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From Offline to Online and Back Again: The Bike Equity Network

NTEN

From building a movement to groundtruthing an organization's policies, a listserv can be a powerful tool for a revolution within and beyond an organization. I am a big fan of email listservs. My first experiment with online networking was creating the Bicicultures list in 2012.

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Groups: A Review of Five Platforms to Build Community

Care2

If your organization is focused on building community among your activists and donors you’ve probably had to choose an online group tool. If your group would make for an active and participatory email listserv, it will probably work as a group too. Can building a Facebook Group impact advocacy?

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Are Memes Really Just Slacktivism?

Care2

Forward this to all the girls online” By 2011 the meme evolved a couple of times. It’s a vanity metric – not a metric that is connected to furthering your advocacy goals. Online Advocacy Online Fundraising Online Marketing' “We are playing a game…… silly, but fun!

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Guest Post by Allyson Kapin: Top 8 Social Media Tracking Tools

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Moderate* Note: This can be time consuming if you let it, so that’s why I encourage nonprofits to spend at least 15 minutes a day using two main online social networks. Listservs: Participate in listservs that align with your nonprofit’s mission and where your organizations’ issues are being discussed.

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Case Study: How Human Rights Watch Leverages Employee Personal Brands on Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I interviewed Jim Murphy , Senior Online Editor, about how Human Rights Watch ’s integrated social media strategy leverages the personal brands HRW 197 employees to get results. In addition, they have an internal listserv for support where staff share suggested tweets for new reports or new features or techniques on Twitter.

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A. Fine Interview:Social Media Author Allison Fine - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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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).