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JUNE 30, 2009

Neff, Director of Web, Film and Interactive Strategy at the American Cancer Society High Plains Division, sat down with me for our Connection Newsletter this month and shared his top 5 recommendations for online tools for nonprofits in 2009. What tools do you think will be the best and easiest for nonprofits to use in 2009?

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APRIL 23, 2013

Once this is established, along with goals – the methodology to measure your network relies on having a baseline methodology and using Social Network Analysis. The latter can be a very geeky topic, requiring expertise in statistics, understanding social network analysis terminology, and hard to master software.

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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. PadillaCRT has led our earned media strategies since we launched GiveMN in 2009. On November 13, Minnesotans broke a record Thursday, donating more than $18 million to schools and non-profits.

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DECEMBER 23, 2009

Last month I made a prediction that we might see fundraisers with FourSquare or some other location-based mobile social network with gaming element. trends of 2009 and my 2010 predictions are right on. trends of 2009 and my 2010 predictions are right on. Looks like my observation of fundraising 2.0

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Note from Beth: I’ve learned a lot about how to cultivate your professional network so it returns value by reading Porter Gale’s Your Network is Your Networth over the summer. The other day I witnessed the result of feeding and tuning a network.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

After sharing our wedding photo on Flickr in 2009, I received an email from an Esquire Magazine writer asking for permission to use the photo. Instead, decided to make a donation to charity:water during their September Birthday campaign. (They didn’t have an anniversary card, but did send out a Tweet.).

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Facebook’s grant will encourage users of the social network to learn more about service opportunities through ServiceNation’s Facebook Page and connect with MyNation, a new, online social-networking community on ServiceNation.org being launched in preparation for the first National Day of Service on September 11, 2009.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

However, for the older generation of nonprofit leaders, many are not used to working this way and it feels uncomfortable or unnatural. However, many of these leaders have shifted from “Do we have to&# when comes to social media to understanding that it is important for the organizations.

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JANUARY 3, 2011

In 2009, my three words were: Streamline, Weave, and Einstein. In 2010, my three words were Networked, Generosity, and Full of Life. As far as geekery topics, I’m particularly excited to explore some of the new tools for coping with the ever expanding information on social networks and mobile.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Some recent studies on social media and social networking use and baby boomers show that more and more are adopting social media. At its core, use of online social networks is still a phenomenon of the young. Connie Reece, co-founder of Social Media Club International.

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MAY 19, 2009

There's an interesting conversation happening in the UK at a seminar on May 20, 2009 to explore digital inclusion for social capital, building on a paper written by Will Davies on The Social Value of Digital Networks in Deprived Communities.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

The headline is: Social Network and Mid-Size Nonprofits: What's The Use? The survey looked at results and numbers and concludes that social media is not very effective and that midsize organizations should not waste time or effort. My opinion is that nonprofits should not ditch their efforts in social media.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals about or by folks who work with nonprofits and voting. Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People!

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JUNE 30, 2009

Beth Dunn’s presentation covers the basics, complete with case studies, and suggests Quick start and Advanced Quick Start tactics to launch your nonprofit into social media. Social Media for Non Profits Primal Media’s sideshow is loaded with information on trends, recent statistics, and examples of social media used by nonprofits.

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JULY 17, 2009

In his capacity at the American Cancer Society, David directs all Web and interactive strategies and online properties for six states in addition to managing the division's eRevenue strategy, social networking/media strategy, and online community strategy. As the executive director of Lights.

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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. But consider the following: Networking. This was also about the same time as the flood in Nashville. All communications were strictly limited to my blog, Twitter and Facebook.

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

The 2009 NMC Symposium for the Future , the fourteenth in the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia (October 27-29th), will explore actual and potential applications of technology that could impact issues of global importance over the next five years and beyond. Transparency has its benefits, but so does privacy.

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JANUARY 5, 2009

On January 1st, I wrote about my goals for 2009 using Chris Brogan's process of selecting three words or larger concepts to frame them. Why Your Nonprofit Should Streamline Social Media Social media is still relatively new. Don't set up a presence on every social network in the world all at once. .

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda.

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JULY 31, 2009

5. Can you comment on the value of using Facebook for community building, social networking, and true peope-to-people giving? So, some allow creating events, but others don't. Also can you mention the book. (Ted Ted Hart). I think that Facebook less about dollar raising than friend raising. Have one?

