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APRIL 3, 2013

The Permanent Disruption of Social Media | Stanford Social Innovation Review : Spending an entire workday on Facebook isn’t part of a typical nonprofit employee’s job description. At the end of the day, the organization was nearly $114,000 wealthier. For FLOC, Give to the Max Day provided more than just much needed funds.

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

How Small Organizations Can Use Affordable ICT-tools to Measure Impact | NTEN : "What if nonprofits and social enterprises had an affordable way to report real-time, large-scale data on their social impact? Organizations are under pressure to measure their performance and results.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Press ReleaseThePort Releases New Whitepaper to Help Nonprofit Organizations Evaluate Social Networking Software: "Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) September 1, 2009 -- Social media solutions provider ThePort Network, Inc. The whitepaper discusses critical factors organizations must.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

#SMoP-ping Up Nonprofit Social Media Angst | Stanford Social Innovation Review : It’s not about the tools; it’s about relationships and what is possible.

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JUNE 21, 2013

Nonprofits: Drive Behavior With Social Media - Forbes : real-life experiment by Facebook to encourage organ donation, adding one’s donor status to one’s timeline, sparked an immediate 2,000% increase in the number of people signing up as donors.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

3 Facts About Fundraising on Social Media : oes your non-profit organize fundraising on social media? Chances are that the answer to that question is yes. Here are some facts from top reports on the state of fundraising that you should consider:'

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JANUARY 31, 2014

Nonprofits: Avoid Those Social Media Silos! - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly : Staff of nonprofit organizations may find themselves working in social media silos. But the days of social media silos may be coming to a close.' It’s easy: Just bury your head and do your work. That is, after all, what staff is paid to do.

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JANUARY 3, 2013

A Preliminary Theology of Social Networks : As people like Beth Kanter and Allison Fine made clear in their book, The Networked Nonprofit, networks are the new form of organizational structure in the 21st-century. The bedrock of social networking sites, the platforms that support network organizations, is relationships.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

The Demographics of Users of Social Media, Summarized - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly : Business Insider released a report that breaks down some of the biggest social media giants’ audiences based on their demographics.

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

Why Doesn''t Your Company Have a Social Media Voice Document? SocialFish : "People in your organization are going to be connected to social media somehow. A Social Media ‘Voice’ document. It’s inevitable. How can we expect uniform education across the company? How can we expect uniform education across the company?

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Understanding, Valuing Your Social Networks - TheNonProfitTimes : People who grew up on computers (and all that implies) do things easily, almost unconsciously. So it is with organizations using the Internet and social media to fulfill mission. So it is with organizations using the Internet and social media to fulfill mission.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Social data integration key to successful campaign planning | TMA Resources : A new study by J.D. Power and Associates revealed a direct link between social media and success, implying that organizations need to more effectively integrate these channels into marketing plans.

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APRIL 3, 2013

The Tightrope of Social Media Sharing for Nonprofits : Social media is all about sharing. But, as many organizations have discovered, the line between undersharing and oversharing is a precarious one.

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MARCH 25, 2013

Social monitoring creates strongercommunities | TMA Resources : Social media engagement offers transformative advantages, but only if conversations are actively monitored and analyzed for user insights.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 3, 2008

GuideStar - News - Articles - Is Your Organization Ready for On-line Social Networking?: "Is Is Your Organization Ready for On-line Social Networking?Now

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JANUARY 7, 2013

Effective social media marketing requires CRM data | TMA Resources : Many associations still don't understand social CRM or its advantages. A report by Awareness revealed that only 16 percent of firms have a social CRM system, and 17 percent have no concept of what it's used for or why it can be beneficial.

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APRIL 26, 2013

Linking Planned Gifts To Social Media | The NonProfit Times : “The Internet is the great equalizer. If you are a small organization, you can have a big presence.” Those were the words of said Kristen Jaarda, senior vice president at Crescendo Interactive in Camarillo, Calif.,

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

Red Cross Fights Disasters With Social Media, Mobile Apps GOOGL - Investors.com : "In response, disaster relief organizations are creating mobile apps and better leveraging technologies like geographic information systems (GIS) and social media to improve their reach and services.

