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The Arc of the US Convention – 2009 Edition

NCE Social Media

The Arc of the US Convention - 2009. Stacy Monaghan, Online Advocacy Manager, The Arc of the United States; Mr. Jon Erickson, Ms. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube) and answer the question “Why bother?&# Embracing Social Media (C). Presenters: Ms. Kristin Erickson, Parlerai, Inc., Scituate, MA.

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How Baby Boomers Use The Internet

TechImpact

Here are some statistics that might just make you shift your online fundraising efforts away from the younger generations and more toward the baby boomers: In the United States alone, one-third of all Internet users in the United States are adults over the age of 50, and represent the largest constituency of active Internet users.(Jupiter

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ATTN Nonprofits: Major Changes Coming Soon to Facebook Fan Pages

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Scheduled to occur sometime between late 2009 and early 2010, some major changes are coming to Facebook Fan Pages. 90% of the power of a Facebook Fan Page is being able to post Status Updates that can be viewed by fans in their News Feed. Having a good community builder as your Facebook Admin will be essential.

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New Year’s Resolution Webinar Special for Nonprofit Organizations

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and MySpace are constantly evolving and on the brink of going mobile on a massive scale. February 2: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Successfully Use Facebook and Facebook Apps. The webinars above are best for nonprofits in the United States and Canada.

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Four Reasons Why Nonprofits Need a Mobile Website

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Much of the functionality of these new Apps is based on adding buttons that link to your Twitter profile ( the mobile version ), Facebook Page ( the mobile version ), your blog (using RSS) and links such as your website, donate now page, and e-newsletter and text alert subscribe pages. As of July 2009, 56.9 The web is going mobile.

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Why Nonprofits Should Sync Their Twitter and MySpace Accounts

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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 ). They just don’t tend to be the same folks that regularly visit Facebook and Twitter. That said, MySpace is not dead.

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Five Ways Nonprofits Can Transform Their Social Media ROI (Return on Investment)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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 Launch a blog.