Nonprofits and their adoption of social media has created an interesting, albeit interdependent relationship with large companies like Google, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr. 4) MySpace. MySpace launched MySpace Impact Awards. Each month MySpace users voted for their favorite nonprofit. students.

I don't really "do" Myspace, but check this out. don't pay much attention to MySpace, but maybe I should. Tags: non-profit associations myspace In particular, look at the links to all the (mostly charitable) non-profits and associations towards the bottom. This page has 33,323 "friends". You betcha.

Online giving in 2008 was up 44% from 2007. Early estimates for 2009 show an increase in online donations of 46% from 2008. Facebook/YouTube/MySpace Comments and Twitter Mentions. Tags: Blogging Facebook Mobile Technology MySpace Online Fundraising ROI (Return on Investment) Social Media Twitter YouTube Website Traffic.

MySpace estimates that 50% of its Website traffic will be mobile within 24 months. In 2008, over two trillion text messages were sent worldwide. Tags: Facebook Flickr LinkedIn Mobile Technology MySpace Twitter YouTube As the Web goes mobile , so does social media… and so should your nonprofit. How about your nonprofit?

Heather will be demonstrating the new MySpace Apps in a webinar in April. Anyone else out there experimenting? You can learn more about her webinars here. Share and Enjoy: Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits.

raquo; Monday May 07 2007 Sunny the Seal Melts Hearts on MySpace Monday, May 7, 2007 at 04:34PM | by Hatef Yamini Carie Lewis of the Humane Society recently shared with us some lessons learned about branding and list recruitment from their unique MySpace campaign against clubbing baby seals. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com , Inc.

create and manage a Facebook group or page, or a MySpace page. On Monday, David Klevan (from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum) and I spoke at the MAAM Creating Exhibitions conference about Web 2.0 and museums. provided the Web 2.0 framework, and David shared lessons learned from the huge range of projects the Holocaust Museum has initiated.

By the 2008 NTEN shindig in New Orleans, Twitter was an incredible asset. Twitter, of course, can do those things, as Facebook or MySpace can, under the right conditions. All of that potential is there, and, worse, the service seems to advertise those traits as its raison d'etre. came to Twitter via NTEN. friend pinging.

With estimates up to 200 million members globally and 12% of all internet traffic, MySpace certainly earns the title of the "top dog" of social networks. Within MySpace, we searched the names of 383 of the largest, most well-known nonprofits to see if they had created profiles. How can I interact with other MySpace members?