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Using Social Media Increases Fundraising by 40% [Study]

NetWits

Do you know how many of your supporters use popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube? of the entire American population use Facebook. We found that participants who use social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube communicate with their networks more regularly and send more messages.

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Great reads from December 12th through December 13th

Amy Sample Ward

Pacific is First to Integrate Facebook and Twitter into e2Campus Emergency Notification System - Pacific University, in Forest Grove, OR, USA, is the first university in the US to integrate Facebook and Twitter into the emergency response system for alerting staff and students in times of emergency.

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How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Time Chart - See Flickr Discussion on Version 1 Wanna Remix it? Here's a question I get all the time: How much time and resources does it take to implement social media? In my presentations, I use a slide from Nina Simon's blog post called " How Much Time Does It Take To Do Web2.0 Download it here. In A Museum?

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: National Wildlife Federation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Facebook: facebook.com/nationalwildlife. From there I signed us up for various Facebook groups and profiles and continued experimenting sites like Change.org and Care2. I join as many social media sites as I can and try to spend time learning each community so I can offer advice to others on how to engage with them.

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Google +: The Trade Off Between Privacy Needs, Community, and Social Context

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here’s the official announcement on the Google Blog and review in the New York Times. As my colleague Geoff Livingston points out, nonprofits have limited time. How do we invest that time as wisely as possible to have the greatist impact? It is our most valuable commodity. It is our most valuable commodity.

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Social Media Case Study Slam Panel at NTC 08: Danielle Brigida, NWF - A Case Study on Traffic

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This case study is by Danielle Brigida from the NWF and her experience using Digg and StumbleUpon for generating traffic. Today I'll be talking about using Digg and Stumbleupon specifically. Slide 4: After attending last year's NTEN, two tools stuck out for me that I really wanted to try- Digg and Stumbleupon.

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10 Questions to Get You Started Using Social Media for Your Nonprofit or Do-Good Project

Have Fun - Do Good

Did you know that the fastest growing demographic on Facebook is people who are 35 years old and older ?). Search on Facebook too to see if anyone has already created a Facebook Page for your cause or organization. Search on Facebook too to see if anyone has already created a Facebook Page for your cause or organization.