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AUGUST 12, 2010

The Red Cross is hosting the Emergency Social Data Summit today Thursday, August 12, 2010 from 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM (ET). 2) Via Twitter and #crisisdata hashtag. There will be a formal Twitter chat at 1 p.m. This is a hybrid event which means you don’t have to be in Washington, DC to participate. EDT/10 a.m.

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DECEMBER 4, 2012

But this year, the buzz leading up to the November 15 event on Twitter and Facebook, as well as on sites like YouTube and Linkedin, was even stronger. Based on our post-event survey of more than 9,000 individual donors, 67 percent heard about the event via email, 23 percent via Facebook, and 4 percent via Twitter.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Yesterday afternoon during the ForakerGroup 2010 Nonprofit Leadership Summit, I experienced my first Alaskan earthquake (4.9). I was scared – the floor swayed and I felt like I was on boat. I finally got to meet Mary D Barber face-to-face and shared the story about Holly Ross inspired to use Twitter. Earthquake.

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APRIL 23, 2014

Users can share them on Instagram while also choosing to share them to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare. It was created in 2010 and purchased by Facebook in 2012 (more history here ). As of March, 2014 Instagram has 200 million users. Instagram has a couple of marketing benefits.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

In 2010, I had an opportunity to do a Networked Nonprofit workshop in Kenya. Zawadi had just discovered Twitter, but had not started to use it regularly. Ever since I’ve kept in touch with her over Twitter. We did a little coaching. 50% heard about the campaign via Twitter. We did a little coaching.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

On November 16, 2010, Minnesotans will take part in Give to the Max Day. 16, we’ve hit the ground running with a robust social media plan that involves Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Livestream and blogs. We created a hashtag for the event: #GTMD2010 and are already seeing a lot of chatter on Twitter. Go Minnesota!

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FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Twitter engagement rates for brands are actually higher on the weekend. According to this Mashable study , Pinterest actually drives more traffic to publishers than Twitter, LinkedIn and Reddit combined. If you purchase a paid Twitter account to publish promoted tweets, it will also provide enhanced analytics for regular posts.

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OCTOBER 4, 2017

Back in 2010, you may remember one of the first highly visible social media mistakes of posting to the brand’s account instead of your personal social media. NPR’s Social Media Manager followed the best practice protocol for handling this type of social media screw up. The response?

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AUGUST 10, 2010

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Hope you will too.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

The conference highlights include honoring General Colin and Alma Powell with the 2010 John W. At last year’s IS conference, some participants (mostly NGEN participants) used social media tools to share their learnings with their networks through tools like Twitter, Blogs, and Facebook.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Claire Williams Diaz who works on social innovation at Twitter. She leads social innovation, philanthropy, and causes at Twitter and Blogs at Claire.us.com. Looking to get more out of Twitter? Why Twitter Matters | Getting Started with Twitter | Twitter 101 for Nonprofits. Meet Claire. Meet Geoff.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Charities outside the US can set up a profile. To generate a robust profile, your organization should be able to plug in existing social media presences (Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, Blog RSS Feed, Etc) so it seems to favor organizations that have already established a social media content strategy.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I discovered it because of a charity challenge they're running on Twitter to raise awareness of their book, plus raise some money to help Room To Read. The Challenge: Get as many people as possible to tweet a link to this article, especially the people in the list below by midnight (ET) on Sunday, February 21 2010. x (Total Retweets).

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JULY 19, 2010

Join us on Friday, July 23, 2010, from 6 to 8 pm at Pro Arts Gallery ( [link] ) at 150 Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, a stone’s throw from the Oakland City Center/12th Street BART station. For example, check out her “ 50 Young Nonprofit Leaders To Follow on Twitter &# list. More information here. (Yes, So, go read her post now.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in the final #zoogood Twitter chat of 2010. Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in the final #zoogood Twitter chat of 2010. Google and Microsoft sent me mobile phones in response to my complaints about the Apple iPhone in-app donation policy.

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

I raised money through my blog and later on Twitter to help send her to college from 2006-2010 through the Sharing Foundation’s program. I know this first hand because my family and I have been honored to support the college education of two young Cambodia women through the Sharing Foundation ‘s education program.

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DECEMBER 24, 2011

Long time readers of this blog will remember Leng Sopharath who I sponsored for college with early experiments in fundraising on Twitter and creating case studies of social fundraising. Through the Sharing Foundation’s college sponsorship program and our support, Leng was able to go the University to study accounting.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

In 2009 , Aston Kutcher challenged CNN (@cnnbrk) to a Twitter race to see which could reach 1M followers first. For World Malaria Day in 2010, there were many ways that social media users could participate and support World Malaria Day while supporting Malaria No More. The race was part of the World Malaria Day in 2009.

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AUGUST 20, 2012

Also, Twitter was really helpful in making connections to places and people to see in Cambodia once in country. I tweeted about visiting a wild life and the NGO offered a great tip about not missing the sun bear via Twitter. .” Three minutes later, Mongkol write up a note, photographed it, and posted it on my Facebook wall!

