Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Would you ever put a cropped logo on your website or in your e-newsletter? Or sign off on a proof for a print newsletter or funding appeal where your logo was cropped or shrunk so small it was made completely unreadable? Facebook :: Needs Improvement. Facebook :: Example of Excellence. Of course not!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

In the meantime, nonprofit staff can prepare for the launch of the new brand pages, also known as Google+ Entity Profiles , by creating a Google Account and then setting up your personal Google Profile (which then also becomes your personal Google+ Profile when you get invited to join Google+ or the site comes out of beta). e-Newsletter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

They move with you to The Next Big Thing i.e., from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare. I first got on MySpace in February 2006 when I created a portal to Nonprofit Organizations on MySpace. This is when the MySpace vs. Facebook debate began to rage in the blogoshphere. It was ugly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. That said, I have literally “liked,&# “followed&# and “friended&# more than 100,000 nonprofits. Using a horizontal logo for your avatar.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 3, 2012

Blogger, LinkedIn and Myspace all launched in 2003. We’re almost a decade into using social media and yet one of the most striking realities when I give in-person social media trainings is the wide variety of experience of the nonprofits in the room. website, e-newsletter, Donate Now campaigns) and Web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2010

A couple of times a year DIOSA Communications offers a webinar special for nonprofit organizations, and the month of April is now one of those times. Only launched 7 months ago, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Tags: Webinars Animoto Blogging Facebook FourSquare LinkedIn Mobile Technology Social Media Twitter YouTube.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

Working within the confines of an almost non-existent online communications budget, my primary responsibilities were to maintain our website and publish a twice-monthly e-newsletter, quarterly print newsletter, and numerous print fundraising appeals through out the year. Here are five reasons why: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2010

They get lots of Thumbs Up on Facebook too. IconsPedia : A great source for free icons to use on your website, blog, Facebook Page, in your e-mail newsletter, etc. 4096 Color Wheel : A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, etc. Inspirational quotes are also ReTweeted often.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector. Most nonprofit Thank You’s are still long, text-intensive messages which more often than not these days feel cumbersome and overwhelming to supporters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

During 2009 I created and promoted 34 TwtPolls to help better understand the needs of nonprofits. The TwtPoll results are often surprising and can be very useful for nonprofits as they forge ahead with their 2010 communications strategies. 3) Does your nonprofit have a blog? [ [link] ]. 25% Facebook. 9% MySpace.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the Web goes mobile , so does social media… and so should your nonprofit. If there is one thing I have learned over ten years of using the Internet for fundraising and social change, those nonprofits that can embrace change quickly, empower their visionaries, and adopt new Web trends, reap the benefits of being early adopters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/thenatureconservancy. My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc. Facebook and Flickr have been two of the most useful social media sites. Mobile: m.nature.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Some of the opinions I express below I have had for a while and speak to them in my webinars and trainings, but some are so recent that I am still in the stage of “Seriously Facebook? That said, people love Facebook. The vast of majority of nonprofits love Facebook too. on Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0 As of last month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Nonprofit Tech 2.0 has turned out to be the glue that holds it (the “Nonprofit Organizations” brand) all together and makes it work, surprisingly. That said, mix it up!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

If your nonprofit has a good content strategy in place and understands the power of integrating all your nonprofit’s communications channels (website, email, Facebook, texting, etc.), There absolutely is a math to social and mobile media. There is also a science to social and mobile media. Website Unique Visitors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

If your nonprofit has a good content strategy in place and understands the power of integrating all your nonprofit’s communications channels (website, email, Facebook, texting, etc.), There absolutely is a math to social and mobile media. There is also a science to social and mobile media. Website Unique Visitors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/womenforwomen. The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and the Notes from the Field WordPress blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Even when I wasn’t at home at my desk, I was on my iPhone updating Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. The good news is that I have found using Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc. Justly recently I deleted over 200 Facebook “Friends&# and decided that my personal profile on Facebook was going to be exactly that.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2010

