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Which Social Network Use Base Is More Altruistic?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Pete Cashmore of Mashable has a post that asks an interesting question: Facebook, MySpace (MySpace reviews), LinkedIn (LinkedIn reviews), Digg and Twitter are often compared in terms of features, but which one has the most generous users?

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Networking and News Sites scramble to keep up with Facebook.

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

2)LinkedIn , the professional networking site that often seems like little more than a sharable rolodex, has an announcement of its own. BITS reported on October 12th that LinkedIn CEO Dan Nye is " rushing to copy the electronic underpinnings of Facebook's elegant application programming interface, or A.P.I.,

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How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Buzz tools include FriendFeed, Twitter, StumbleUpon, and Digg - and of course you add many others to this category that are found in other categories. If you want to build an online community for knowledge or skill sharing, using social network tools like Ning or LinkedIN will help you get there.

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Guest Post by Steve MacLaughlin: Creating a Social Networking Strategy (Part 0)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Is that MySpace friend an activist? Is that LinkedIn connection a donor? They don't need to understand the latest techno widget or the nuances of StumbleUpon vs. Digg. Don't fall into the silo syndrome trap. Learn from the mistakes of the past. Ask questions about the total relationship with the supporter now.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » NTEN Does Web 2.0

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Another point Brian made was that perhaps Facebook and Myspace are not for your organization. He talked about LinkedIn, but he did not address LinkedIn for Good. But I have seen groups use LinkedIn to form committees that do fundraising, to have people volunteer time from an in-kind standpoint, etc.

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The social media cheesecloth: Filter and find what works for you

Connection Cafe

You see all of these other orgs using Twitter, Facebook, Digg, MySpace, YouTube, LinkedIn, Blogger and the list goes on… How do you make sure you are using the latest and greatest in new media that will effectively contribute to your movement?

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Personal Fundraising with Widgets: A Few Reflections and Campaign Update

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Send your contacts in LinkedIn a note about what you???re They know the advantages of a college education, can relate to Leng Sopharath as a fellow student, and are tapped in to loads of social networks (Facebook, MySpace, et al). Another thing you can try is to get people to Digg the story as they read it. re doing and ask ???em

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