Last Tuesday Care2 held the much-anticipated webinar Using the Web and Social Media for Advocacy: Nuts, Bolts, and Strategies for Success with Care2's Heather Holdridge and three of the most effective online advocacy pro's -- Barry Jackson of AARP, Kathy Mitchell of Consumers Union and Seth Horstmeyer of Pew Environment Group.

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" You might check out some of the online advocacy and fundraising benchmark studies. Thoughts?

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The nonprofit sector often debates how to calculate the value of social media. While there have been case studies highlighting successes, there aren’t many concrete studies on how social media directly impacts nonprofits' fundraising and advocacy. Your nonprofit does not need to be active on every popular social network.

NetCentric Advocacy Advocacy Strategy for the Age of Connectivity. has kick started another level of thinking about network-centric advocacy and organizing in the age of connectivity. We are not after profits but social change. We are not building software companies but advocacy and political engines. del.icio.us/networks

Your annual fundraising or advocacy efforts are no different: you need a certain part of your base to respond, you need to bring a certain number of new supporters to your organization, and you need to be viewed as an authority in your area.   . social media Flickr Photo: zadro. All campaigns are, in essence, a numbers game.

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Response: Should you social network? quot; "End Global Warming!," per supporter.

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The same goes for advocacy. How do you calculate an advocacy address vs.

say the most successful nonprofit online advocacy experts. The truth is that online advocacy, and social media outreach used as part of a broader strategy, can both impact legislation and mobilize supporters to do other kinds of advocacy and donate money. Nonprofit Events Online Advocacy Social Networking Web 2.0

Last week I spoke on a couple of great panels at the Politics Online Conference about technology, social media and how Congress is trying to adapt to the ever-changing world wide web aka the “series of tubes&# as former Senator Ted Stevens so hilariously described it. All great questions! Agreed!