Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 7, 2012

If you would have told me seven years ago when I start the “Nonprofit Organizations” Myspace profile that it all would have led to this… in my wildest dreams I could not have imagined all that has followed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

I’ve observed this phenomenon on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Myspace, and Foursquare. Related Link: Social Media and Mobile Technology Webinars for Nonprofits. I wrote about it in Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits : Communities begin to grow exponentially when they reach 5,000 members.

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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 executive staff on a webinar. I”ll be presenting a free mini-webinar on social and mobile media for executive staff on January 25.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Hopefully from here on out any new social network that launches will learn from the mistakes made by Myspace, Facebook, Google+, and Pinterest and launch simultaneously with both personal and business/nonprofit accounts available for individuals and brands. It also allows you to stop having to use a personal profile as a brand (i.e.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Nothing kills an online community faster than spam (think Myspace ) and LinkedIn Groups have plenty of it. Related Links: Webinar: How Nonprofits can Successfully Use LinkedIn Groups & Company Pages. Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group :: Demographics. Attention Nonprofits!

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See3

MARCH 14, 2008

Heather will be demonstrating the new MySpace Apps in a webinar in April. You can learn more about her webinars here. Anyone else out there experimenting?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

TechSoup.org is a pioneer in helping nonprofits understand the Cloud and they have a free on-demand webinar to help you wrap your head around the basics of could computing: WEBINAR: Cloud Computing: Why Should You Care. Make new friends (Google+) and keep the old (Myspace). VIDEO: HTML All Writers Need to Know.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 25, 2011

All this began on a fateful day in February 2005 with the launch of a Myspace Page meant solely to promote nonprofits and foster social good. I was overwhelmed with the daily responsibilities of working and paying the bills, and taking three months off from presenting webinars (thus no income!) to write this book seemed impossible.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2010

I would argue that indeed “Nonprofit Organizations&# is a brand that I started building on MySpace five years ago. There is also the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace , the Nonprofit Organizations Twitter profile , the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel , and the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2010

MySpace: Green America. Related Link: 2-for-1 Webinar Special for Nonprofit Organizations :: Ends April 30, 2010. Happy Earth Day ! Twitter: Next American City. Facebook: Green Festivals. YouTube: NRDC’s ThisIsOurMoment.org. LinkedIn: Fair Trade. Google Buzz: The Nature Conservancy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 30, 2011

Similar to Myspace and Facebook in 2007 and 2008, there’s seemingly a geographic difference between Foursquare and Gowalla users. Related Links: Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Mobile Social Networking Tools and Location-Based Communities. to take possession of it. NonprofitOrgs on Gowalla.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

7) Is your nonprofit monitoring your Website stats to see how much traffic is coming from Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn Groups, etc.? [ [link] ]. 9% MySpace. 11) Have you ever taken a Webinar about how to use social media? [ [link] [ New Year's Resolution Webinar Special: 2-for-1 Through January 4 ]. [ [link] ].

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NCE Social Media

APRIL 29, 2009

4) Link to your profiles on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. As a reminder, I give free Webinars every Wednesday that explain in detail the new toolset and how to fully maximize your organization’s presence on Change.org. The Webinar schedule is listed on the right here: [link]. 2) Message all your supporters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Related Links: Social Media and Mobile Technology Webinars for Nonprofits. Otherwise, you are fragmenting your brand recognition online with each rotation of your avatar. There is a very good reason why the most successful nonprofits on social media rarely, if ever, change their avatars.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

I use them on my website, Facebook Pages, MySpace, and most importantly, on the right side of this blog. IconsPedia.com is my source for free social media and mobile technology icons. They have a great set of Google icons , but not yet for Google Buzz. Finally, you can follow me on Google Buzz at google.com/profiles/nonprofitorgs !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 12, 2010

Compared to Twitter and MySpace, it’s been a much more difficult community to grow and engage. And when I poll my webinar attendees about where they first heard about the webinar… the results are always the same: 1) Referral from friend 2) My Blog 3) My e-mail newsletter 4) Twitter 5) Other 6) Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. Related Links: Social Media and Mobile Technology Webinars for Nonprofits. Blogging is the missing piece in most social-media campaigns.

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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. Tags: Facebook Flickr LinkedIn Mobile Technology MySpace Twitter YouTube. The Web and how people use it is transforming quickly. In 2008, over two trillion text messages were sent worldwide. 1 trillion of those were sent by U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Even when I wasn’t at home at my desk, I was on my iPhone updating Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. The good news is that I have found using Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc. Tags: Uncategorized Facebook MySpace Twitter. I have spent the last few months making some significant changes. from working on the weekends.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2010

In 2008, many of the friends of the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace migrated over to Facebook, then in 2009 and 2010 a good number of the new fans came from @NonprofitOrgs on Twitter. Related Link: Webinar: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Successfully Use Facebook and Facebook Apps :: Advanced.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

This is the fourth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Related Webinar: Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits. Consider hosting a Tweet Chat , Facebook Live Video campaign, or webinar on the day of the campaign.

