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. If your nonprofit has yet to start a blog or already blogs but struggles with ideas for fresh content, then hopefully the 11 blog content ideas listed below will help. That said, mix it up!

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Content Ideas Nonprofit Interview 117

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

There's been a lot of discussion over the past week about Causes leaving MySpace and becoming a Facebook-only application. Yes you can claim that anyone has the power to blog, but that's really only the people who have access to the tools and the time and the empowerment. read more.

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Myspace Causes Empowerment Social Network 43

See3

MARCH 14, 2008

Heather will be demonstrating the new MySpace Apps in a webinar in April. Blogroll (C)Systems AVC Beth’s Blog Christine Herron Deborah Elizabeth Finn Donordigital Emily’s World Getting Attention Gift Hub Philanthromedia Social Edge TechSoup © Copyright 2010 See3. Anyone else out there experimenting?

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Myspace Application FAQ Newsletter 40

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

They move with you to The Next Big Thing i.e., from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare. I first got on MySpace in February 2006 when I created a portal to Nonprofit Organizations on MySpace. This is when the MySpace vs. Facebook debate began to rage in the blogoshphere. The community was red hot. It was ugly.

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Social Network Community Network Myspace 192

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Administrators of Causes accounts on MySpace received a notice via email stating, “Thank you for the work you’ve done on Causes on MySpace. The message indicated that all Causes-related pages and content on MySpace would be taken down at the end of the week. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Myspace Technology Causes Application 158

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Administrators of Causes accounts on MySpace received a notice via email stating, “Thank you for the work you’ve done on Causes on MySpace. The message indicated that all Causes-related pages and content on MySpace would be taken down at the end of the week. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Myspace Technology Causes Application 158

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

years, I have been providing lots of little tips on how nonprofits can increase their ROI through my Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , and MySpace Best Practices, but now that the vast majority of nonprofits utilize social media and have been for awhile, I think most of us are ready some more advanced strategies. Launch a blog.

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Social Media ROI Media Myspace 223

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2007

The Solidariti Blog is written by Priscilla Brice-Weller who has worked for the not-for-profit sector in Melbourne, Austraila. Her recent blog post, called web2.0 She writes about a nonprofit portal in Myspace called Nonprofit Organizations MySpace. Here's a list of Nonprofit Myspaces that I visited quickly.

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Myspace Darfur Profile Nonprofit 50

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The new site features blog posts relative to mobile technology for nonprofits, a featured nonprofit mobile Website that will change monthly, links to the “NonprofitOrgs&# profiles on the mobile versions of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, etc, and prompts readers to subscribe to receive text alerts from Nonprofit Tech 2.0.

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Mobile Tech Websites Myspace 178

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

A couple of good articles about how nonprofits are using myspace and some dos and don'ts this week. I have a myspace site but I haven't done any deep experimination. MySpace and Political Campaigns Joshua Levy at the Personal Democracy Forum wrote about the use of MySpace for political campaigns and by advocacy organizations.

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Myspace Teen Awareness Interview 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2008

Back in November when Open Social was announced, we had a round of discussions in the NpTech space that summarized on my blog. Just saw a press release from Yahoo, Google, and MySpace about OpenSocial Foundation. For now, here's the basics culled from the press release, official blog posts, and blog commentary.

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Yahoo Myspace Google Foundation 50

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 7, 2012

A very busy one and shockingly I still manage to make a living from blogging, social media, and training. If you would have told me seven years ago when I start the “Nonprofit Organizations” Myspace profile that it all would have led to this… in my wildest dreams I could not have imagined all that has followed.

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Offline Myspace Camera Social Media 211

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 22, 2013

The “Nonprofit Organizations” brand was launched in February 2005 on Myspace. I worry that if I change my avatar and all the graphic design associated with it (like the banner on this blog), I would be hurting my brand recognition on the Social Web.

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Avatar Organization Myspace Poll 171

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. Not blogging. Blogging is the glue that holds your social-media strategy together. Blogging is the missing piece in most social-media campaigns.

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Social Media Avatar Media Ratio 278

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

So thanks for your great advice back then and the fantastic advice you still provide through your awesome blog. I’ve observed this phenomenon on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Myspace, and Foursquare. And it’s true. 5,000 is the magic number. From there on out, the larger your community gets, the faster it grows.

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Web Social Social Media Myspace 257

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and MySpace are constantly evolving and on the brink of going mobile on a massive scale. Geolocation services are going to be flooding the market, and it’s becoming apparent that blogging is often the missing link in a successful nonprofit social media strategy.

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Organization Myspace United States Europe 196

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

Earlier this week, an announcement on the Causes Application blog broke the news that over $20 Million has been donated since May 2007 via donors using the social networking application. You can read more about the MySpace/Facebook move here , here , and here.). Tags: fundraising issues causes data facebook myspace.

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Causes Myspace Donation Application 166

See3

MAY 9, 2007

How do we take advantage of user-generated content and user-controlled forums such as MySpace and YouTube without totally losing control of our brand? The Obama MySpace page was originally created by a volunteer, and originally didn’t say “official site&#. You can read all about it on the techPresident blog.

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Myspace Problem Law FAQ 40

See3

JULY 17, 2006

read more | digg story Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Facebook Platform – Opening Up [.] read more | digg story Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Facebook Platform – Opening Up [.] Take a look.

