Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. All that said, the following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of my book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Content Ideas Nonprofit Interview 117

See3

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Each video features a young, critically-acclaimed spoken-word artist – Shira Erlichman, Alvin Lau, and Deja Taylor – as well as renowned musician, DJ Spooky. 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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America Myspace Artist Video 45

Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Bookmark your posts in del.icio.us, and other social bookmarking services. Participate in social networks like Facebook and MySpace, as well as niche social networks related to the theme of your blog. Ten Ways to Frost a Cake). Try writing shorter posts (200-300 words). Leave more space between paragraphs. Run a contest.

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San Francisco Bookmarking Technorati Meme 41

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Election Day Debriefs What we can learn about online politics from the 2006 Campaigns from e-politics offers some lessons and takeaways about social networking and other traditional technology tools deployed for political campaigns. The key is to move MySpace friends onto normal advocacy lists as soon as possible.

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Wiki Vlog Machinima Bookmarking 50

Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 21, 2008

Connect with readers on social networks There are a lot of social networks out there where you can meet with present and potential readers. Here is an example of author Kim Keltner's page on Gather.com, a social network oriented for folks over 30. Twitter is a social networking and microblogging tool where news travels fast.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 22, 2007

When I created the hierarchy of social participation shown in this diagram, I debated what shape it should take. In Shulman’s article, she points out the folly of a rigid sequential theory when it comes to learning (and my case, I’ll expand that to social engagement). X-Men) and artists. Could it be cyclic? Back to my diagram.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

gThe above video is one of the many social networking strategies that The Genocide Intervention Network used to transform itself from a small student group to national non-profit. Social networking requires commitment -- you can't set up a MySpace profile and then walk away. Go read it. each of various qualities. More here ). *

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Teens are developmentally focused on social identity-building and may feel more compelled to share their voices and express themselves than others than other visitors. Teens are perceived as more interested in technology-mediated experiences and more familiar with social technologies in particular than their adult counterparts.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

A place that blogs, that engages in social networking sites, that tries experiments, and reports about all of it honestly. We started slowly with the MySpace page , and we started in earnest with Flickr. We saw that these artists were using the wall, then telling us about it on Flickr. MySpace is, but Facebook isn’t.

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Museum Interview Flickr YouTube 27

Museum 2.0

JULY 29, 2008

For example, most social networks are walled gardens. I can’t access MySpace or LinkedIn users via Facebook, or vice versa. You are more likely to see a YouTube video on a blog, MySpace page, a personal webpage, or in an email than you are to see it on their site. This is both a question of technical and legal permission.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2007

It has its own myspace page. Elaine points out that children's museums and children's areas in particular are often designed to encourage seemingly unsupervised play opportunities for kids while also providing seating for adults to engage socially while watching the action. There are places to picnic, watch the scenery, and socialize.

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