Robert Weiner

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Podcast: How to Use Facebook to Attract Supporters and More

Robert Weiner

As we've noted previously, The Chronicle of Philanthropy has been running a series of online discussions on how nonprofits can use social media tools. In the latest, Allison Fine interviews Joe Green, one of the creators of Facebook Causes, and Amy Eldridge, Executive Director of Love Without Boundaries.

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Lame Spam of the Day: Lehman Brothers Centre for Women 2008 Newsletter

Robert Weiner

It''s been a while since I got a spam message that rose to the level of true lameness (maybe because I''ve improved my anti-spam tools), but this one hit the target. > > [link deleted] << or want facebook money? ==> > [link deleted] <<==. and the links don''t even try to look like they''re legit.

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Schools using social media but not for fundraising

Robert Weiner

Very few speakers or attendees reported using these tools for fundraising, though. UC Berkeley talked about a badge that donors can post to their Facebook pages after making a gift ("I Feed The Bears").

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Online Alumni Communities in the Age of Social Media

Robert Weiner

We are purchasing Net Community for some of the other things it offers, and we're trying to decide if we should pursue social networking through it or use Facebook, etc. You can also set up a Facebook page and/or group, and a LinkedIn group. And is there another way to offer those benefits without the closed community (e.g.,

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A Month with the Palm Pre

Robert Weiner

I found that MediaMonkey , a free music organizer/player, sync tool that I had used with an older MP3 player, will sync my tunes with the Pre. Sometimes it's slow to respond, but overall it's easy to use and intuitive once you learn the basic gestures. The trick is to put the Pre in Media Sync mode. Handy when working in landscape mode.

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Impressions of the Palm Pre

Robert Weiner

In addition, notes & tasks sync to the CompanionLink app rather than the built-in Palm tools. I'm using apps or mobile pages for Facebook, YouTube, OpenTable, Google Maps, Twitter, and Yelp. For instance, there's no Share option for Facebook entries. The easiest -- and cheapest -- way to sync is through Google.

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