Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

Seventy-nine percent said they hadn’t found ways to do so.” – Chronicle of Philanthropy, November 12, 2009. Early estimates for 2009 show an increase in online donations of 46% from 2008. Facebook/YouTube/MySpace Comments and Twitter Mentions. Pitches in Tweets and Status Updates help too. Online Donations.

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NetWits

MAY 31, 2009

According to the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study released by NTEN , Email is still the “killer app” we all thought it was when it came out! That said, we know that Social Media sites like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and others are growing at astonishing rates. Twitter grew by 1382% in February of 2009 according to Nielsen.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and MySpace are constantly evolving and on the brink of going mobile on a massive scale. February 23: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Successfully Use YouTube, Animoto and Flickr. Thank you so much for a great 2009. 2010 is going to be a big year for social media. View : Complete Webinar Schedule.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

I stumbled upon this engaging YouTube video that Steppenwolf. created to mark their 2009-2010 Season of Belief.  ." I like the idea of leveraging a networked effect of the swarm badge.      And it seems like the concept of flash mobs for the arts is not limited to FourSquare.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Debbie and I have known each other since 2009, when we worked together virtually for MicroMentor, Debbie on the West Coast, and me in the Midwest – and Debbie has appeared here on my blog many times over the years, sharing insights about marketing and leadership. Be sure to visit both her website and her blog. Content will be consistent.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

YouTube: youtube.com/StopPancreaticCancer. The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious. Averaging over 400 video views per week on YouTube. Name: Allison Nassour.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Creating Video Content : 15 Hours Weekly. As a starting point, all nonprofits should be investing time and resources in the “Big Three”: Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube. YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world, behind only Google. Flickr and Digital Photography: 5 Hours Weekly.

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NTEN

JULY 30, 2009

The 2009 Nonprofit Tagline Awards are only open until July 31st. There may be no cooler 9-second video on YouTube than this shot of a volcanic eruption , taken from the International Space Station. Over at Full Circle Associates, you can grab their Digital Identity Workbook and adapt it to your own needs.

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NTEN

MAY 29, 2009

2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study. If you want to learn how to do it yourself, CNET has a new " Experts Guide to YouTube " Amazon Payments will process your donations for free through September 30th. No, really: think of them, then implement them. Proof that Roombas really work ! Did you miss any?

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2012

14 million Americans scanned them in June of 2011 , and there was a +4500% increase in use from 2009 to 2010. In addition to web URLs, QR codes can contain SMS messages, plain text, contact info, event invites, Google Maps locations, YouTube videos, or social content. They are everywhere – and people are scanning them!

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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 Launch a blog.

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NetWits

OCTOBER 2, 2009

Friday, October 2, 2009, is LIVE STRONG Day. While their efforts are focused on encouraging local participation in the physical sense they’ve also made it possible for people to participate online through social media using sites like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube. Let’s have a look.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2010

Reading the news in early January, I came across a few “Top 5” and “Top 10” lists for a variety of topics tied to 2009. Would it be possible to sift through a year’s worth of engagements as an independent marketing consultant and boil down the lessons I learned in 2009 into a series of “Top 5” lists?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

If you are going to design your own mobile Website, make sure you check out the article Mobile Web Design Trends For 2009. Tags: Facebook Flickr LinkedIn Mobile Technology MySpace Twitter YouTube. 3) Nonprofits as Real-time Reporters via Social Media and Mobile Devices: This is a dramatic shift in Web communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2010

Enter your nonprofit's video created in 2009. Your nonprofit video will be featured on the YouTube homepage, receive a grant from the Case Foundation, get great prizes from Flip Video and the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN), and have your work showcased at a screening in Washington DC. And if you win? And if you win?

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Care2

JULY 22, 2010

86% said that they have a presence on Facebook, a 16% increase from 2009. However, nonprofits experienced a drop in their average community from 5,391 members in 2009 to 2,440 in 2010. 60% of Nonprofits are on Twitter as compared to 43% in 2009. In 2009 nonprofits had an average of 286 followers. in 2009 to 48.1%

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NetWits

AUGUST 2, 2011

million or 1.74% from 2009 levels”. Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube (and even Google+) are growing like crazy. According to the Run Walk Ride fundraising council “The top thirty “thon” or event fundraising programs generated $1.65 billion in gross revenue for charity last year, up $28.1 Simple as that!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 9, 2009

Appirio releases their top 10 predictions for cloud computing in 2009. Very neat stuff, and a great use of video and YouTube. Some stuff from my inbox. (A A lot of these are 2008 news, therefore, kinda old. But still interesting to me.). One of the more interesting ones is that “a major SaaS 1.0 company will fail.&# Useful stuff.

