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Develop Your Social Media Strategy with NTEN

Robert Weiner

What: NTEN is holding an online workshop on social media using a Choose Your Own Expert format. They've gathered a group of nonprofit social media experts to help you devise a solid organizational strategy and learn the secrets of a variety of social media tools.

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Social Media and College Admissions

Robert Weiner

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has just published Social Media and College Admissions: The First Longitudinal Study by Eric Mattson and Nora Ganim Barnes, Ph.D. The study compares adoption of social media between 2007 and 2008 by the admissions offices of all four-year accredited institutions in the United States.

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We Are Media: An NTEN Workshop on Social Media

Robert Weiner

As part of its We Are Media program, NTEN is offering a 2-day training in San Francisco on how nonprofits can use social media. They describe it as follows: This two-day, intensive workshop will immerse you in the world of social media and nonprofits.

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Predictions for Nonprofit Fundraising Technology in 2012

Robert Weiner

On the other hand, many organizations (and this by no applies just to nonprofits) will throw money and time at trendy projects without thinking about whether they're the right tools, with the right strategy, investment, support, or marketing behind them. By all means, try new things. But do it smartly.

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Matching Gifts Best Practices 2009

Robert Weiner

The responses came primarily from academic institutions, but also included significant numbers from healthcare, religious, and social service organizations. The survey also covers strategies for increasing matching gifts; the effectiveness of various techniques, tools, and vendors; and stewardship ideas. It is available at [link].

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Thoughts on the Blackbaud – Convio deal

Robert Weiner

My main questions are about product strategies. Complex family, social, business, corporate, and financial relationships. I have no inside knowledge about what the merged company will look like. Mostly I have lots of questions and concerns that the firms won’t be able to address until the merger is completed — if then. Common Ground?

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