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Threads for Nonprofits: 5 Tips for the Early Adoption Phase

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 6, 2023

Nonprofit Tech for Good launched in 2005 as a Myspace page and in the 18 years since we’ve been through multiple early adoption phases of new social media — first Facebook and Twitter and then on to LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr. Traditional marketing and fundraising threads are not getting much traction.

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Phase Adopt Tips Social Media

Which Company is the Most Socially Responsible and Generous to Nonprofits: Facebook? Twitter? YouTube? LinkedIn? MySpace? Flickr? Google?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2010

Nonprofits and their adoption of social media has created an interesting, albeit interdependent relationship with large companies like Google, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr. 3) LinkedIn. LinkedIn launched LinkedIn for Good , but they only partnered with 10 organizations and are not accepting new partners.

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Myspace Linkedin YouTube Flickr

The Importance of Branding Your Nonprofit on Social Networks Through Graphic Design

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 7, 2013

Nonprofits were the early adopters of social networks. The were active on Myspace, YouTube, and creating Facebook Groups long before most of the companies that are often praised for being the pioneers of social media. LinkedIn Banner :: 646 x 220 pixels. Facebook Google Plus LinkedIn Social Media Twitter YouTube'

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Social Networking Communities Are Migrant Communities

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

They move with you to The Next Big Thing i.e., from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare. I first got on MySpace in February 2006 when I created a portal to Nonprofit Organizations on MySpace. This is when the MySpace vs. Facebook debate began to rage in the blogoshphere. The community was red hot. It was ugly.

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Social Network Community Network Myspace

12 Must-Know Stats About Social Media, Fundraising, and Cause Awareness

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 22, 2013

However, as LinkedIn, Blogger and Myspace all celebrate their 10-year anniversary this year, nonprofits have now had a decade to study and experiment with social media and create systems for successfully launching and tracking the value of their social media campaigns. That said, congrats to the early adopters!

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Social Media Awareness Causes Stats

10 Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. Ignoring LinkedIn ‘Company’ pages. LinkedIn recently surpassed 100 million users, and odds are your nonprofit has a Company Page on LinkedIn.

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93 or 7?

NCE Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2010

The study found that charities adopted social media faster and the adoption was more widespread than for-profit use. 36% had LinkedIn pages. 30% had MySpace pages. A new study by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research also found that 97% of large charities have a Facebook page as of 2009.

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Massachusetts Myspace Statistics Adopt

Social Media is Going Mobile, and So Should Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

If there is one thing I have learned over ten years of using the Internet for fundraising and social change, those nonprofits that can embrace change quickly, empower their visionaries, and adopt new Web trends, reap the benefits of being early adopters. MySpace estimates that 50% of its Website traffic will be mobile within 24 months.

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Social Media Mobile Media Myspace

A Short, Recent History of Nonprofit Website Design and Online Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

One of my favorite nonprofits to study, nonprofits would be wise to subscribe, follow, and like the World Wildlife Fund and learn from their commitment to early adoption and investing resources in building a powerful online brand. Many nonprofits in their enthusiastic adoption of social media forget to include the obvious on their website.

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Websites Design History Online

Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

There’s a lot of Google+ euphoria right now and postulations of Google+ being a Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn killer. Being an early adopter is an important strategy in and of itself, but not at the expense of the communities you already have. Make a commitment to diversifying your brand online! Sign up for Google+.

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From 2005 to 2015: The Radical Effect of Social Media on Nonprofit Web Design

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 2, 2015

They began actively using Myspace in 2004 and YouTube in 2005 – years before the Fortune 500 companies. And yet despite limited budgets, the early adopter nonprofits began using responsive web design in 2012 in order to adapt quickly to the new realities of Internet browsing. Nonprofits pioneered social media.

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Social Media Design Web Media

HOW TO: Launch a Group Text Messaging Campaign for Your Nonprofit for Free

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

They were getting creative and pioneering MySpace in 2005 and Facebook in 2006 long before corporate brands and universities, but that hasn’t been the case with mobile technology. Mobile Technology for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. Nonprofits were the absolute first to utilize social networking sites.

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Group Campaign Free Mobile

What OpenSocial Means

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Google has a number of partners, including social network sites like LinkedIn, Friendster and Ning, as well as Salesforce, which does have very interesting implications given the increasing use of Salesforce in the nonprofit sector. Basically, if the more social network sites that adopt OpenSocial, the more open the whole thing gets.

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Ning API Open Source Social Network

WeAreMedia: Social Networks - Build the Nonprofit Social Media Tool Box

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2008

The top social networking sites include some familiar names - Myspace and Facebook. So far that list includes the big ones like Facebook, Myspace, Ning, and LinkedIn. So far that list includes the big ones like Facebook, Myspace, Ning, and LinkedIn.