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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. World Wildlife Fund on a Tablet: World Wildlife Fund on a Smartphone: Related Links: Social Media and Mobile Communications Webinars for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2010

After you record a message, you are given a URL for the message that you can post on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc. Related Webinar: How Nonprofits Organizations Can Successfully Use Twitter and Twitter Apps. For example, here’s my first message: trottr.com/74qcww. Make sure you check out your Tweet Cloud too.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Ironcially, in 2010 your going to see MySpace on that list. They are fully integrating Facebook Connect into their website which is great news for those nonprofits utilizing MySpace. I do not know of any nonprofit currently using Facebook Connect, but Mashable has compiled a list of 10 Great Implementations of Facebook Connect.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2011

They were also one of the first nonprofits to utilize Myspace back in 2005 and Facebook Groups in 2006. Related Links: Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Mobile Websites, Group Texting and Text-to-Give Technology. They know the importance of being an early adopter. I’d love to know of others?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

It’s a strategy that I have been using, testing, and adapting since @NonprofitOrgs first launched on Myspace in 2006 and now there’s an ever-increasing flow of data being released that proves that social and mobile media are, in fact, powerful fundraising tools. Social and Mobile Media Webinars for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

You can also take my Webinar on How Nonprofit Organizations Can Successfully Use LinkedIn and MySpace and connect with me on LinkedIn at: www.linkedin.com/in/heathermansfield. To learn more about how to use LinkedIn, please join both the Web 2.0

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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. Related Links: Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Twitter and LinkedIn. Nonprofits pioneered social media. On location!&# have some fun with it. yfrog.com/user/nonprofitorgs/profile.

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Care2

MAY 7, 2007

» Monday May 07 2007 Sunny the Seal Melts Hearts on MySpace Monday, May 7, 2007 at 04:34PM | by Hatef Yamini Carie Lewis of the Humane Society recently shared with us some lessons learned about branding and list recruitment from their unique MySpace campaign against clubbing baby seals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

Blogger, LinkedIn and Myspace launched in 2003, and yet nine years into the Social Web the vast majority of nonprofits have not invested any financial resources at all into graphic design for their social media campaigns. It’s the number one, first-voiced complaint in every webinar and social media training that I give.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Based in Dublin, Ireland, Ammado is a social network just like Facebook or MySpace, but whose primary focus is to empower people and nonprofits worldwide to fundraise and donate online. My Thursday Webinars are specifically for nonprofits outside the United States. Not any anymore… thanks to Ammado.com. I hope they do well.

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NTEN

JULY 7, 2011

Remember back when people said your nonprofit needed to be on MySpace? Well, not MySpace.). In this webinar series, full of case studies and expert insights, you'll get the keys to change the way your nonprofit works today. And then Facebook. And Twitter. And now, probably, Google+. But it's not about any particular technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

It’s a strategy that I have been using, testing, and adapting since @NonprofitOrgs first launched on Myspace in 2006 and now there’s an ever-increasing flow of data being released that proves that social and mobile media are, in fact, powerful fundraising tools. Social and Mobile Media Webinars for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 7, 2011

They were on Myspace and utilizing Facebook Groups and YouTube long before business, higher education and the media had overcome their fear social media, but when it comes to LinkedIn Groups, it’s clear that the vast majority of nonprofits have not dug deep into the LinkedIn Group toolset. That said, some spam is not so obvious.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Some of the opinions I express below I have had for a while and speak to them in my webinars and trainings, but some are so recent that I am still in the stage of “Seriously Facebook? Facebook would do well to follow the lead of Twitter, MySpace and YouTube. This very long post has been a long-time coming for so many reasons.

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2009

Flickr: HowiePoon NTEN has been growing by leaps and bounds over the last few years, in both membership and programming, and we have a few new free sessions you should take advantage of this month: Ask the Expert with Joe Green on Facebook and MySpace Causes (Tue, Aug 18) : Joe Green is the co-founder and President of Causes, the online application (..)

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2011

On April 14, TechSoup presented a webinar on using social media tools to support, involve, and recruit volunteers. University of Oregon's campus group AHA was mentioned in #techsoup 's webinar on social media for volunteer managing. TechSoup also had a staff member tweet about what he heard during the webinar ( @TechSoup).

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