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New Social News Site for Nonprofits

NTEN

Idealist.org and Reddit launched a joint venture today: IdealistNews.org , a social news site geared towards nonprofits. You're probably familiar with the concept of social news through sites like StumbleUpon and Digg : users post links to stories, other users rate the posts by voting them up or down. digg social news.

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Things We Like (March 2009)

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A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. The New York Times continues to produce great examples of interactive maps. We have a thing for maps, it's true. Holly posted a video of the Nonprofit ROI Poetry slam at SXSW. But where's the TARP of nonprofit funding? Read more posts on our blog.

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Use Niche Social Networks to Spread Your Message

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Kirtsy (demographic-based – think Digg for women, 200,000+ members). They’re much more likely to be into what your nonprofit has to say or is doing. Also, make sure to ask respected members of your local nonprofit community. Most nonprofits have a certain amount of bandwidth to dedicate to their social media strategies.

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The Conversation Graph: The Social Life of A Blog Post

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many of us are familiar with the term " Social Graph " defined as the global mapping of everybody and how they're related. But, what I can't easily do for a specific blog post is see who is referring to the article in other places on the social web, like Twitter, Friendfeed, Digg, and the like.

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Web Analytics Webinar from Idealware

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Chris talks about the importance of mapping your social media strategy and identifying a key metric or two for each strategy that tells you whether you've been successful. He gives a great list of what goes into the map. Of course, with nonprofits and perhaps businesses, there are intangibles that are not easily tracked.

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The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 Consultants and Vendors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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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!" How about Digg ? 60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million?

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NpTech Roundup: Grasshoppers and Ants - Social Fundraising Off Season

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Mr. Clean1982 The NpTech Tag Summary is a weekly compilation of resources tagged with "nptech" by those who follow all things nonprofits and social media. Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. Which one worked best?

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