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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The 1 st tool was MySpace back in 2007. Did you experience resistance from higher ups in the organization initially utilizing about social media, or were they supportive? I do social media reporting at the large events with the objective of creating a virtual experience for those who cannot attend. LinkedIn: linkedin.com/groups?gid=104492.

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How Many Hours Per Week Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Social Media?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

All nonprofits should also experiment with Twitter. Not everyone is a natural-born Twitterer, and it may take time to find the right person at your nonprofit to be the voice(s) behind your Twitter avatar, but it’s worth the investment of resources. There’s no shortage of niche networks out there to experiment with.

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last August, I saw the impact of Twitter's velocity first-hand with a fundraising experiment. I'm drawing from my experience using Twitter drawing and those of others. October 2007 This campaign was for $1,000 to send a young Cambodian woman, Leng Sopharath, to college. The experiment was to test Twitter's speed.

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More on Virtual Worlds and Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

(see her post about the virtual philanthropy simulator ) She shares some thoughts about what she thinks may happen after June 22, 2007 when The John D. However, I'd guess that part of the experiment is to learn about how virtual worlds shift discourse and decision making. and Catherine T. vote with their feet,??? t speak for them.

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Nonprofits and NGOs Celebrate International Women's Day

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The organization is asking supporters to change their Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook avatars at 1:10 on Friday, March 6th to the "oneten" avatar. The campaign is trying to raise awareness that, "Each year, around 1 in 10 women in Britain experience rape, or other violence." For more information, go to www.oneten.org.uk.

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NPTech Summary: Happy Holidays!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We'll be back before 2008 with a roundup of 2007. It all started when Susan Reynolds , a social media maven and artist, was diagnosed with breast cancer and started a blog to write about her experience and used twitter to fight her cancer. See the flickr pool of pea avatar photos. What's your take on Twitter for Nonprofits?

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Should we put our social media tools away and have a conversation?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Davos 2007.??? ll all be able to stay home, prevent climate change and just send our avatars to Switzerland. This calls to mind a debate in the educator community about some years ago about computer-mediated experiences - and how it is a (mostly) bad thing. At this rate, we???ll