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Have Online Social Networks Become Boring?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The numbers illustrate how far the field has come in adopting social media, although not 100% adoption. The video reminded me of the classic video, “ The Machine is US/ing Us.” ” I often used the video at social media workshops back then to generate discussion about how our world is changing.

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What You Need to Know About Nonprofit Social Network Use

NTEN

Remember those halcyon days of yore when the phrase "social networking" was suffused with golden light? If your organization isn't measuring the results of its social media initiatives, you may be wasting time and effort. Your input in the discussion would be most welcome. New fundraising campaing? Try Causes!

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Great reads from around the web on January 25th

Amy Sample Ward

" I strongly agree with Hildy Gottleib's comment at the end of the post and urge you to read both the post and the discussion in the comments. Take advantage of Network for Good's handy new eGuide, The Online Fundraiser's Checklist, to ensure you don't miss a thing." " Check it out!

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

Nonprofit Tech for Good

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Anything else?

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Five Tips for Nonprofits to Ramp Up their Social Media

Care2

During our panel we boiled down our discussion down into five tips nonprofits can use to better leverage social media. By 2010, the NYT circulation went down to 950,000 papers in circulation. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, in 2010 average weekday sales were down by almost 9 percent from 2009. Probably not.

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In Case of Emergency, Update Your Facebook Status

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In January, after the Haiti Earthquake struck, if you were participating on social networks, you couldn’t help but notice the many, many Tweets and Facebook status messages about the Haiti Earthquake.

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Research Friday: So, where is Bob?

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. My experience searching for Bob is concrete evidence of the helpfulness of various social networking sites (SNS) like LinkedIn and Facebook.