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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This is the fourth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. For example, the Nature Conservancy offers both honor gifts and memorial gifts – each with their own donation page. 1) Implement Donation Page Best Practices.

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The Shrinking Generational Digital Divide

NTEN

Imagine a typical Internet surfer and your first thought might be of a teen or young adult, not a grandparent or retiree. The gap between older and younger digital users is rapidly diminishing, especially as boomers explore the vast array of uses for the Internet. How to' networking sites are increasingly popular among older adults.

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NPTechTag Roundup: Election Debriefs and Wikis in Your Kitchen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

An interesting point about using MySpace: "It can definitely be used for recruitment and as a mass communications tool, particularly for younger voters who tend to use email less. The key is to move MySpace friends onto normal advocacy lists as soon as possible. Newly Discovered NpTech Blogs. by Simon Pavitt.

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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social networking requires commitment -- you can't set up a MySpace profile and then walk away. According to recent study from Pew Internet and American Life project, more than one-half of teens have created media content and roughly one-third have shared ocntent. Expressions (media creation, mashups, etc). vlogging, and podcasting).

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Jayne Cravens to Serve as Advisor to UN program in Afghanistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You can follow her adventures in Afghanistan on her blog. She suggests that if organizations are targeting young people, particularly teens and 20 somethings that platforms like Myspace can be a good tool. " What Jayne is describing is an example of the change of thinking that is required in using Web2.0,

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. That's Danah Boyd in RL who was also live blogging the event. He was also in NYC and live blogging the event as was Danah Boyd - the official MacArthur Foundation live blogger. Digital media is being shaped by the private sector (YouTube, MySpace, etc).

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Betting on Braincake: Interview with Jen Stancil

Museum 2.0

Braincake isn’t some fakey attempt to pander to teens. It reflects the GMSP’s—and Jen’s—commitment to creating a set of programs by and for its audience: teen girls. Jen and I sat down to talk about building for teens, working the web, and the role of innovation in museums. We didn’t want to build MySpace.