Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2010

Just for your reference, here is the Authentification Form: And here’s how the warning message appears on the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page: According to Facebook, there are the three ways I can authenticate the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page. It has taken 2.5

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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. The community was red hot.

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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. For the last 4.5

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 1, 2010

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

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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).

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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. MySpace: Concern Worldwide. for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. Facebook: Partners In Health.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I was running over 20 social networking profiles, logging in seven days a week, and at minimum pulling 60-hour work weeks. Even when I wasn’t at home at my desk, I was on my iPhone updating Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. I am now down to 7 profiles, 5 days a week, and a 45-50 hour work week. This an important one.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2009

This is a cause dear to my heart and I would greatly appreciate you learning more about these organizations and supporting them through social media. Twitter: The Wildlife Alliance. MySpace: World Wildlife Fund. for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2010

tweeting powerful stats is guaranteed to get your organization ReTweeted! 4096 Color Wheel : A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, etc. oneforty : A gallery of over 2,500 (and counting) Twitter Apps. Worldometers : Provides world statistics updated in real-time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

They were on Myspace and organizing via Facebook Groups years before corporate brands, higher education, and broadcast and print media. Download a Twitter app. Most mobile photo-sharing tools are integrated into Twitter, so your first step should be getting familiar with tweeting on the go. On location!&#

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

If it is still available, create an account that matches you social media profiles. Second, while logged into your new account, add the Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , MySpace , Flickr , etc. For example, the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel uses only Favorites. iGoogle Home > Twitter. iGoogle Home.

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NCE Social Media

APRIL 29, 2009

4) Link to your profiles on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. That’s just a small sampling of what your organization can now do on Change.org with the premium toolset. Finally, you may have noticed that a number of organizations such as Amnesty International [link] have branded headers for their profiles.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

More on that below: 1) Sign up and create your profile on Ustream. Ideally, it should match your Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, MySpace and Foursquare URLs. summary of your organization and a profile picture. summary of your organization and a profile picture. For example, www.ustream.tv/user/nonprofitorgs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

2) ATTN Donors: Have you ever donated to a nonprofit organization through your cell phone? [ [link] ]. 43% Yes… our organization blogs regularly. 4) ATTN Donors: Do you prefer to give $$$ to your favorite organizations via: [ [link] ]: 71% The organization’s website. 25% Twitter. 9% MySpace.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

. —– Google+, the social network launched by Google nearly 5 months ago, has recently opened up the platform to organizations and brands with a profile type akin to the options for individuals and Pages on Facebook. One of the core principles in community engagement is to use the tools your community is using.

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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. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. It must be downloaded and is available only to nonprofit organizations. Based in the U.K., Qwiki :: qwiki.com.

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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 images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

For the last week, there’s been a rich discussion about Causes and the way that it abruptly, without much notice, left MySpace (deleting all of the related content, connections, communications, etc.). (To Unbalanced “strategies&# - organizations have fallen victim to the “all eggs in the same basket&# trap.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

For the last week, there’s been a rich discussion about Causes and the way that it abruptly, without much notice, left MySpace (deleting all of the related content, connections, communications, etc.). (To Unbalanced “strategies&# – organizations have fallen victim to the “all eggs in the same basket&# trap.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2008

I think of Facebook as a middle ground between business and pleasure, sort of MySpace for post-adolescents or LinkedIn for professional late adopters like me. David Carr, NY Times That quote made me think of Wendy Harman's Facebook Profile. What professional value has your Facebook profile brought you?

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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. Originally published in the November 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine where I have written a quarterly column throughout 2011.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Organization: The Humane Society of the United States. Organization Size: 11 million supporters, 500+ staff. Twitter: @ HumaneSociety , @ cariegrls. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? MySpace, back when it was cool. Twitter is the one that surprised me the most.

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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. To prove how easy Animoto is to use, as I was writing this blog post I created a video about our new kittens that can be viewed on my Animoto profile: [link]. 2) People can leave comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. I've covered arts organizations and social media here and there over the past three years and last winter co-wrote a cover story article with Rebecca Krause-Hardie for ArtsReach.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Facebook would do well to follow the lead of Twitter, MySpace and YouTube. 4) Twitter 5) LinkedIn 6) Facebook. Most of it comes from Twitter and LinkedIn. All the major case studies are about large national and international organizations, and their success on Facebook has a lot to do with their brand being well known.

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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

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

I'm going to riff on Ivan's advice, " You Don't Have To Be Everywhere" (like Mastercard) After an organization has identified an audience, objective, and strategy, a question that often comes up: What social networks should we establish our presence on? Do other organizations that work on the same issues have a presence?

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

For example, you can use Twitter as both a listening tool and for participation. Listening: Knowing what is being said online about your organization and the field you work in. You can listen with google alerts, technorati, twitter, and RSS readers. Tools to help you participate are Twitter and Co-Comment.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

New research out today from nfpSynergy shows that organizations who serve youth may want to be going online to reach them. Amongst 11-25 year olds, Facebook is trailed by Bebo (28%), MySpace (25%), Twitter (12%), MSN (9%), YouTube (2%) and “other” (4%). The Research. What It Means. No running in the halls! No one likes secrets!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

OpenSocial is a set of APIs that handle three different kinds of user data: profiles, social graph (who your friends are) and activities (the stuff of the Facebook news feeds.) But the path to truly portable (with adequate privacy controls) profile, social graph and activity data is still not entirely clear. No question about that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2009

I get to use sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace for a living! If you have established relationships online whether through blogs, forums or Twitter, meeting those people in real life brings a new depth to the connection. Your profiles have so much personality - love it. How did you organization let you do that?

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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? I did some additional research on Facebook to look at how different nonprofit people fill out their individual profiles. In summary, your organization does need a policy around social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

So, I wrote a post organizing all the questions and providing some short answers in a follow up post. There were a number of questions related to tools and tactics that I couldn't answer off the top of my head - so I decided to crowdsource them on Twitter asking for answers in the comments. Thank you Kevin!

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

Numerous nonprofits and NGOs are organizing events and campaign to celebrate. Fellow BlogHer Contributing Editor, Beth Kanter, writes about the fundraising Twitter campaign for CARE happening in conjunction with the film in her post, Tweetathon To Honor International Women's Day and To Spread The Word About A Powerful Noise Live.

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