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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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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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MAY 6, 2009

Influential Marketing Blog: How To Live Blog (Or Twitter) An Event Effectively: "There are two types of content creators at any event. The ones who are creating content because they want to, and those who are creating content because they have to (often because they have been sent to 'cover' the event for a team or organization).

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APRIL 9, 2014

Organizations'' annual social growth is also booming, with the average number of Facebook fans increasing 37% and Twitter followers increasing 46%. The average one-time donation increased as well, from $60 to $68 ($57 via email only), and overall non-profit website traffic grew 16%. NPOnlineGiving NPonlinegiving trends'

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MARCH 8, 2012

While most non-profits realize the benefits of Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, far fewer organizations fully realize the inherent power of LinkedIn. Are You Effectively Using LinkedIn at Your Non-Profit?

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

I first heard about this story on Twitter and I took it upon myself to find out more and track down the individuals involved in this story. Marketing Agency Helps 10 Charities Secure Over $1 Million in Advertising Grants From Google | Scott De Buitléir : "Stories like this always get me excited as a journalist and fellow philanthropist.

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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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DECEMBER 12, 2011

Twitter's Redesign Offers New Options to Nonprofits - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : Twitter’s Redesign Offers New Options to Nonprofits December 9, 2011, 2:26 pm By Cody Switzer Twitter has unveiled a redesign to its site and tools that offers many new features that (..)

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

- Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - : As nonprofit senior leadership starts taking social media more seriously to engage supporters, they are also starting to ponder their own organization’s influence. Fair enough.

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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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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Data and Analytics Tweet Chat Recap : Data and Analytics Tweet Chat Recap Susan_Chavez 31 Oct 2011 4:00 PM 0 Why does data matter to nonprofit organizations and what data matters? These questions and more were answered in a recent Twitter conversation on data and analytics.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

The Salsa Labs organizing platform (and before it, Democracy in Action) was the creation of Lundberg and April Pederson.

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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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JUNE 29, 2012

They must consistently generate support for the work they do--and despite the advantages of Facebook, Twitter, email, and other cause-oriented platforms in reaching out to receptive people, the web’s design and technology capabilities have expanded faster than advocacy groups have been able to use them.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Two Annapolis nonprofit organizations are doing just that, in just 30 days and using only social media such as e-mail blasts, Facebook and Twitter."

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APRIL 28, 2011

CharityVillage Research: Five Things to Do Before You "Do Social Media" : "Like many charities and nonprofit organizations, you've probably put 'Do something with social media!' Most nonprofits are already maintaining a presence on one to three popular social networks such as Facebook, Twitter or YouTube.

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MARCH 14, 2012

Communities: Real and Imagined by Quintus Jett of Rutgers University | Community Techknowledge : I've seen many nonprofit organizations struggle with how to harness the growing capabilities of social media to build community and resources.

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DECEMBER 3, 2010

Hollywood's 'Digital Death' Campaign DOA | TheWrap.com: "It appears the organizers of a Hollywood campaign to raise money for AIDS in Africa either overestimated the popularity of the celebrities they used -- or what their fans would be willing to donate to get them back on Facebook and Twitter."

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MARCH 25, 2011

Most organizations, businesses, charities (and let’s face it, people) seem to join Twitter specifically because they’ve been told to. OneKind to Steward Them All  Bird Songs: "OneKind to Steward Them AllMarch 22, 2011 by MargauxSocial media is such a buzz word these days and it’s all a bit silly.

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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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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Nonprofits flocking to Twitter, making friends and moneyBy Michele DonohueKristiana Kocis, major gifts officer at American Red Cross Santa Barbara County Chapter, met resistance when she pitched that the 117-year-old organization should delve into the social micro-blog Twitter."

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JULY 6, 2010

region (Saratogian.com): "Nonprofit organizations are no exception to the growing use of social networking in the workplace.The Saratoga Hospital Foundation, for example, started a hospital-wide Twitter feed in February and just joined Facebook.".

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

week ago, a record number of status updates on Twitter and Facebook using the phrase '#BeatCancer' helped raise $70,000 for four non-profit cancer organizations". Social network updates a friend to charities: "Got a tweet to spare? It could help the charity of your choice.A NPtech NPTwitterFundraising.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

From Beth's BlogBeth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Amanda Rose, Twestival Leader, Reflects on Twestival: "The Twestival combined online twitter fundraising with a groundswell of offline self organized events in 202 cities around the world on February 12th.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

based nonprofit organization that empowers low-income students through photography and advocacy training, used an array of social media channels -- including Twitter, Facebook and crowdsourcing -- to mobilize hundreds of supporters and prevail over larger, more-established.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

We attended Twestival, a fundraiser organized through the social networking site Twitter to benefit Charity: water. The organizers of Twestival originally set a goal of $500,000 but as interest spread, they. NPtech NPTwestival.

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JUNE 25, 2009

Your organization isn't on Twitter? Great Read from Social SignalWhen it comes to engagement, social media is the art of the possible | Social Signal: "I can't believe it!! You don't have a Facebook page with discussion groups and a wall? You're not on MySpace, Bebo and FriendFeed?! OMFG, that's so weak! What are you thinking?!"

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NOVEMBER 26, 2008

Transcript of a Live Chat from Chronicle of PhilanthropyThe Chronicle of Philanthropy: Live Discussions: "How Charities Can Raise Money With Twitter and Other Social-Networking ToolsTuesday, November 25, at 12 noon, U.S.

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JUNE 30, 2009

We hear it almost every day - another organization who is wildly successful on Facebook or Twitter or MySpace. Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: "Guest Post by Hildy Gottlieb: 3 Steps to Success on FacebookSubmitted by Hildy Gottlieb, publisher of Creating the Future!We

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APRIL 1, 2009

era has a whole other language – like Digg, Blogger, Facebook and Twitter. Organizations are “far more likely to build trust if you are connecting to your donors as. The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Do You Speak Geek? Do Your Donors?It It seems like the Web 2.0

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