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OCTOBER 20, 2009

29 Nonprofit Bloggers to Follow on Twitter « Nonprofit Tech 2.0: "* Home29 Nonprofit Bloggers to Follow on Twitter2009 October 19tags: Blogging, Twitterby nonprofitorgsLast week I asked the followers of @NonprofitOrgs to nominate their favorite nonprofit bloggers. The list below is the result of that “Tweet Out”.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Yasamin Beitollahi: 'Tis the Season for Charitable Giving: 7 Extraordinary Nonprofits on Twitter: "We've already seen that Twitter is turning into a source of breaking news. But it's also clearly turning into a conversation tool and a way to 'humanize' an organization and not just hide behind a corporate shield.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Joanne Fritz covers New Media RelationsThe New Media Relations for Nonprofits - How Nonprofits Can Get Their Stories Out Through Bloggers and Twitter: "Media relations in the world of Web 2.0

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

Great material re Twitter fundraising From Beth KanterBeth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Brief History and Meta Analysis of Fundraising With Twitter: "Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Brief History and Meta Analysis of Fundraising With TwitterLast August, I saw the impact of Twitter's (..)

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MAY 18, 2009

Nonprofits hope to find new patrons via Facebook, Twitter - Salt Lake Tribune: "You have to have a strategy and we don't,' said Meadows, one of 14 nonprofit leaders in attendance last week when John Dye and Philip Case of Bountiful's Fluid Studios offered a two-hour introduction to social media, which struggling nonprofits are using to reach more potential (..)

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JUNE 8, 2009

Nonprofits turn to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter to raise money, market themselves - Metro - cleveland.com: "Nonprofit and philanthropic organizations are turning to relatively cheap online social media to raise money and market their organizations as they grapple with recession-battered endowments, fewer grants and, often, less patronage by their customers." (..)

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APRIL 9, 2012

Is Your Nonprofit Guilty of #Hashtag Spamming? Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Blog :: A Social Media Guide for Nonprofits : Is Your Nonprofit Guilty of #Hashtag Spamming?

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Twitter Co-Founder Pushes New Effort to Use Technology for Social Good - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas | LinkedIn

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APRIL 27, 2009

Professors experiment with Twitter as teaching tool - JSOnline: "Many of the students in Menck and Ekechai's classes said they weren't on Twitter until they were encouraged by their teachers and guest speakers. one of Menck's classes, students craft a marketing campaign for a nonprofit client. They aren't.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Tweet, Tweet, Ka-Ching: Twitter is Changing the Way Nonprofits Make the Ask | All Up in Your Business | Fast Company: "Can non-profits raise awareness, increase membership, and--most critically--“make the ask” successfully on Twitter?

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MAY 11, 2009

Weighing the Pros and Cons of Twitter for Charities - Philanthropy.com: "Weighing the Pros and Cons of Twitter for CharitiesShould all charities tweet? The question of whether or not to join the popular social media service Twitter is what Ken Goldstein is pondering this week on his Nonprofit Consultant Blog."

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OCTOBER 23, 2015

Brave New Frontier: The Tweeted Proposal | Nonprofit Quarterly : "The Deluxe Corporation Foundation is replacing the tedious nature of grant writing with the ‘Short & Tweet’ campaign in which nonprofits can state their case in a mere 140 characters.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

21 Social Media Tips for Nonprofits | NTEN : love nonprofits. But nonprofits don''t always "get" social media. While there are few truly firm rules about using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google , or any of the other myriad of platforms out there, there are some things that bug donors. And I love social media.

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APRIL 13, 2010

How to Use Twitter to Connect Your Organization’s Brand with Your Own | Rosetta Thurman: "oung nonprofit professionals often express reluctance in building their personal brands because they don’t want to “overshadow” the work of their organization. Well, I’ll show you how you can do both!

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MARCH 29, 2016

Nonprofit Uses App to Survey Homeless People Daily—What Do You Need? Nonprofit Quarterly delivers the latest news and investigative reports : "In recent years, as technology and social media have expanded many non-profits have chosen to use these resources to help homeless people.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Tech Billionaires Champion Nonprofit for Young Programmers - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : Tech Billionaires Champion Nonprofit for Young Programmers February 27, 2013, 10:57 am Bill Gates, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter, appear (..)