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What are your tips for using your social networking profile for professional work?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2008

I think of Facebook as a middle ground between business and pleasure, sort of MySpace for post-adolescents or LinkedIn for professional late adopters like me. David Carr, NY Times That quote made me think of Wendy Harman's Facebook Profile.

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Profile Social Network Professional Network

33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

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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Explaining Open Social to Your Executive Director

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

" Allan Benamer answers : Not much because the average nonprofit does not have the infrastructure and skill sets that would allow for rapid adoption for new technology. And, maybe this is only of concern to relatively small number of early adopters in the nonprofit sector. It will run on MySpace. It will run on Plaxo.

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33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

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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Social Media Social Chapter Media

Webinar Shows Social Media with Volunteers in Action

Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2011

The webinar, hosted by Jayne Cravens and Erin Barnhart , focused on four tools to use with volunteers — Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and blogs — with an emphasis that the recommendations could be adapted for any social networking tool, including those that may replace these four as most popular in the future. Have the convo early.

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Social Media Volunteer Media Action

The End of the Beginning of Online Giving

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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Online Giving Offline United States

Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

You already know Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn et al???now He mentioned that they will be sharing the work process and issues around adoption of social media. I'm live blogging this panel from the Making Media Connections Conference. All live blogging disclaimers apply. Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits.

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22 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

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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Social Media Social Chapter Media

Five Reasons Why Nonprofits Who Utilize Social Media Should Also Blog

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

MySpace and Facebook weren’t being utilized by nonprofits in 2007 (except for a few early adopters) and Twitter did not exist. From daily to monthly visits and most popular blog posts, WordPress also allows you to view referral URLs and how many visitors came to your blog from Google searches, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.

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11 Qualities of an Effective Social Media Manager

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Is an early adopter. The nonprofits that are the most successful in social media today were on Myspace and YouTube in 2005 and 2006. Not only that, but online communities also tend to grow the fastest during the early adoption phase. You have to be willing to be on Facebook personally or LinkedIn professionally.

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Social Media Effective Management Media

Personal Fundraising with Widgets: A Few Reflections and Campaign Update

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Send your contacts in LinkedIn a note about what you??? . They know the advantages of a college education, can relate to Leng Sopharath as a fellow student, and are tapped in to loads of social networks (Facebook, MySpace, et al). And give those blog posts good technorati tags so people can find them. throw a fundraiser/houseparty.

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Widget Campaign Reflection Personal

60 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. converts your LinkedIn Profile content into a visually-compelling Re.vu Based in the U.K., 360 Panorama :: occipital.com/360/app. Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99

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Fun Resource Mobile Social Media

70 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. converts your LinkedIn Profile content into a visually-compelling Re.vu Based in the U.K., 360 Panorama :: occipital.com/360/app. Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99

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Web Tools Free Social Media

85 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. converts your LinkedIn Profile content into a visually-compelling Re.vu Based in the U.K., 360 Panorama :: occipital.com/360/app. Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99

Web

Web Tools Free Mobile

60 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. converts your LinkedIn Profile content into a visually-compelling Re.vu Based in the U.K., 360 Panorama :: occipital.com/360/app. Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99

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Fun Resource Mobile Social Media

Nonprofit Technology

Threads for Nonprofits: 5 Tips for the Early Adoption Phase

Which Company is the Most Socially Responsible and Generous to Nonprofits: Facebook? Twitter? YouTube? LinkedIn? MySpace? Flickr? Google?

Trending Sources

The Importance of Branding Your Nonprofit on Social Networks Through Graphic Design

Social Networking Communities Are Migrant Communities

12 Must-Know Stats About Social Media, Fundraising, and Cause Awareness

10 Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

93 or 7?

Social Media is Going Mobile, and So Should Your Nonprofit

A Short, Recent History of Nonprofit Website Design and Online Fundraising

Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

From 2005 to 2015: The Radical Effect of Social Media on Nonprofit Web Design

HOW TO: Launch a Group Text Messaging Campaign for Your Nonprofit for Free

What OpenSocial Means

WeAreMedia: Social Networks - Build the Nonprofit Social Media Tool Box

What are your tips for using your social networking profile for professional work?

33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Explaining Open Social to Your Executive Director

33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Webinar Shows Social Media with Volunteers in Action

The End of the Beginning of Online Giving

Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits

22 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Five Reasons Why Nonprofits Who Utilize Social Media Should Also Blog

11 Qualities of an Effective Social Media Manager

Personal Fundraising with Widgets: A Few Reflections and Campaign Update

60 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

70 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

85 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

60 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

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