Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 1, 2010

Facebook: Moscow Museum of Modern Art. YouTube: Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. MySpace: Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. Tags: Nonprofits of the Month. Below are 5 museums throughout the world that are creatively utilizing social media: Twitter: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Lima.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

The nonprofits below are doing excellent work in helping heal the hearts, minds and bodies of the survivors of the earthquake in Haiti: Twitter: UNICEF. Facebook: Partners In Health. YouTube: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). MySpace: Concern Worldwide. for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group.

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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

DECEMBER 22, 2016

In the late 1990’s nonprofits began to launch websites, experiment with email marketing, and sign up for their first “Donate Now” service. Then, in the late 2000’s nonprofits embraced social networking sites, first Myspace and YouTube, then Facebook and Twitter. Facebook Fundraising Tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Since the popular Facebook fundraising App Causes was built using GuideStar’s database of nonprofits in the United States and Canada, only nonprofits in the U.S. In addition to online donation capabilities, they offer giving circles, giving vouchers, and Facebook widgets. Not any anymore… thanks to Ammado.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2009

The nonprofits below are doing excellent work in educating the public about the illegal trade of endangered wildlife for clothing, aphrodisiacs, “gourmet&# foods, and Chinese medicine. Facebook: WildAid. YouTube: International Fund for Animal Welfare. MySpace: World Wildlife Fund. Twitter: The Wildlife Alliance.

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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. The spectrum of expertise and passion for social media swings wide.

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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

MAY 10, 2010

years, I have been providing lots of little tips on how nonprofits can increase their ROI through my Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , and MySpace Best Practices, but now that the vast majority of nonprofits utilize social media and have been for awhile, I think most of us are ready some more advanced strategies.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

There are thousands of useful Gadgets you can explore and utilize, but nonprofits can also easily create and custom design their own Gadgets and Themes to share with the iGoogle community. In the meantime, some basic first steps: First, create a new Gmail/Google account for your nonprofit (if you haven’t already). iGoogle Home.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and MySpace are constantly evolving and on the brink of going mobile on a massive scale. Group texting, iPhone apps, and mobile websites are on the 2010 To Do Lists of most national and international nonprofits. The webinars above are best for nonprofits in the United States and Canada.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

I first started utilizing social media to help promote nonprofits on February 1, 2006 by creating myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations. At the time very few nonprofits were utilizing social media (with the exception of blogging). I have some small and medium-sized nonprofits in mind for the book, but I also want hear from you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Yet everyday on Twitter and (especially) Facebook nonprofits are sending out hundreds of thousands of Tweets and Status Updates with completely wrecked avatars. Facebook :: Needs Improvement. Facebook :: Example of Excellence. Please do not underestimate the power – or lack thereof – of your nonprofit’s avatar.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 2, 2010

The nonprofits below work on every one of these issues and provide sanctuary for all kinds of animals in need, and they pretty good at utilizing social media too. Facebook: The Elephant Sanctuary of Tennessee. YouTube: Big Cat Rescue. MySpace: Best Friends Animal Society and Sanctuary. Please friend, follow and fan!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 19, 2010

The nonprofits below are working to empower and educate consumers and corporate accountability activists to keep that greed in check, and to build a more just future for all of us. Facebook: Corporate Accountability International. YouTube: Public Citizen :: What a Gas. MySpace: Rainforest Action Network.

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Nonprofits will soon be broadcasting their own live TV programs to households around the world simply with a Ustream channel and a smartphone. Those nonprofits that do will be the best positioned to be successful at Web television. for Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Unfortunately, there is no “Nonprofit&# [#?!]

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 8, 2011

My guess is that 99.99% of nonprofits (or more) have not yet been invited to beta test Google+ ( sign up here ), but if you are a regular reader of Mashable, TechCrunch, or The Next Web, you might be feeling like your missing out on the fruits of being an early adopter (before the site is even out of beta – craziness!). Sign up here !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/thenatureconservancy. YouTube: youtube.com/natureconservancy. My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. I know our YouTube channel started in 2007. We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

Nonprofit website design and online fundraising have dramatically changed in recent years due to the rapid rise of social media and mobile communications. Much of a nonprofit’s website traffic came from search engines thus a large quantity of content was placed on the home page. World Wildlife Fund Website :: March 15, 2008.

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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

APRIL 5, 2010

You can start your Earth Day activities by friending, following and fanning the nonprofits below that are working everyday to help America becomes a more conscious, more sustainable society. Facebook: Green Festivals. YouTube: NRDC’s ThisIsOurMoment.org. MySpace: Green America. Happy Earth Day !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 11, 2010

Facebook: Mobile Baykeeper. YouTube: Environmental Defense Fund. MySpace: Greenpeace. Related Links: Nonprofits of the Month :: May 2010 :: Holding Corporations Accountable. Tags: Nonprofits of the Month. Please follow, friend, subscribe and like: Twitter: International Bird Rescue Research Center.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/JointheFight. YouTube: youtube.com/StopPancreaticCancer. The 1 st tool was MySpace back in 2007. Facebook has been a highly effective tool and is the strongest in communicating the message of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, but also allows people to connect and offer support to each other.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 2, 2015

In 2005 Facebook was only open to college students and professors, Twitter didn’t exist, and the iPhone was still in concept mode. Nonprofits pioneered social media. They began actively using Myspace in 2004 and YouTube in 2005 – years before the Fortune 500 companies. GlobalGiving 2015. globalgiving.org.

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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.

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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. 14% YouTube.

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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

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

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

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

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/womenforwomen. YouTube: youtube.com/womenforwomenintl. 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. Website: www.womenforwomen.org.

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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. Be to search for your nonprofit to know how and where your brand is buzzing in the blogosphere! 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk.

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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. Be to search for your nonprofit to know how and where your brand is buzzing in the blogosphere! Dipity :: dipity.com.

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NetWits

JULY 10, 2012

Facebook has it’s roots in education. Once Facebook conquered colleges the now web-giant with more than 900 million active monthly users moved on to support high schools. Naturally, Facebook’s appeal reaches down into the earlier years of education because kids love connecting with friends. Master them first.

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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 channel/BigCatRescue.

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