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Who Needs So Many “Friends”? | eJewish Philanthropy

AFP Blog

eJewish Philanthropy: "Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook aren’t just for college keg stand contest pictures anymore. From ejewishphilanthropy.comWho Needs So Many “Friends”? Nonprofits are joining social network sites to connect with people, strengthen cause awareness and hopefully cultivate donors."

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How Will Your Nonprofit Raise Money in 2012?

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Micro-philanthropy -- that ambiguous term that refers to all things socially networked, small-scale, and charitable -- will have matured. Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them. Another approach to the online contest phenomenon is to run your own. Get an iPhone. Four years ago, web 2.0

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Live Blogging: 09NTC Mapping Your Social Media Strategy

Amy Sample Ward

Qui Diaz:Livingston, recently did research for the Philanthropy 2.0 but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted. Panelists: Wendy Harmon: social media manager, philosophy is to use social media to execute mission. Danielle Brigida: using social media to increase, reach, engagement and revenue. industry benchmarks.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Identity 2.0

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In philanthropy, for example, the people-to-people connectivity of a Kiva is not a new concept, but the internet makes it possible on a new scale. Ariel Beery’s ideas are included on a blog I have been reading called The New Jew: Blogging Jewish Philanthropy. Is Facebook and MySpace a trend?

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. From Ruby Sinreich at Lotus Media comes a pointer to the Findhabeas.com campaign on myspace and possibly other places. Update: Tactical Philanthropy announces the 2007COF tag!

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Oxfam America and HSUS: Not just Talking about Social Media, Using It

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Both HSUS and Oxfam’s primary efforts are on what Carie calls “the big four”: MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr. On MySpace : Both Oxfam and HSUS prove what we already know from Greenpeace and others – MySpace is a great place to get new advocates. Carie opened with an intro to social media. One at a time.

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