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FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Twitter Photo by Jennifer Barr @rjenbarr. The conference was created by Soren Gordhamer in 2010, author of the book, Wisdom 2.0. I attended the first conference in May, 2010 was filled with gratitude to Soren for the amazing experience and opportunity to reflect life and balance in age of social networks.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The deadline is this Sunday February 28, 2010, 12 midnight PST. We will then ask for some contact info and for the URLs of all your current social media properties (Twitter, Facebok, Blogs, etc.). We are looking for three things: 1. A description of your mission in less than 150 words.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

The Blue Key site was only launched in December 2010, and its social/digital aspects were relatively new, so there was not a lot of data to base KPIs on. Describe the Twitter Charts: What are you showing? How do you know that Twitter caused the increase in Web site traffic? Any advice about setting up systems to track Twitter.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

So far, the Give to the Max Day events in 2009 and 2010 have raised $14 million and $10 million respectively, more than in any other community. We nurture lots of relationships, every day at conferences, in coffee shop meet ups, on Twitter, in response to emails, on the phone and at our kids’ schools with fellow parents.

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JUNE 21, 2010

Allison Fine and Beth Kanter on Launch Day June 21, 2010. We had a lot of fun with the Ustream live stream and Twitter chat where we discussed the themes from the book and answer questions. It was a special launch day for our book, The Networked Nonprofit , thanks to you! What a send off!

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AUGUST 17, 2010

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 11-15, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands. When organizations use Twitter to promote themselves, it’s largely about playing a role.

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JANUARY 10, 2011

If you’d like to discuss it, chip in over at Facebook , or via Twitter using the hashtag #tiptheculture. By Patricia Martin, 2010. I invite you to download Tipping the Culture and see what top brands are doing to create connections with Millennials. It’s downloadable as an ePub or as a PDF.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

MomsRising Health Reform Blog Carnival – September 2010. To inspire parents to inform their communities about health reform through their blogs, Facebook pages, Twitter and one-on-one communication. Many new diverse Twitter followers– also meant new folks in our comments section. To grow our membership. Key Strategies.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

In 2010, we wanted to let people know about the Big Blue Test through a video that we’d hope would go viral. On Twitter, there have been nearly 4,000 tweets including #bigbluetest in the past 11 days. By the time, the donation is made, the lives of thousands of children with diabetes in need will have been saved.

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

 Bruyneel offered a friendly challenge – on Twitter and on his blog. He used social media (blogging/Twitter) and Blackbaud’s personal fundraising tools (Friends Asking Friends ) to pull off this incredible achievement. Without But, wouldn't you know it, Bruyneel did see it! fatcyclist responds.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

At this point, they are at number 80 on the leaderboard, not bad for an organization that had social media on its to do list for 2010. Since building our social networking tactics was still on the “to do” list for 2010, we had to pull together a social marketing campaign on the fly. Twitter appears to be a good avenue, as well.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Users can share them on Instagram while also choosing to share them to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare. It was created in 2010 and purchased by Facebook in 2012 (more history here ). As of September, 2015 , Instagram had 400 Million users. Instagram has a couple of marketing benefits.

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JULY 14, 2010

Recently I got my first full-on blast of the Networked Nonprofit at a session the authors presented at the 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Rosenthal, Director of Communications for VolunteerMatch was a participant. He offered to write a guest post. Outreach/Marketing.

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

Celebrate your donors in your digital channels in any way you can: create a collage of their photos similar to charity: water’s Twitter thumbnail collage pictured above, or, if you have a blog, highlight the stories of your most devoted donors or volunteers on a monthly basis. followers on Twitter and nearly 10k followers on Instagram.

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DECEMBER 23, 2009

Here's a summary and chronology of blog posts and Facebook and Twitter chatter. Would you prefer these contests simply go away in 2010 – if so, what might replace them?". Source: Slideshare Deck - The Bottom Line on Facebook and Twitter. I'm sure I've missed something. Or maybe it will fester. .

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MAY 31, 2012

.” This was one of the reasons why I wanted to write the book, “ The Networked Nonprofit ,” with co-author Alison Fine back in 2008-09. I noticed a big change in 2010, the year the book was published. There were slightly less crossed-legs and arms and more curiosity and questions like, “What are the best practices?

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JUNE 9, 2010

As a speaker and trainer , Slideshare, along with wikis, Twitter, and other tools are important part of my trainer’s social media toolbox. NTEN set up an event area on Slideshare for the NTC 2010. Some events have set up branded channels, like the Bar Camp Channel. (5) 6) Training.

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APRIL 1, 2012

Twitter: @agahran. In 2010 they added a mobile friendly site which A) provided parents a tool for accessing the information when it was needed most – in the stores B) expanded the quantity and quality of coverage traditional and online and C) helped position the organization internally and externally as innovating with technology.

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