Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 25, 2011

All this began on a fateful day in February 2005 with the launch of a Myspace Page meant solely to promote nonprofits and foster social good. Proceeds benefit Volunteers of America Delaware Valley. And the fact that this books exists at all really is a testament to the power social media. We would love to see you there!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

America didn’t seem like such a mess in the foreign media. Make new friends (Google+) and keep the old (Myspace). They move with you from one site to the next and maybe in the case of Myspace, back again. That’s something we will learn by watching Justin Timberlake re-launch Myspace in 2012.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Learn and Serve America > Press Release - Detail: "Washington D.C. Aiming to tap the skyrocketing popularity of social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to promote social good, the Corporation for National and Community Service today announced $2.3

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2009

The goal is to use the power of "Social Influence" via Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Blogs and other online media to raise an unprecedented amount for our fund benefiting The Humane Society, LIVESTRONG, Oxfam America and WWF from June 1st until August 28th, 2009." " Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Change.org , along with MySpace and other partners, has launched a new campaign called Ideas for Change in America. They are asking you to submit your idea for an innovative solution to change America, as well as vote for others ideas you like. The first round of voting will end on December 31, 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2007

In addition, some comparisons of the pros/cons between Facebook and Myspace policies and the larger organizational policy issue related to embracing Web2.0 Here's a sampling: Notes Tim Fullerton from Oxfam America, We had this same situation happen a couple weeks ago. They make it a lot harder to interact with people than MySpace does.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Before Myspace then Facebook and then Twitter, I was a voracious reader. Posting status updates and photos while backpacking through Central America or from a cafe in Paris is their normal mode of travel. My mind wanders after a couple of paragraphs even when reading New York Times Bestsellers. In 2013, I am focused on changing that.

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See3

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

See3 has been working for months with NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation to conceive, develop, and produce their latest youth-oriented initiative: free.will.power. We even re-skinned their MySpace page to reflect the microsite creative!). And the timing for this initiative couldn’t be better.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Consultants and Vendors Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 05:26PM | by Justin Perkins Matt Howes Guest Blog By Matt Howes, Director of Technology, Media Matters for America Remember when the webmaster did everything from graphic design to information architecture and content writing? he wanted to get paid for linking to us).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2008

Tony was kind enough to help promote the America's Giving Challenge to his community on MySpace. (They are a volunteer matching organization working a village in Thailand and if you're looking to volunteer in Thailand, you should check them out!) The question is about building a community around your blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2008

He used social media ( blog , vlog , wiki , flickr , couchsurfing , twitter , myspace , dopplr , and facebook ) to harness the collective knowledge of the globe, and reported weekly on seven topics of freedom. We both ate weird things in Cambodia. I was offered (unknown to me) a plate of fried ants and it looks like Noneck ate some frog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2008

He discovered the Sharing Foundation's project on Global Giving and decided to enter the America's Giving Challenge. Here's what he did in the last few days: I have been posting on many Cambodian forums, from Khmerlife.com to myspace groups and I have gotten many different responses. I am learning so much from Nhuong Son.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Consultants and Vendors Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 05:26PM | by Justin Perkins Matt Howes Guest Blog By Matt Howes, Director of Technology, Media Matters for America Remember when the webmaster did everything from graphic design to information architecture and content writing? he wanted to get paid for linking to us).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2008

" This analysis caught my eye because helped crystalize some thinking about Facebook causes based on an experiment I did as part my fundraising for the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge (please consider donating $10). MySpace), subscribing, forwarding and/or learning.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

The campaign employed widgets and leveraged Care2, and CI’s page on MySpace, as well as blogs, to spread the word about their campaign. America’s Second Harvest won the “Online Fundraising Campaign” prize for their campaign in which people could select different food items (dairy, meat, etc.)

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Online contests like the Knight News Challenge , The Case Foundation's America's Giving Challenge , and the AmEx Cardmember Project can be resource draining to participate in, especially for a time- and cash-strapped nonprofit. Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them. Four years ago, web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

The Daily Rebellion blog gives nonprofits some tips for using MySpace for members and money. Reports, Conferences, and Webinars The Pew Internet and America Life Project recently released report on the "Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users" has created a buzz in the nonprofit tech spaces.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

As many nonprofits and socially conscious organizations and businesses now know, the Obama for America campaign broke the mold this election season in almost every aspect: fundraising, outreach, grassroots efforts and particularly using the Internet and new media to do almost everything. (To

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Museum 2.0

MAY 16, 2007

When you think of MySpace, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, even ExhibitFiles are tools that allows people--strangers and friends--to connect with one another. The irritating design? The bizarre obsession with "adding" friends? Or is it the stalkers? What makes Web 2.0

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

Is Facebook and MySpace a trend? I was turned on to this blog by a friend and then given it to review as part of the Nonprofit Blog Exchange , which introduces nonprofit bloggers (like me) to other nonprofit bloggers through our work. How do you think the web and technology change will impact identity?

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

Both HSUS and Oxfam’s primary efforts are on what Carie calls “the big four”: MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr. On MySpace : Both Oxfam and HSUS prove what we already know from Greenpeace and others – MySpace is a great place to get new advocates. Carie opened with an intro to social media. One at a time.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2007

So how do you design for that kind of maturity, and for kids who want a MySpace? We didn’t want to build MySpace. One of the vendors made a proposal to us with the phrase: “It’s MySpace meets NASA." Museums aren’t competing with other museums; they’re competing with corporate America. But we’re a non-profit.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 16, 2007

The widget can be placed on a blog, MySpace, Facebook, or a website. Change.org , the social network where users can find like-minded do-gooders based on shared issues that they want to change, or nonprofits that they support, has launched a fundraising widget (pictured left).

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Care2

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Main | Care2 Launches Americas Favorite Animal Shelter Contest » Monday Oct 13 2008 Using Google Analytics to Track a Nonprofit Website (Part 1) Monday, October 13, 2008 at 01:21PM | by James OMalley Nonprofits take note: Google Analytics software application has shattered previous barriers to analyzing and optimizing websites.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Last week, after the election, BlogHer co-founder Lisa Stone, asked What Will You Do To Change America? As much as I love Facebook and MySpace, that isn't what is going to build us a movement, so be willing to be bold and take the next step into movement. including finding a small group of people to support you in your process.

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