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Are Memes Really Just Slacktivism?

Care2

It’s a vanity metric – not a metric that is connected to furthering your advocacy goals. Many national organizations that have experienced this type of viral success admit that this is a tough road because the majority of people who participate or donate at these times do it to be part of a viral movement.

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More Facebook and Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The resulting discussion thread on the progressive exchange listserv prompted some reflections on how nonprofits can effectively use Facebook. Pierpont, Online Advocacy Manager, National Wildlife Federation, doing some agitating on Facebook to Free Ranger Rick. Nonprofits can use groups).

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: This Week in NPTech

NTEN

LOLnptech Lot's of member news and activity online this week, so, in the order that I ran across them: NTEN member organization United Nations Foundation was mentioned in a Forbes article discussing ways nonprofits are raising money in tough times. I'm also picking up on the buzz I hear on listservs, Twitter, and directly from you!

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An Interview with Jo Lee of CitizenSpeak

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

CitizenSpeak is a free email advocacy service for grassroots organizations. Inspired by MoveOn email campaigns, CitizenSpeak provides the same e-advocacy capability at the community level. I posted a message on a CivicSpace listserv about my plans to make CitizenSpeak into an open source module on Drupal.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Five Hot Conversations!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

GetActive GetsAcquired - By Convio This is big news and it bounced around the nonprofit and progressive blogs, listservs, IM, and emails. buzz at the UK National Circuit Riders Conference this week was not tool talk, but issues related to adoption of the tools. Your Guide to the E-Advocacy Revolution from PolicyLink.

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

I’ve managed campaigns ranging from about $5 million to over a billion dollars in health care, education, arts and culture, and advocacy sectors. And foundations this 19% includes both, you know, national foundations and family foundations. It might be harder if you’re a national organization.

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Book Club Part 2: Timeliness

Museum 2.0

The authors share several examples of museums responding to current events, such as the National Air and Space Museum, which responded to the 2003 Columbia Shuttle explosion "by bringing a television set on the floor and stationing an expert to interpret the information for the public in real time."

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