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DECEMBER 4, 2012

Counting Aloud Together | Stanford Social Innovation Review : If you’re a nonprofit leader, you understand that the pressure to build data-informed practices—and to improve your services using data—has never been greater.

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OCTOBER 22, 2012

Social Media and Fundraising: Metropolitan Ministries  AFP Suncoast Blog : The next stop on my journey to discover how social media is impacting AFP member organizations and whether it is helping to raise dollars was at Metropolitan Ministries.

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MAY 21, 2013

Social analytics are fueling a more predictive model | TMA Resources : Social media has played an increasingly important role in organizations'' client engagement strategy as firms look to monitor interactions on these channels for valuable insight and foster new relationships.'

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

CharityVillage Research: Seven Social Fundraising Stories for the Holidays : It's an understatement to say that the end of the year is a busy time for the charitable sector. It shouldn't surprise you to hear that the last two days of the year are when most organizations also experience the heaviest volume of online giving.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Creating Your ''Virtual Porch'' With a Social-Media Plan : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success : Your goal with social media is to create a “virtual porch,” a welcoming, reliably satisfying environment. They’ll share stories, they’ll learn from each other and they’ll grow closer to your organization.

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MARCH 13, 2014

9 Ways to Create Magical Content for Your Nonprofit on Social Media : Content marketing, also called inbound marketing, is gaining serious traction with nonprofits. Nonprofits are increasingly aware of the importance of content, but they are often challenged about how to harness its potential for their organizations.'

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

CRM’s value grows with addition of social | TMA Resources : While the utility of CRM systems has long been established, the rise of social media has made the technology even more valuable to organizations, as a recent study revealed.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Ease your guilty conscience with GiveGab, a social network for volunteers | TechHive : GiveGab is an under-the-radar social network for volunteers that has been quietly partnering with colleges and nonprofits across the country over the last two years. After all, volunteering is serious business.

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JANUARY 11, 2011

SOCIAL MEDIA MAVENS - Association Bisnow - Washington: "Social media manager is the newest position to pop up across organizations. We spoke to two such association and non-profit professionals about their roles."

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

As Sandy Became #Sandy, Emergency Services Got Social | Fast Company : As New Yorkers took to Twitter to voice concerns, request aid, and offer real-time help, organizations were--more than ever before--there and ready to respond on their native platforms.

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JULY 25, 2012

Within 48 hours of issuing the appeal by e-mail and social media, the organization received nearly 300 stories recounting childhood swimming lessons, triathlon training, exercise programs started after injuries, and long-ago summer camps. Via the Chronicle of Philanthropy Y of N.Y.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

Hurricane Irene and the Nonprofit Social Media Storm | NTEN : We know our friends over at the Red Cross have been expertly using social media for disaster response for years now, but this weekend, with Hurricane Irene set to touch down all along the east coast, we saw many other organizations and government entities reaching out via social media, as (..)

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

The Best Social-Media Posts About #GivingTuesday 2014 - Year-End Fundraising - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : "With more than 10,000 organizations signed on to participate in the third Giving Tuesday, the Chronicle web team will sort through the thousands of social-media posts to bring you (..)

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MAY 13, 2013

Six Essential Mobile Marketing Strategies for Nonprofits | Stanford Social Innovation Review : More than 130 million Americans own smartphones. Worse, they may be unintentionally harming their organizations’ brands by brushing off the mobile sea change. Here are six mobile strategies every nonprofit marketer should know.'

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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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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

5 Trends Shaping the Future of Social Good: "ocial media has had a profound effect on the way social good organizations approach global problems.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

CharityVillage Research: Hey You, Get Out of Your Social Media Comfort Zone.Yes You! Becoming comfortable with a social network yourself is the best way to understand how your supporters and donors might interact with your organization in social spaces. Here are three less popular (but no less addictive!)

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

One-on-one relationships critical for successful social strategies | TMA Resources : Yet the expansiveness of social media can also cause problems for organizations, as it is easy to focus so much on the sheer scope of the audience that firms lose sight of one of its most important components: the ability to connect with individuals on a one-on-one (..)

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Improved customer engagement via social media a key goal for marketers | TMA Resources : Organizations of all kinds – private and public, corporate and nonprofit – are increasingly striving to utilize social media.

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