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DECEMBER 23, 2011

Now that we’re on the cusp of a society that has come of age with the Internet and social networks, we need to re-think everything and hone skills to deal with the constant and global scale of connectedness. I had the honor to interview him for this blog post back in 2009 -he’s a fantastic storyteller.

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DECEMBER 15, 2008

One the recommendations is: Invest in Social Capital. It will be the only growing market in 2009. Look at it as part of your organization: There have always been good reasons to build your social network, but now it is a matter of strategy and applying the techniques of network weaving.

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APRIL 29, 2010

Foursquare is a location-based social network.      Think of it as a social network where your status up is not what you're doing, but where you are.   created to mark their 2009-2010 Season of Belief.  Photo by Neatonjr.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Through a suite of online tools—including a social networking site, online training, do-it-yourself content, and a Google-map mashup—KaBOOM! In 2009, a dollar spent by the organization on online tools helped to improve 10 times as many neighborhoods as a dollar spent on playground equipment.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2008

I also learned that one-on-one donor solicitation techniques can also work and some of the challenges of being able to track the velocity or flow of networked donations. What is missing is some software or features that track the flow of your donations, almost like doing a social network analysis similar to Twitinfluence.

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AUGUST 12, 2015

Disruptive Model: Social Network. Why Facebook is a Fundraising Game Changer: John Haydon, blogger and author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies , believes that without Facebook pushing the limits of how people use social media, fundraising wouldn’t be as social. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2009.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009, there were more nonprofit focused panels and happily the trend continued at SXSW 2010. Nonprofit social communications wizards share examples and tips to get your fans mobilized for action.

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AUGUST 8, 2008

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 13-17, 2009 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Social Change Behind the FireWall submitted by Holly Ross Successful nonprofits using social media are masters of social change behind the firewall. Who will prevail? s up to YOU, sxsw!

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DECEMBER 4, 2012

For “giving days”—which are becoming increasingly popular all over the country—social networking and digital communication such as email and blogging are key to driving big results. A quick look at the social media data from Give to the Max Day 2012 shows a sizable jump over the previous year.

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DECEMBER 16, 2008

Social Media and social networks allow for the quantum effects, paired elements at a distance. And another multiplier comes from Network Theory (not Einstein directly but building on physics and mathematics) which shows that a network strength is in its Weak ties / Loose connections.

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JANUARY 4, 2009

The Causes Birthday Application Meshes Better With Fundraising Workflow One of the keys to successful socially networked fundraising on Facebook (and elsewhere) rests with how well an application meshes charitable giving behavior and the psychology of collective influence in its application design.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

For context, please see this guest post by Bonin Bough, The Global Director of Social Media for Pepsi, published earlier this month. The nonprofit Generations of Hope is competing in the top category, for the $250,000 prize, approximately 1/3 its operating budget in 2009.

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JULY 6, 2009

Submitted by Alan Levine, publisher of CogDogBlog Since it is already a week in the rear view mirror, this ought to be my last post about the 2009 NMC Summer Conference. However I wanted to record, primarily for my own sake, while fresh in my mind a recap of the social media tools we used (and other related factors) for our conference.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

On February 12, 2009, Twitter users will meet up in over 100 plus cities to socialize offline, meet other Twitter users, enjoy some fun, have a few drinks, and raise money for charity: water. charity:water has a presence on Twitter and has the caught the attention of social media gurus like Twitter's founders and Mashable.

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JULY 23, 2009

Social Media ROI View more presentations from Deanna Zandt. The following is a talk I gave about ROI for Social Media at the 2009 Social Tech Training in Toronto, ON. When I first started thinking about metrics for social media, I wanted to start out reminding our group about some fundamentals of the sphere. (A

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JULY 22, 2009

Since social media encompasses many different types of tools, and each tool has specific characteristics and a steep learning curve, a toolkit approach can quickly become overwhelming. In its first iteration, Vote Report India leveraged Co-creation by creating a platform for collectively tracking irregularities in the 2009 Indian elections.

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DECEMBER 30, 2008

In a round up of 2009 social media predictions , expert Charlene Li predicted that Obama-maniacs will spawn a new age of activism. " The millions of online-activated volunteers in the Obama campaign will find the drudgery of governing unappealing and abandon Obama's citizen government movement.

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