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Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. I have been having curmudgeonly thoughts about social networks in general.

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Email is dead … long live Email?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

First, spam was going to kill email. It certainly is true that most email sent these days is spam, but that hasn’t managed to kill it. Recent studies suggest that there is a demographic shift happening – social media being more primary communications avenues for Millenials and Gen Y, and email for everyone older.

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Five Online Fundraising Best Practices for Small NGOs in Developing Countries

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Thus, over the next three weeks I am going to blog a series of fundraising and social media best practices specifically tailored for small NGOs with the hope that I can use my experience and my social networks to be of service. Of course, being based in the U.S., Many NGOs do send e-newsletters, but via BCC.

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Social Media 101 TweetChat: Facebook

Tech Soup

It is considered a wise practice to not post too many updates on your page in one day as it could be construed as spamming and drive followers away. A good example of an organization that is doing this is Epic Change ; Epic Change achieves this with well-timed email reminders and notes across social networks.

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Who's Knocking at My Firewall Door? Simple Security for the Nonprofit IT Professional

NTEN

Social networking sites are the next and prime targets for cyber do-no-gooders. For many of these issues, good spam/virus filtering is essential. At my organization, we use Zimbra.com's Collaboration Suite Network Edition , which has a good configuration of SpamAssassin. They may be infected. Well, it's back.

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. As I said in the book and many times since, there are no cutting corners on the Social Web. Peer-t0-Peer Fundraising Networks (Razoo, Crowdrise, KickStarter, FirstGiving, GlobalGiving): 5 Hours Weely.

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. As I said in the book and many times since, there are no cutting corners on the Social Web. Peer-t0-Peer Fundraising Networks (Razoo, Crowdrise, KickStarter, FirstGiving, GlobalGiving): 5 Hours Weely.