Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2010

Last week the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page reached the 10,000 fans milestone. In 2008, many of the friends of the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace migrated over to Facebook, then in 2009 and 2010 a good number of the new fans came from @NonprofitOrgs on Twitter. Tags: Facebook.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 21, 2009

Enjoyed my day in Berkeley yesterday at the Craigslist Foundation Bootcamp 2009. They had more than 1000 folks show up to talk about service, nonprofits and social action. Randi Zuckerberg of Facebook had the tough gig of presenting a lunch keynote outside under a tent in lower Sproul Plaza (mucho noise and people talking).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

@NonprofitOrgs only follows nonprofit organizations, nonprofit staff, nonprofit service providers, and activists on Twitter. A 2009 study study by HubSpot found that not having uploaded an avatar decreases your followers by up to 80% and my guess is that the data from that study still speaks true today.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Facebook Ad Platform November 13, 2007 It always takes me a bit to digest new Web 2.0 news, so I’m just now blogging about last week’s news that Facebook launched a new ad platform.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Some of the opinions I express below I have had for a while and speak to them in my webinars and trainings, but some are so recent that I am still in the stage of “Seriously Facebook? That said, people love Facebook. The vast of majority of nonprofits love Facebook too. on Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Organization: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Organization Size: Medium. Facebook: facebook.com/JointheFight. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? gid=104492.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2009

When I talk with organizations about how they are using social media tools to engage online, whether they’ve already started or not, I find that the most common approach is to set up that Facebook group, add a blog to the website, or even set up a wiki for an event. But that’s it. For the full post, visit the SSIR blog here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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NetWits

MARCH 23, 2012

We recently released the most comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. 54% of the organizations experienced results at or above this growth rate. 87% of organizations had at least one online gift of $1,000+. Every nonprofit sector has seen double-digit online fundraising growth since 2009. >>

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0 As of last month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Nonprofit Tech 2.0 received 13,000 visitors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

years, I have been providing lots of little tips on how nonprofits can increase their ROI through my Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , and MySpace Best Practices, but now that the vast majority of nonprofits utilize social media and have been for awhile, I think most of us are ready some more advanced strategies. For the last 4.5

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 26, 2010

Thousands of nonprofits haven’t logged into their MySpace profiles in months, or even a year or more. The majority have moved on to Facebook and Twitter. Traffic has definitely sloooowed, but the site still has 57 million monthly visitors in the United States ( as of December 2009 ). That said, MySpace is not dead.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

If your nonprofit is experimenting with text-to-give, text alerts and/or smartphone Apps (or planning to), then launching a mobile website is something your organization should seriously consider. Over the last month I have subscribed to receive text alerts from 10 organizations. As of July 2009, 56.9

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

During 2009 I created and promoted 34 TwtPolls to help better understand the needs of nonprofits. The TwtPoll results are often surprising and can be very useful for nonprofits as they forge ahead with their 2010 communications strategies. 3) Does your nonprofit have a blog? [ [link] ]. 25% Facebook. 10% Other.

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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. If there is one thing I have learned over ten years of using the Internet for fundraising and social change, those nonprofits that can embrace change quickly, empower their visionaries, and adopt new Web trends, reap the benefits of being early adopters.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

With 300 million active users, Facebook is a natural starting place. As of September 2009, scores of Facebook applications have been developed to support the nonprofit sector in one way. As of September 2009, scores of Facebook applications have been developed to support the nonprofit sector in one way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

Randi Zuckerberg at Facebook invited me and Stephanie McAuliffe from the Packard Foundation to lunch at Facebook today in their new offices in Palo Alto, a former Hewlett-Packard Building. Is there a statistical reference for total money raised in Facebook Causes? What is Facebook's burn rate? Donald Peterson).