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Did your nonprofit produce a video in 2009? Tags: Non-profit technology General non-profit interest nptech Video Awards Conferences Videos YouTube. The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards is looking for the best nonprofit videos of the year, with a chance for great public exposure, $2500 for your organization, and other great prizes.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 13, 2008

These are my links for December 12th through December 13th: Have Fun • Do Good: 2009 Career Coaching Discount for Have Fun * Do Good Readers - If you are looking for some career coaching, Britt is an excellent coach! Check out the discount!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

You can search YouTube, Google video or about 10 other video sites, and make those searches a new channel. I get Democracy Now, ABC politics, the Webb Alert (a daily geek news headlines show,) Bill Moyers Journal, and lots of others. It can download videos via Bittorrent as well. It’s a pretty amazing tool.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

This year, they're also enabling people to participate by tagging blog posts, Flickr photos, YouTube videos, and blip.fm Along the way, they're also compiling a log of what Twitter users are thankful for this year. recordings. So far, they've had more than 13,000 thank you notes tagged with #tweetsgiving and they've raised more than $16,000.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

In keeping with our coverage of video for nonprofits, we spoke with Ramya Raghavan, Nonprofits and Activism Specialist at YouTube. frogloop: what advice do you have for nonprofits using YouTube to effectively advance their mission? based nonprofit to apply to the YouTube Nonprofit Program. Often, an effective title (e.g.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

In keeping with our coverage of video for nonprofits, we spoke with Ramya Raghavan, Nonprofits and Activism Specialist at YouTube. frogloop: what advice do you have for nonprofits using YouTube to effectively advance their mission? based nonprofit to apply to the YouTube Nonprofit Program. Often, an effective title (e.g.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

You may remember " Children Need a Bailout " from 2009, or " Breathe In, Breathe Out ," from 2008. We're at it again in 2010, this time with more YouTube -y goodness! Check out today's announcement from See3 : See3 and YouTube Join Forces to Present the DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2010

in September of 2009, I had very low expectations. Get a copy of the story and upload to your YouTube channel, and then promote it on your blog. There are now over 143 million blogs on the Internet and when I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 I wasn’t convinced at all that the world needed another blogger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2011

In total, GiveMN has helped raise $46 million for nonprofit organizations across the state of Minnesota since launching in November 2009. Here are some statistics that show just how important Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were to our success. Our Give to the Max Day “Thank You” video has earned 2,413 views on YouTube.

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

As part of the new YouTube for Nonprofits , Google has integrated Google Checkout donation processing for organizations in the program. And when a registered YouTube user clicked on it, the email address (and other info) of the user was transfered to the nonprofit. Read the rest of this great post here [.] Can anyone help me.

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

As part of the new YouTube for Nonprofits , Google has integrated Google Checkout donation processing for organizations in the program. And when a registered YouTube user clicked on it, the email address (and other info) of the user was transfered to the nonprofit. Read the rest of this great post here [.] Can anyone help me.

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NTEN

APRIL 9, 2009

Hello YouTube !) We've run a video contest with See3 Communications for three years running now, and every year, we've more than doubled the number of entries. The equipment is cheap. Distribution is free. Our expectations of what a video has to be -- slick and fancy -- have changed dramatically.

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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. 14% YouTube. The TwtPoll results are often surprising and can be very useful for nonprofits as they forge ahead with their 2010 communications strategies. Warning: Poll has been spammed: [link] ]. 25% Facebook. 25% Twitter. 9% MySpace.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. A day or two after the event, write up a brief blog post summarizing the event, with a Flickr slide show or YouTube video recapping the event. Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Two weeks ago, I wrote up my prediction for fundraising trends for 2009. Last week, a young climate leader inspired real people to light real candles of hope through a YouTube video. It's real time and location based social networks are also impacting advocacy. This wasn't just an online petition, it was a new form of solidarity.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2010

Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Participant Fundraising. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) to promote your event and recruit participants. What worked for your organization in 2009? From these, I pulled together this set of lessons learned. The 5/50 rule. There are so many opportunities to put this channel to good use.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

at 10:36 pm I played with it here: [link] Seesmic is to youtube, as twitter is to blogging. There were a bunch of other tools, and I look forward to seeing which of them emerges to become more mainstream. { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 02.05.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

Flash (and, therefore, YouTube) is working, as is Java. I’m on week 3 of my Ubuntu laptop migration – things are smoothing out – I’ve got audio working, I can listen to mp3 and audio streams. I did a webinar for NTEN on it – ReadyTalk worked just fine. I’ll keep you posted on URLs and feeds. {

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2009

The goal is to use the power of "Social Influence" via Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Blogs and other online media to raise an unprecedented amount for our fund benefiting The Humane Society, LIVESTRONG, Oxfam America and WWF from June 1st until August 28th, 2009." Find me on Delicious for more! " Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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