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JANUARY 11, 2013

Rethinking Recruitment: NPR’s “Brand Ambassadors” - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly : he landscape is changing, one tweet at a time. According to the Washington Post, National Public Radio (NPR) is finding interns via Twitter. The solution: NPR posted a notice on Twitter and asked their followers to retweet it.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

7 Tips for Nonprofits to Avoid Social Media Burnout in 2014 : 2013 was undoubtedly the year of social media. Facebook signed its 1 billionth user, over 400 million tweets are being sent per day on Twitter, LinkedIn boasts over 1.5

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

Social Media Gets Word Out, Rumors Still Fly | The NonProfit Times : When Hurricane Katrina hot New Orleans and ravaged the Gulf Coast in 2005, Twitter was still a few months from being born and Facebook was still a crawling infant. There were smartphones but they too were not yet real mobile devices.

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MARCH 15, 2012

Building Better Nonprofit Blogs - Social Good - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : When nonprofits develop ideas for using social media, they tend to focus on networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

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JULY 2, 2009

Twitter/Facebook: Time Well-Spent for Child/Youth Advocates? Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center: "Twitter/Facebook: Time Well-Spent for Child/Youth Advocates?by by Ray Schultz, Child Advocacy 360This year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference drew standing-room only crowds to sessions on social media.

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JUNE 29, 2012

Tweet by Tweet, Building Nonprofit Awareness - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active and engaged democracy. :

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OCTOBER 14, 2014

Some Tech Entrepreneurs Embrace Giving Before They Have Anything to Give - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : "ech start-up Obindo consists of one big idea, two motivated employees, and a co-working space inside the Twitter building.

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JULY 6, 2011

HOW TO: Tweet for an International Audience  Nonprofit Tech 2.0 There are ex-pats in every corner of the globe, media outlets of every nationality, and allies from other countries that your nonprofit does know exist yet. Here’s how to begin:".

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MAY 30, 2012

3 Ways to Become a Better Nonprofit Pro This Summer : Learn how to use one new social network. My big five are Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google , and Pinterest. I'm pretty fluent in two of these and working on the others. Just pick one and spiff up your knowledge and skills. Here are some resources (mostly books):

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

CharityVillage Research: An Insider's Guide to Social Media Resources for New Nonprofit Professionals : Are you a newbie when it comes to social media for social good? Hang in there — technically you can be considered a veteran once you’ve been on Twitter longer than eight months!

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Just as electronic communication altered how we interact with the world, so the use of social and digital media is changing how most nonprofit organizations communicate with their constituencies, and even creating shifts in how the organizations work.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

- NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active and engaged democracy. : n a move that has relevance for nonprofits engaged in issue campaigns, Salsa Labs fired CEO and co-founder Chris Lundberg. The Salsa Labs organizing platform (and before it, Democracy in Action) was the creation of Lundberg and April Pederson.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Social Media Power #GivingTuesday Holiday Giving Effort - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : While it is too early to tally how many charities are participating and how much money has been raised, it’s not too soon to monitor the considerable social-media buzz for #GivingTuesday, (..)

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "What's All The Chirping?Nonprofits

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JUNE 29, 2012

How A Web App Can Help Nonprofits Tell Better Stories And Raise Cash | Co.Design: business innovation design : Nonprofits depend on successful outreach campaigns to survive.

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AUGUST 26, 2011

More Foundation CEO's Start to Tweet - The Giveaway - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : More Foundation CEO’s Start to Tweet. While it certainly hasn’t reached a tipping point, the number of foundation chief executives using Twitter is growing—slowly. August 26, 2011, 10:55 am.

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APRIL 1, 2009

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Do You Speak Geek? era has a whole other language – like Digg, Blogger, Facebook and Twitter. Do Your Donors?It It seems like the Web 2.0 But these technologies are shaped by a fundraising cornerstone – personal relationships.

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DECEMBER 23, 2008

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Twittering To Fame And FortuneMicroblogging can help raise cash and awarenessLast month, I wrote about microblogging ([link] a way for nonprofits to communicate with supporters and the public quickly and easily via short messages containing text, links or other content. (..)

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

Interesting list and methodology explanationSocial Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "The Top 20 Nonprofit Groups on TwitterOctober 27, 2010, 8:01 pmBy Derek LieuWhich nonprofits wield the most influence on Twitter?It’s It’s Charity: Water, a new.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

Philanthropy's Role in the Economy - The Giveaway - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : Below are some excerpts from the conversation on Twitter. You can view the entire discussion by checking out the hashtag #philchat.

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

Tweeting Raising Awareness, But Not Direct Dollars - The NonProfit Times Oct 1, 2010: "Tweeting Raising Awareness, But Not Direct DollarsBy Mark HrywnaOnly 3 percent of all Tweets by a sample of nonprofits were dedicated to fundraising or solicitation.

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