit sector millions of dollars. link] or [link] if you want to tweet it. (Ha!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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. My hope is that people will help me refine this to make it a more user-friendly tool, and hopefully save the nonprofit sector millions of dollars. link] or [link] if you want to tweet it. (Ha!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

It was at this point that we had a moment of realization – that reading is an extremely social activity and that there are communities and organizations who were more than ready to help us achieve our goals. I firmly believe that we would not have been able to achieve what success we have had without the help of Creative Commons licensing.

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Care2

JULY 2, 2009

60) Search « The Web’s Influence on Affluence | Main | Fundraising Dips In First Quarter Of 2009 » Monday Jun 29 2009 Top 8 Social Media Tracking Tools Monday, June 29, 2009 at 10:07PM | by Allyson Kapin Social media! I seriously think it’s "the" buzz word of 2009. August 3, 2009 | yovkov Hi!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

60) Search « Nonprofit Resolutions That Will Make A Difference in 2009 | Main | On Frogloops Radar » Wednesday Jan 28 2009 The Joys of Google Grants, Part 1 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 10:51AM | by Robin Reed When the National Women’s Law Center first applied for a Google Grant ?

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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. May 27, 2009 | Beth Kanter Great post here - thank you! so far" [link] May 28, 2009 | Mike Mintz Great post, Heather!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Main | Friday Webinar: Best Practices for Email List-growth and Fundraising » Wednesday Jan 21 2009 Everything You Wanted to Know About Online Fundraising in a Bad Economy Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 10:06AM | by Allyson Kapin Lets be frank, daily doom and gloom reports about the economy are scary. Plan for success.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

He further says: "If information producers do not need to capture the economic benefits of their particular information outputs, or if some businesses can capture the economic value of their information production by means other than exclusive control … the justification for regulating access by granting copyrights is weakened."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

Reviewing where we were at the beginning of 2009, it’s amazing to see the growth in impact that Benetech and our team have had in the world. Our team is helping activists and organizations worldwide ensure that the truth matters. With your help, we will! To accomplish this goal within Benetech, we need more risk-taking capital.

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