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JULY 6, 2012

Social Media Strategy for Nonprofits and Businesses What Makes a Blogger Credible?

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Social entrepreneurs: Charity begins online : "Enter Irish Charity Lab, which social entrepreneur Jean O’Brien set up last year to help charities in Ireland develop skills and strategies for digital communications to support their causes." ''via Blog this'''

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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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DECEMBER 9, 2014

Why you should be celebrating your fundraisers on social media | Voluntary Sector Network | The Guardian : "But vital to any fundraising strategy is saying thank you to donors and supporters who have given to your organisation through time, effort or money.

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MAY 18, 2012

Danbury nonprofits tap new strategies to grow - Connecticut Post : A year later, Executive Director Brigid Guertin said the museum is gaining strength with a reliance on social media and a new brand of philanthropy that mixes volunteerism with dollars. With technology, Guertin said, the museum is able to reach a far broader audience.

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JANUARY 25, 2013

Should Your Nonprofit Use a Social Scoring System? - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly : Although tapping into social media influencers could increase awareness and donations, some individuals have expressed wariness about relying too heavily on social scoring for planning social networking strategies.

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MAY 16, 2012

Nonprofits and Their Mobile Strategies - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy. : One recent study from ZeroDivide found a dramatic lack of philanthropic investment in mobile strategies for community change. We’re doing about 96 percent of our work with organizations outside the U.S.,”

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MARCH 27, 2013

Pheed and Sulia: Two New Social Networks for the Nonprofit Early Adopters | Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Blog :: A Social Media Guide for Nonprofits : Nonprofits that have the capacity to be early adopters have learned that early adoption in and of itself is a wise social media strategy.

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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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AUGUST 20, 2014

I’ll Take My Fundraising Cannibalism On the Rocks | The Agitator - Fundraising, Direct Marketing and Advocacy Strategies for Nonprofits : s of yesterday, the high visibility ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ had produced $15.6 million from existing donors, plus 307,598 new donors for The ALS Association. Icebucketchallenge'

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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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APRIL 17, 2014

5 New And Quirky Nonprofit Social Media Tactics | Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology : Everyone knows promoting your nonprofit’s events, services, and fundraisers on social media is a good idea, but many do not know why, or more importantly, how, to do it. Some techniques that are not covered in your run'

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APRIL 15, 2013

2013 NTC: How 2 Nonprofits Utilize Social-Media Data, Part 1 : FundRaising Success : At NTEN''sOpens in a new window 2013 Nonprofit Technology ConferenceOpens in a new window Thursday, four fundraising professionals discussed social data and what nonprofits should do with it, including how the National Wildlife FederationOpens in a new window (NWF) (..)

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JANUARY 13, 2014

Tracking Social Media Fundraising Revenue: Understanding the Challenges | AFP Greater Toronto Chapter - Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Toronto Chapter : What you need to start asking is “how did you track your fundraising results?” Innovation tomorrow will come when our present-day strategies prove worthy of investment.'

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

The Charity Social 100 Index | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional : Voluntary sector blog banner The Charity Social 100 Index Charities need to develop more effective social strategies for a cash-strapped age reddit this Comments (2) Anne McCrossan and Steve Bridger Guardian Professional, Monday 19 September 2011 04.30

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

The Charity Social 100 Index | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional : Voluntary sector blog banner The Charity Social 100 Index Charities need to develop more effective social strategies for a cash-strapped age reddit this Comments (2) Anne McCrossan and Steve Bridger Guardian Professional, Monday 19 September 2011 04.30

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AUGUST 6, 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Guest Post by Michael Edson: Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy v 1.0: "Guest Post by Michael Edson: Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy v 1.0We've just posted Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy, Version 1.0.

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APRIL 26, 2012

Understanding social media in China - McKinsey Quarterly - Marketing & Sales - Digital Marketing : Understanding social media in China The world’s largest social-media market is vastly different from its counterpart in the West. Yet the ingredients of a winning strategy are familiar.

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JUNE 15, 2010

Inhabiting a Social Media Territory – Engage365: "Having a primary channel on the social Web where you focus your existence is often referred to as a social media hub. The idea of a hub is one that anyone can quickly grasp.

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MAY 24, 2012

3 Old-School Organizations For Good That Have Mastered Social Media | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation : You hear a lot about hot new social strategies, but some of the oldest social good organizations in the country are making big strides to be at the vanguard of interacting with their constituents online--to very good effect.

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MARCH 10, 2011

NPR Scandal Explodes Plans for New Social Media Campaign | Fast Company: "Before the manufactured scandal, Fast Company had learned that NPR was about to ramp up a sophisticated social media strategy to rally their politically-savvy audience, including efforts at many of its nearly 800 local affiliates, roughly three months after it soft launched its (..)

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

First Independent aids charity via social media | The Columbian: "The bank’s “Ready to Give” program aims to raise money for five Clark County charities each year by tapping its customers’ Twitter and Facebook networks, in addition to using traditional print and online advertising, said Stacey Graham, chief strategy officer at First Independent Bank. (..)

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APRIL 8, 2011

Report: Google Ties 25% of Employee Bonuses to Success in Social | Fast Company : "According to Business Insider, Google CEO Larry Page sent out a memo to employees on Friday detailing how 25% of their annual bonuses will now be tied to how well Google pushes out its social strategy in the coming year."

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APRIL 30, 2007

Tech's Drive For Social Responsibility: "High-tech industries are finding innovative ways to contribute to philanthropic causes around the world. They are also adopting different strategies to ensure that their giving is sustainable and more impactful than in the past.".

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MAY 12, 2015

Institutions also are using more images and video than text but Some 57 percent of respondents to the 2015 CASE Social Media and Community Conference used social media to fundraise — compared with just less than half (47 percent) in 2014 — and 59 percent reported experimenting with new social media fundraising strategies."

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APRIL 16, 2012

Six Nonprofit Technology Takeaways from #12NTC | eJewish Philanthropy: Your Jewish Philanthropy Resource : From Blackbaud, six takeaways from the recent Nonprofit Technology Conference: Email is Hot Email should be a critical part of every nonprofits communication strategy.

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JANUARY 20, 2012

4 Strategic Requirements For Corporate Tweeting | Fast Company : More fundamentally, companies of all sizes are now confronting how Twitter strategies align or don’t align with their larger business strategies. After all, Twitter’s speed, capacity, and influence outsize any other social media channel at the moment.

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

YouTube Unveils New Fundraising Tool for Nonprofits: Associations Now : For associations that have tried using social media to fundraise, the YouTube Nonprofits Program could prove a valuable complement to existing campaign strategies, especially in the area of relationship building, said Amy Sample Ward, membership director at NTEN, the Nonprofit (..)

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JULY 18, 2012

-based microphilanthropy organization that is perhaps best known for its work in India, has just launched a new initiative called Detroit4Detroit, which aims to fund 150 community-improvement projects using a strategy that’s heavy on social networking and other digital tools.

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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. What strategies should be employed when this reference to “community” is more hopeful than real?

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JUNE 10, 2011

A year and a half later, the Hope Institute now has a fully integrated online strategy that has seen remarkable growth in e-mail and e-newsletter subscribers, social-media followers, website visitors, and e-philanthropy"

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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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MAY 15, 2009

Nonprofits tap online networks to raise funds | Philly | 05/15/2009: "Nonprofits across the country - more than 85 percent use social media, according to a new survey - want to replicate that success.

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