While some nonprofits have been early adopters of Twitter Apps, the vast majority are not. Once your nonprofit has mastered the intricacies of Tweeting, ReTweeting, Mentioning, and Lists, it’s time to move your Twitter campaigns up a notch. They may not even know the tools exist. Bit.ly : Bit.ly

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

While there are a good number of tech-savvy hipsters out there that understand terms like “ Static Web ”, “ Dynamic Content ”, “ User-Generated ”, “ Cloud Computing ”, and “ Semantic Web ”, the majority of nonprofits don’t talk or understand such tech speak. as follows: Web 1.0 = Websites, e-mail newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

In June 2007, I presented my first social media training to a small group of nonprofits in Lowell, MA. At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. The media had made Myspace, and social networking in general, out to be dangerous, life-threatening even. Flash forward four and a half years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Animoto is a service that allows you to create videos about your nonprofit using a selection of your organization’s best photos. Within a few minutes and a couple of clicks, your nonprofit could have a new promotional video that you can use on your Web site, your Blog, in your e-mail newsletters, and on social networking sites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. It is clearly not a fad, and yet the vast majority of nonprofits have zero budgets for social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

I like to think of group text messaging campaigns as the e-newsletter of the Mobile Web – just much shorter. Over the last decade nonprofit communicators have been perfecting e-newsletters to drive traffic to their organization’s website, blog, Facebook Page, etc. and to keep supporters informed and engaged.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Please Note: All nonprofits in the United States that have an entry in GuideStar.org are also on Change.org. You can access your nonprofit’s profile and the Change.org tool set by signing up for a Nonprofit Admin account. Learn More: Nonprofits can now brand their own profiles on Change.org! They need to be asked.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/humanesociety. MySpace, back when it was cool. We’re using Facebook primarily, Twitter for feedback, dabbling in Foursquare, and starting our LinkedIn presence. We don’t use it like we use Facebook, for advocacy, fundraising, and relationship building. Title: Director of Emerging Media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Facebook: facebook.com/nationalwildlife. Back in 2006 when I joined the organization we had a MySpace page with 25 friends. From there I signed us up for various Facebook groups and profiles and continued experimenting sites like Change.org and Care2. Website: www.nwf.org. Blog: www.wildlifepromise.org. Twitter: twitter.com/nwf.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0 As of last month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Nonprofit Tech 2.0 has turned out to be the glue that holds it (the “Nonprofit Organizations” brand) all together and makes it work, surprisingly. That said, mix it up!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/taprootfoundation. Megan: MySpace was probably our first introduction to social media, but not sure the year we created the account. Megan: We currently have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Jumo, YouTube and Vimeo. Website: www.taprootfoundation.org. Blog: taprootfoundation.org/blog.

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See3

JULY 17, 2006

read more | digg story Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Facebook Platform – Opening Up [.] The Facebook news is big. Facebook is the second big social networking site behind MySpace. And their pages aren’t nearly as ugly as MySpace pages. [.]

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2008

When I have the pleasure of talking with leaders in nonprofit organizations, two things come up again and again as critical to building a sustainable future: the need to achieve a broader and better view of their constituents; and the need to reach them in new and more meaningful ways. Anticipate.

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Care2

MAY 26, 2010

Did you know that the tech and media profile of a baby boomer is: 29% are regular Facebook users. 47% receive E-newsletters (who said enewsletters don't work?). Did you know that the tech and media profile of a baby boomer is: 29% are regular Facebook users. 47% receive E-newsletters (who said enewsletters don't work?).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What is private? Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), What is public? 2 admin 06.11.08 Be Helpful.

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See3

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

In today’s NY Times is an article about Facebook and the difficulty of getting your data removed. So to really delete my entire life on Facebook would mean deleting data from many individual accounts. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

What's the nonprofit chatter that is happening right now on Twitter? Could a local social change site knock off Facebook for the social networking webby? If you already have a presence on MySpace, check this out - causes has just launched an application at MySpace. A Practical Guide to Using Web 2.0 Who has installed it?

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