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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

One of the simplest ways to significantly increase your nonprofit’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is to learn basic HTML. Those are definitely not the qualities of a good social media manager. America didn’t seem like such a mess in the foreign media. Learn basic HTML.

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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MySpace was and still is (for some) the easiest social networking site to grow a community quickly. As a regualr MySpace user, there is no denying that MySpace is more diverse than any other social networking site. MySpace is also the number one accessed social networking website on mobile devices today.

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Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Beth Dunn wrote a great piece called " We're The Young Generation " reflecting on an article in the New York Times about the growing use of social networks by young people for social good. He discovered the Sharing Foundation's project on Global Giving and decided to enter the America's Giving Challenge.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Where Are The Gen-Y Bloggers Who Write About Nonprofits and Social Change? Thinking Strategically About Social Media. Social Change Behind the Firewall. Reports of the Death of Social Networking for Nonprofits Are Not True! Social Media ROI: Compare With Paper. An Internet Lesson in Rural Cambodia.

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Zoetica Salon Summary: A Few Good Social Media Measurement Insights

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What’s your “sexy&# social media metric? Here’s a quick list of benchmark studies of nonprofits and social media: NTEN/Common Knowledge Social Network Benchmark Report , NTEN – E-Nonprofit Benchmark Study , PostRank Nonprofit Blogs Benchmarking and Digital IQ Public Sector Benchmark.

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Let's take a look at the brief history of fundraising on Twitter and lessons learned. If you know of campaigns and lessons learned that haven't been included, please leave a comment: August 2007 I launched a campaign to raise money and get t-shirts donated for the Cambodian Bloggers Summit.

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Meet Nicola M. Wells: Social Media As An Online Door Knocking Campaign for Immigrant Rights

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Wells, Blogger and Community Organizer "We need to treat many of our social tools like door knocking, if someone comments on our site, we should take that as a hello, and use it to open a door to a potential relationship with a new leader, member, or supporter." " Nicola M. Wells is an activist for immigrant rights.