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

JANUARY 14, 2013

It’s commendable, but after four years of recession and the likelihood that you generously added social media to your already packed job description without compensation, it’s not sustainable and being overworked and underpaid will only lead to burnout and resentment. Despite popular memes that social media is “Free!”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 21, 2009

2010 is going to be a big year for social media. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and MySpace are constantly evolving and on the brink of going mobile on a massive scale. From now until January 4, all social media and mobile technology webinars are 2-for-1. That’s 9 hours of comprehensive, detailed social media training.

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Care2

MAY 28, 2011

If you work in Communications, escaping the latest hype around social media can be tough. Population Does Not Spend Their Day Using Social Media. population uses social media these days? MySpace : 1.19% of the US population is on MySpace. Social Media: Just One Slice of the Pie. Guess how much of the U.S.

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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. Considering that 70% Facebooks users are outside of the United States and that most of its growth is occuring internationally, Ammado’s timing is very good.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2011

Over the last 18 months I have subscribed to over 50 nonprofit text alert campaigns from a wide variety of organizations, but it wasn’t until this past April 28th that I finally received a text alert from a nonprofit that linked to a mobile website: That the text came from the Humane Society of the United States was not surprising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Tab on the Special Olympics of Northern California Facebook Page and the numerous customized Tabs on the Facebook Page of The Humane Society of the United States were created using the Static FBML App. Ironcially, in 2010 your going to see MySpace on that list. For example, the “Get Involved!&#

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Please Note: All nonprofits in the United States that have an entry in GuideStar.org are also on Change.org. Nonprofits can easily design their profile on change.org to match their website and other social networking sites. To see an example, of the widgets live, please visit the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

Nonprofits were the absolute first to utilize social networking sites. They were getting creative and pioneering MySpace in 2005 and Facebook in 2006 long before corporate brands and universities, but that hasn’t been the case with mobile technology. You need a mobile phone number to create an account.

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Care2

AUGUST 24, 2009

This summer, Mashable , one of the most popular blogs that covers mainstream tech and social media issues launched Summer of Social Good , a cool initiative that raises money for the Humane Society of the United States , World Wildlife Fund , Oxfam , and LIVESTRONG. Which social media formats are hot or not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

HSUS MySpace Page | Take the Quiz! I wrote the word " social graph " in a post, so I guess according to Dave Winer, I sound like a monkey. So, I couldn't resist finding out what kind of monkey I am and all for a good cause. Each chimp has a distinct personality, with likes and dislikes and a unique communication style.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Since 2016, online fundraising has grown 17% among nonprofits in the United States. Based on research from the Blackbaud Institute’s Charitable Giving Report , online giving in the United States represents 8.5% Socializing with the Crowd. of total fundraising revenue. As a point of comparison, the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Carie Lewis, Internet Marketing Manager Humane Society of the United States. In April, I blogged about HSUS "Stop Canada's Cruel Seal Hunt" campaign over at blogher and my blog and last December on my blog as part of a roundup of articles on using social networking spaces for campaigns. tools for online advocacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

m the Internet Marketing Manager for The Humane Society of the United States. m a self-proclaimed social networking junkie. important with higher-engagement leveled UGC campaigns PROCESS - marketing Email Website Social networks Web badges Blogger outreach OUTCOMES Both tangible & intangible Increase list members (we don???t

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Care2

MARCH 3, 2008

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 only cost, as with many social campaigns, was staff time.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Here's some points: This is a great example of multi-channel marketing with integrating social media along with other more "traditional" internet tools like email. The messaging on MySpace is a very different style. I wonder what the ROI is of incorporating the social media strategies and how they are tracking this campaign.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

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 only cost, as with many social campaigns, was staff time.

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 16, 2007

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Care2

MAY 4, 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!" Without further ado here are my favorites. April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 3.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2011

Source: Social Good: Charity and Technology in the Online Universe. Back then, the launch of “Donate Now&# technology in 1997 and its potential to transform philanthropy was all the buzz — much like social media today. It took almost a decade for online giving to reach just 5 percent of all giving in the United States.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

While I was in college, I moved to the United States, got married and had three daughters. They are teenagers and are in the middle of MySpace, IMing, text messaging, etc , so they are my first hand source for what is happening and are teaching me. I have read many blogs from people around the world, experimented with new web 2.0

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 16, 2007

Change.org , the social network where users can find like-minded do-gooders based on shared issues that they want to change, or nonprofits that they support, has launched a fundraising widget (pictured left). The widget can be placed on a blog, MySpace, Facebook, or a website. widget fundraising social network nonprofit

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