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9 Social Media for Social Good Sites You Should know About

NetWits

Their belief is that “The most successful movements have always been born out of and held together by the bonds of real world relationships, and online social networks present never before seen opportunities for organizing.&# Jumo is another social media for social good platform that entered the mix in 2010.

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Data Portability update

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Dataportability.org – the organization, has gotten a lot of press in the tech industry lately because some very big players recently joined. Basically, it means that the data that you put into social networking sites, like profiles, social graph (those who you are connected to,) media, etc.

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Twitter and Nonprofits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. Or even a social network strategy? Wish we could afford to hire you!

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Back to School, Back Online

Amy Sample Ward

The newest report, out today, focused on the use of social networking platforms by young people who are/aren’t also involved with charities. Read the full press release here or download the Social Media data slides here.) Female respondents reported a significantly higher usage across all the top 4 networking sites.

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Care2 in the Press: Dawn Gets Greener With Care2 - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Copyright © 2008, Care2.com To create a new comment, use the form below.

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Pulitzer and the Pedestal – Or Why Crowdfunding Needs Influencer Marketing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And the press scorned the fundraising effort. We see examples in the ongoing success of Kickstarter , in the record number of small donations President Barack Obama collected during his 2008 campaign and, humorously, in the manner Stephen Colbert has solicited funds for his satiric Super Pac. Except for Joseph Pulitzer.

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Yahoo! Supports OpenSocial; Yahoo!, MySpace and Google to Form Non-Profit OpenSocial Foundation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Back in November when Open Social was announced, we had a round of discussions in the NpTech space that summarized on my blog. Just saw a press release from Yahoo, Google, and MySpace about OpenSocial Foundation. For now, here's the basics culled from the press release, official blog posts, and blog commentary. s benefit only.

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