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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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. Big Picture Data.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What OpenSocial Means November 1, 2007 The buzz of the blogosphere is the announcement of Google’s OpenSocial. What does this mean for the nonprofit sector? OpenSocial is a set of APIs.

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Ning API Open Source Social Network 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

OpenSocializr – a Ning social network on OpenSocial (I guess that’s logical) OpenSocialBlog – an interesting blog about OpenSocial Why do I have the feeling that every domain with “opensocial&# is taken (opensocialblog.com, opensocialcats.com …) So why is this important for nonprofits?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

We at the Diabetes Hands Foundation started the Big Blue Test in 2009 with a simple premise meant to raise awareness about the importance of physical activity for diabetes management: testing your blood sugar, exercising 14 minutes, testing your blood sugar again and sharing the results with the community. Once we launched the video on Nov.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Communities like Facebook, Twitter, and Ning are great networks to help brand your nonprofit, engage with your supporters, and connect with potential new members. But there’s no question you need to invest time in finding those people who are passionate about your nonprofits issues. Check out the results: 8.7

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

I’m betting that in 2009, many folks will move from shared hosting to VPS servers. CiviCRM continues to mature, and is providing an interesting and important new model for nonprofit software development. Don’t use Ning, use Elgg. There are a lot of good reasons to consider this. Stay tuned.

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