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Myspace Digg FAQ Newsletter 40

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

At the time very few nonprofits were utilizing social media (with the exception of blogging). They were getting creative and bold on MySpace long before corporate brands and higher education had even thought of launching social media campaigns. Early adoption served these organizations very well.

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Social Media Myspace Media Research 190

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

Finally, Google+ Entity Profiles will launch after the release of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , so please consider this blog post a supplement to the book. Add links to your website, blog, and social networking communities to your Google Profile. Add Google’s +1 button to your website and blog.

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Google Practice Profile Avatar 272

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2010

Topics include Facebook and Facebook Apps, Twitter and Twitter Apps, YouTube, Flickr, Animoto, LinkedIn, FourSquare, mobile technology, blogging on WordPress, as well as online fundraising and e-newsletters. She also created and writes exclusively for this blog. Only launched 7 months ago, Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Hints Organization Linkedin YouTube 197

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

I had it on my blog before, but the now the integration makes it look much better and I've decided to add it back. I also search through their networks if I need to find a contact or source for a blog post, research, or other task I'm doing on for a project. Maura interviewed me for a story on Women and Blogging over the summer.

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Linkedin Myspace Second Life Widget 50

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2010

Put a Facebook Badge on your website or blog. [ Done - even though I think it looks messy! ]. I would argue that indeed “Nonprofit Organizations&# is a brand that I started building on MySpace five years ago. Please take one of the following actions: 1. Link to your Facebook Page from your official website. It has taken 2.5

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Facebook Organization Myspace Feeds 236

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 3, 2012

Blogger, LinkedIn and Myspace all launched in 2003. blogs and social networking sites) campaigns into mobile format. We’re almost a decade into using social media and yet one of the most striking realities when I give in-person social media trainings is the wide variety of experience of the nonprofits in the room.

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Social Media Media Social Myspace 205

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

There’s no shortage of year-end-and-beginning blog posts about social media, but I thought I’d throw mine into the mix as well. That said, way back in September 2010 I wrote a blog post on how to launch a TV station for your nonprofit using UStream (alternatively LiveStream has gained considerable market share).

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Social Media Media Management Social 247

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

3) Does your nonprofit have a blog? [ [link] ]. 43% Yes… our organization blogs regularly. 14% No… no plans to launch a blog. 1% Yes… they donate on our website after reading something on our blog. 9% MySpace. [ [link] ]. 20% Didn’t even know that was possible! 13% Check/snail mail.

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Results Communication Strategy Myspace 193

NetWits

JULY 10, 2012

1) Stick to 3 Platforms - Blog / Facebook / Twitter. First off, your school should have a blog that’s the center of your social media strategy. Make your blog the place where you produce original content that’s tailored to your audience. Publish it on your blog. Facebook, Twitter, Blog, etc) is performing.

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Social Media Media Social Slides 251

NCE Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2010

65% had blogs. 30% had MySpace pages. The study found that charities adopted social media faster and the adoption was more widespread than for-profit use. Other facts uncovered in the study: 90% of charities had Twitter accounts. 36% had LinkedIn pages. So are you part of the 93% with a page or 7% without?

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Massachusetts Myspace Statistics Adopt 130

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. Below is the live blog or the archive of the live blog. The internet connection here is such that I don’t think a live blog portal will sustain itself. Can’t wait!

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2010

IconsPedia : A great source for free icons to use on your website, blog, Facebook Page, in your e-mail newsletter, etc. 4096 Color Wheel : A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, etc. oneforty : A gallery of over 2,500 (and counting) Twitter Apps.

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Resource Fun Alexa Stats 220

AFP Blog

JULY 16, 2010

MySpace Resuscitated With UI and Social Messaging Makeover? Fast Company: "MySpace is still alive, which may not be surprising, but the fact that it's alive and kicking is a bit of a shock: It's due to give a sleek revamp to its hideous profile pages, and has bought Threadbox to rejig its social messaging skills.

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Myspace Companies Social Profile 22

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2009

6) Incorporate Facebook Connect into your organization’s blog. If your organization blogs via WordPress.org, there is a Facebook Connect Plugin for WordPress.org Blogs. Facebook Connect allows individuals to post blog comments via their Facebook login. Ironcially, in 2010 your going to see MySpace on that list.

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Facebook Strategy Organization Myspace 220

NCE Social Media

APRIL 29, 2009

4) Link to your profiles on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Tags: Facebook Marketing and Awareness Microblog Tools Video blog twitter facebook myspace change linkedin. 2) Message all your supporters. 3) Send supporter requests to recruit new members. THANKS so much, Heather. – Heather Mansfield.

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Service Myspace Free Linkedin 117

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

That said, promote your “Start A Fundraising Page&# link [ View Example ] on your website, in your email newsletter, on your MySpace profile, your Facebook Page, and your blog. And of course, bloggers love blog comments! To see an example, of the widgets live, please visit the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace.

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Practice Myspace Widget Profile 124

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

TWLOHA originally started out by accident by the founder writing a blog post and selling t-shirts to help a friend pay for rehab, and the MySpace page he started really grew from there into what TWLOHA is today. So that changes daily, but there are always consistent needs like blog quote images each week or monthly newsletter updates.

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Design Relationship Share Donor 68

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

this is not a blog equivalent to a myspace suicide note. Just a pointer to an interesting post from Michael Gilbert on his authentic organization blog called Organizational Obituary -- that I have morphed into: Write down your blog???s How would it read if other blog's in your field were to write it? No worries.

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