Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 12, 2010

Nonprofits with national and international name recognition do great on Facebook in terms of growing a large fan base, but many small to medium-sized nonprofits struggle to achieve the elusive Facebook ROI (Return on Investment) – website traffic, new e-mail newsletter subscribers, mobile subscribers, online donors, thumbs up and comments i.e,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

MySpace estimates that 50% of its Website traffic will be mobile within 24 months. Many of those texts are being sent via Tweets on Twitter and Status Updates on Facebook. Two organizations that have been early adopters and pioneers in their use of social media are the National Wildlife Federation and the World Wildlife Fund.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

In 2008, the WWF was on Myspace and likely utilizing a Facebook Group and YouTube Channel, but those tools had not yet become integrated into their website design. e-Newsletter :: By 2008 nonprofits were beginning to understand and harness the power of e-mail marketing for online fundraising, branding, and cause awareness.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Organization: The Nature Conservancy. Organization Size: +1 million members, +3800 staff. Twitter: twitter.com/nature_org. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. Name: Amy Ganderson. Website: www.nature.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

as follows: Web 1.0 = Websites, e-mail newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons. is one person or organization pushing content out to many people via websites and e-mail newsletters. People can post comments and converse with your organization in public for all to see. and Web 3.0 At its core, Web 2.0 You use Web 2.0

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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

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Organization: National Wildlife Federation. Organization Size: 400 employees. Twitter: twitter.com/nwf. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Name: Danielle Brigida. Website: www.nwf.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Nonprofits throughout the world have sent millions upon millions of e-mails, Tweets, bulletins, updates, etc. Facebook would do well to follow the lead of Twitter, MySpace and YouTube. A lot of nonprofits will now have to update their website, e-mail newsletters, and most costly, their print materials. on Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A great source for free icons to use on your website, blog, Facebook Page, in your e-mail newsletter, etc. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005. 2020 Social Media Size Guide ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

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. Get social and mobile media buzz in their e-mail inboxes regularly! Executives were terrified by the legal implications of using social networking tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. It must be downloaded and is available only to nonprofit organizations. This website allows your supporters to pledge to donate with each Facebook Status Update or Tweet they post on Facebook or Twitter. Based in the U.K.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

It was much more traffic than I would have ever thought possible, but thanks to the burgeoning “Nonprofit Organizations” communities that I had built on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, launching a blog was much easier in 2009 than it was when I tried and failed in 2004. That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Care2

MAY 7, 2007

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!" Did you experience any increased site traffic to HSUS as a result of your MySpace presence?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2009

While it’s not a new term, a few months ago, “slacktivism” became the topic of a firestorm debate among nonprofit advocates, online marketing professionals and social change proponents after a series of media stories including an article by Warren Clements of Toronto’s Globe and Mail, “A slacktivist and his crackberry are seldom parted.”

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

Just send the company your e-mail list and tell it what social networking sites those on your list are using, their demographics, the numbers of friends they have, how many widgets they’re using, even their interests. Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), 2 admin 06.11.08

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2009

Yesterday, I attended a webinar about social media policies called " E-Privacy: Can You Legally Monitor MySpace, LinkedIn, E-mail, & Blogs? Note that he was speaking as individual, not on behalf of his organization - and I haven't named either him or his organization. Source: www.facetime.com/survey08/summary/.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Want to listen on Twitter? Technologies to Recruit, Organize and Engage Youth. Technologies to Recruit, Organize and Engage Youth. What's the nonprofit chatter that is happening right now on Twitter? If you already have a presence on MySpace, check this out - causes has just launched an application at MySpace.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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!" Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5% Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5%

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

It was much more traffic than I would have ever thought possible, but thanks to the burgeoning “Nonprofit Organizations” communities that I had built on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, launching a blog was much easier in 2009 than it was when I tried and failed in 2004. That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

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!" From that 383, only 150 organizations had profiles that appeared on the first two pages of results.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

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!" Websites like Facebook, MySpace and YouTube are among the top 10 most trafficked sites in the US.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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!" Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5% Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5%

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2007

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!" The deal between MySpace and Cingular was announced on December 18th when the service went live.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Submitted by Steve MacLaughlin, publisher of Connections For a while now I've been talking with a lot of nonprofits about using social media and social networking in their organizations. How can we use Twitter? many organizations are initially focusing on using social media as a communication and awareness tool.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

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!" From that 383, only 150 organizations had profiles that appeared on the first two pages of results.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

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!" Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

AARP California Twitter Account Last week at the WeAreMedia Workshop, someone asked a question about babyboomers and social media use. It may be mean rethinking multi-channel campaigns, particularly use of direct mail as Allyson Kapin writes on the Frog Loop blog. Is it only younger people who are using social media.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

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 is this valuable? Actually, struggling to write.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

We are 20 years into this online giving adventure and there is still a tremendous amount of up-side for nonprofit organizations. Studies done by Dunham+Company in both 2013 and 2018 reveal that even many leading nonprofit organizations have struggled to implement common best practices. Sadly, that is not the case. The Next 20 Years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Convio asked me to prepare something for organizations that are just getting ready to embrace social media. This idea came to me from Twitter. One thing I've come to appreciate Twitter is that it allows me read the thoughts, ideas, and musings of lots of smart people and thought leaders in many different disciplines.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

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!" The campaign enabled CI to boost their email list by 50,000, in only two weeks.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

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 is this valuable? Actually, struggling to write.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Gen Y prefers texts to voice mail. They thrive on feedback and want larger roles within organizations and the workforce. They are technology-savvy. It's not enough for you to have a website. Gen Y's online usage extends past such basics. You need to involve them. Interaction is key.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

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!" Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations.

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