Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook is the largest social network in the world and is becoming increasingly integrated into the Social Web with every passing second. Flickr is the largest photo-sharing social networking community on the Web and should be your starting point for your online photo-sharing campaigns.

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Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

The first from Philanthropy Action , has the depressing title, " Social Networking and Mid-Size Nonprofits: What's the Use? " The survey is based on responses from about 200 mid-sized nonprofits (defined as having revenues between $1 and $5 million annually) between July 2008 and March 2009.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Submitted by Steve MacLaughlin, publisher of Connections For a while now I've been talking with a lot of nonprofits about using social media and social networking in their organizations. in 2009 reminds me of Web 1.0 you need to build to build relationships with people before you try and raise money from them.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

Earlier this week, an announcement on the Causes Application blog broke the news that over $20 Million has been donated since May 2007 via donors using the social networking application. million raised by 2009 America’s Giving Challenge participants. million raised through the Birthday Wish feature.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 10, 2009

This link provides easier access to the underlying stories.AFP > Resource Center | Resource tools > Tapping Into Social Networks—Raise Funds, Build Community: "Tapping Into Social Networks—Raise Funds, Build Community(March 9, 2009) This week AFP featured social networking/web 2.0

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

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!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

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!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2009

In 2007-2008 America’s Giving Challenge encouraged 70,000 individuals to help raise more than $1.8 With the explosion of social media, America’s Giving Challenge hopes to get even more people involved this year and raise a lot more money for nonprofits. Tags: Nonprofit Events Social Networking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2008

years, Peter has been working extremely hard to build Social Actions from scratch. The organization's goal is to makes it easy for people to find and share opportunities to give or volunteer for social causes using social networking strategies. He has identified nine goals for 2009. For the last 2.5 or $200.09.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

. —– I’ve recently shared a couple interviews exploring two case studies of really successful online fundraising campaigns: SXSW4Japan Raises Over $120,000 and $100,000 in Three Days with #TeamAutism. Then, why do we keep thinking celebrities are so important to raising money? Both of them involved celebrities.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

With the global financial crisis at its peak and a recession looming, many nonprofit managers are probably asking themselves, "How will my nonprofit raise money next year?" " I suspect fewer fundraisers are asking themselves, "How will my nonprofit raise the money it needs four years from now?"

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Care2

MAY 8, 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!" Social networking is generating very little revenue. (

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Tweetsgiving is using micro-blogging tool Twitter to raise money for a classroom in Tanzania. So far, they've had more than 13,000 thank you notes tagged with #tweetsgiving and they've raised more than $16,000. Along the way, they're also compiling a log of what Twitter users are thankful for this year. recordings.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 9, 2009

The Case Foundation, Facebook Causes and PARADE Publications just launched the 2009 America’s Giving Challenge, a competition designed to raise both awareness and funds for charitable causes. Tags: Fundraising nptech Social networking Facebook. What I find most interesting is that the Challenge.( read more ).

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Today's Blog Action Day 2009 ! The debate about what impact the online world has on offline action gets smashed when you look at these numbers and think about the over 12 million people around the world who are raising their consciousness by reading more about climate change and how they can get involved with their local communities. .

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

." 2011 NTEN Champions Fundraising Campaign by the Numbers | NTEN – "The funny thing about being the Nonprofit Technology Network is that it can be really hard to practice what we preach. You may recall that the NTEN community recently helped us raise over $15,000 to host more local events throughout 2012.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Earn a permanent spot on the GlobalGiving website by raising at least $4000 online from 50 individual donors in three weeks. How does C ritical Exposure , a little non-profit with a small group of supporters raise more money than the dozens of other participating organizations, many of whom have a large, established fundraising base?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

The first from Philanthropy Action , has the depressing title, " Social Networking and Mid-Size Nonprofits: What's the Use? " The survey is based on responses from about 200 mid-sized nonprofits (defined as having revenues between $1 and $5 million annually) between July 2008 and March 2009. Tools Web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

As the agents for social good, nonprofits are in a unique position to help reverse this trend of extreme negativity in the online collective consciousness. If your nonprofit assists the poor, share a story of someone who finally secured employment or got a raise and can now feed their family and buy their kids new shoes for the school year.

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Care2

MAY 14, 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!" Here are the highlights. Average gift size across organizations was $71 in 2008.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 23, 2009

Tips for Using the Web, E-mail and Social Networking to Net Wired Wealthy Donors : By Abny Santicola : FundRaising Success: "In the session 'Taking Leadership Online: What's Hype and What Works in Online Fundraising' at Fund Raising Day in New York 2009 presented by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater New York Chapter in early June, (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

I have been tracking this giving day since its first Giving Day back in 2009 and every year do a debrief post or interview. While I am thrilled that we broke our record for dollars raised, the growth in donors and organizations are the numbers that I am over the moon about. Total gifts: 120,664 (13% increase over 2013).

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2009

Summer of Social Good by Mashable - "Summer of Social Good is the first large scale online charitable campaign to raise funds strictly online through the power of Social Media and the Internet. These are some links I wanted to share from June 16th. Find me on Delicious for more! " Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 8, 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!" Best of Life, @nakeva February 8, 2009 | Nakeva Thanks for your response Nakeva.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

What are your nonprofit resolutions for 2009? Convio just released a helpful guide for nonprofits appropriately titled, " Nonprofit Resolutions That Make the Difference in 2009 ". Resolution One: "I resolve to empower our supporters to tell our story, reach new people and raise funds." Receive monthly updates.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 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!" Being able to engage them through social media is the goal!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

How do you measure your network to learn how to improve outcomes? The latter can be a very geeky topic, requiring expertise in statistics, understanding social network analysis terminology, and hard to master software. It is also a fun way to visualize your Twitter network – and there are some great free apps to do that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2009

We've raised $1, 206 to help children in Cambodia. Even though I'm not raising huge dollar amounts, what makes feel great is that small donations go a long way in Cambodia. I also like the "good job" praise I got for raising the money. Will you be a free agent fundraising and make 2009 be the Year of Living Givingly?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

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!" So, which one social network should you consider for your next campaign?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

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!" So, which one social network should you consider for your next campaign?

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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!" Take a look at the stats below. Do you think Facebook is sticky? Thanks for sharing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

This terrible flood didn’t spare the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO), an event that he first learned about through his social networks. He wanted to raise some money to help the local orchestra and test some ideas. But consider the following: Networking. Don’t think of social media as a quick fix to raise funds.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

2008 was a benchmark year in online fundraising history as Obama won the presidential election with 87% of funds coming through social networking. He raised $28 million online, of which, “90% [of the contributions] were under $100, with over 250,000 contributors.”

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2011

Network for Good and TrueSense Marketing recently went mining through $381 million in donations through our platform. First, the data set for this study is limited to donations powered by the Network for Good platform. But raising funds online is not about technology, any more than raising funds through the mail is about paper.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

Is there a statistical reference for total money raised in Facebook Causes? Is there an entity that publishes statistics on all money raised on Facebook? They recently announced they have raised $10 million over the past two years. I think that Facebook less about dollar raising than friend raising. Ted Hart).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

For example, we haven’t been raising money with the Internet for very long,” I said. ” From its humble beginnings, DonorsChoose.org has cumulatively raised $335 million and funded nearly 600,000 classroom projects. Disruptive Model: Social Network. Of course things have changed a lot. “No, No, No,” I protested.

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