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NetWits

JUNE 7, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. For a large portion of the nonprofit sector December is a critical time of year. Download the report now! . Key takeaway.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants July 27, 2008 This week, it is my pleasure to host the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. Check This List 07.28.08 Check This List 07.28.08

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

You've taken the time to create a Facebook page. As nonprofit social media pioneer Heather Mansfield recently pointed out, your posts have never really gone to all of your fans , save for a brief moment in 2009. Facebook uses an algorithm, which it calls EdgeRank , to determine the makeup of each user's news feed.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report provides some incredible data on how 11K+ nonprofits are using social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and others. Are nonprofits raising any money on social networks? Facebook is the most popular commercial social network for nonprofits.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

For those of you who missed it, last week we held a Member Appreciation Webinar with Basho Mosko from the Flip Video Spotlight Program and Michael Hoffman from See3 Communications about how to create an introductory video for your organization. . You can check them out on our Facebook page. The winners are.

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Judi Sohn

JULY 3, 2011

I left Web Worker Daily in 2009 in no small part because I was bored out of my mind with the content I was producing/editing. Sure they have tweaks in technology to work through to make stream organization and circle management more intuitive. Established social sharing model (blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, etc.):

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NTEN

APRIL 20, 2010

The second annual Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report, a joint project of Common Knowledge, thePort, and NTEN, has hard data and insights on the trends surrounding social networking technology as part of nonprofit organizations' marketing, communications, fundraising, and program services. > Download the Full Report.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2009

In case you hadn't heard , Convio is sponsoring 50 NTEN memberships to nonprofits nominated in their NPHero contest. Peter Campbell writes a compelling post on the Idealware blog about the updated metrics that GuideStar, Charity Navigator, and other organizations recently announced. include NTEN member organization Idealist.org.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 13, 2010

In the new decade we are in the “perfect collaboration storm:&# energy around our “community visions&# , enormous critical community needs, myriad of new nonprofit organizations, and desire for greater impact. Tell us about YOUR experience – how are these organizations having an impact? Which ones are great?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

And, then it is an ongoing activity of f eeding and tuning your network as Howard Rheingold says it in this still very relevant article about building your professional network on Twitter back in 2009. I asked Miriam if she would summarize what she learned about nonprofits and content strategy in a guest post and here it is.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. I read Chris Brogan's " Your 3 Goals for 2009 " and I loved his process. Think of how you want to be successful in 2009. Stated another way, organize and simplify. I have a confession.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Both large and small nonprofits earned top honors this week for their attention-getting taglines, demonstrating again that an organization of any size can craft a powerful, pithy motto to build awareness and connect with its key audiences. More than 4,800 nonprofit professionals cast votes in the final selection round.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In 2009, Clay Shirkey predicted , “For the next few decades, journalism will be made up of overlapping special cases.” There are ample opportunities for nonprofits to help inform, shape, and create stories for the media. New venture journalism has been incubated thanks to nonprofit and foundation support.” and James L. “As

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Over 179,000 nonprofits utilize Facebook Causes but just how sticky is Facebook?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0 As of last month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Nonprofit Tech 2.0 received 13,000 visitors.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

"Global Entrepreneurship Week takes place from 16 – 22 November 2009. Check it out: "What if by looking at the world from a different point of view we can quickly build a network of people and organizations that will allow us to make the most of what each of us has to offer, online and in person?

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NetWits

APRIL 26, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Once there, nonprofits need to inspire, overcome reservations and make it easy to make an online donation. How frustrating.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 4, 2009

DIOSA | Communications: Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofit Organizations: "1) Configure your Page's 'Settings' to allow more participation.The new Facebook Pages that launched in March 2009 were designed to inspire more action and participation by your fans.

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Care2

MARCH 14, 2011

One of the key questions I get from nonprofits is, “How much money should we be raising online?&# This annual report analyzes the online fundraising performance of approximately 600 nonprofits that used the Convio platform in 2010. The study also provides data for organizations based on size of email file.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2012

This is a question that was answered in a study from 2009 and the answer is yes. Find out how one successful nonprofit leader does it. Many nonprofits already use social media, including mobile, to raise money among individual donors. But few nonprofits use social media to build relationship with potential Big Fish donors.

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