Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2014

Some early adopter large nonprofits are hiring multiple new media management staff—one or two to manage social media campaigns, another to spearhead mobile efforts, and yet another to pioneer the rise of smart TV. Facebook Fundraising Google Plus LinkedIn Mobile Media Social Media Twitter YouTube Mobile for Good'

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Here is a short list of innovations that happened after online giving began in 1999: Airbnb, Android, Bitcoin, Chrome, Dropbox, Etsy, Facebook, Github, Hashtags, iPod, iPhone, iPad, jQuery, Kindle, LinkedIn, MySpace, Netflix, Oculus Rift, Pinterest, Reddit, Slack, Tesla, Twitter, USB Flash Drive, Venmo, Wii, Xbox, YouTube, and the Zettabyte.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

On the day that I submitted the final manuscript of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits to McGraw-Hill, Facebook launched Timeline for Pages. The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly. Chapter 3 :: Find Your Facebook Voice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 25, 2015

LinkedIn launched in 2003, Facebook launched in 2004, and Twitter launched in 2006. GivingTuesday 2014 raised 63% more than 2013. PayPal mobile donations on Giving Tuesday 2014 increased 101% over 2013 in the United States and Canada. Facebook, LinkedIn, and Pinterest are the most regularly accessed networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Some early adopter large nonprofits are hiring multiple new media management staff—one or two to manage social media campaigns, another to spearhead mobile efforts, and yet another to pioneer the rise of smart TV. Facebook Fundraising Google Plus LinkedIn Mobile Media Social Media Twitter YouTube'

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

We also found that here are barriers to deep cloud adoption among NGOs. Our survey found that lack of knowledge is the biggest barrier to additional cloud adoption, cited by 86 percent of the global respondents. Smartphone adoption in Africa is expected to roughly double in each of the next three years.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

" Facebook, Solar Drones, and Cheap Internet. Way back in August I posed the somewhat rhetorical question: Will Facebook’s Internet.org Bridge the Global Digital Divide? reported earlier this month that Facebook is buying Titan Aerospace for $60 million. Have a look at the four winning videos on YouTube.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2013

I’ll review Mary Meeker and Liang Wu’s annual report on the Internet, a new NTEN report on nonprofit technology assistance providers, Facebook’s new guidelines for nonprofits and causes, charities losing control of Hactivism, Google’s new micro-donation app, and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month.

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