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JUNE 13, 2009

60) Search « Converting New Activists into Donors | Main | Five Tips to Engaging New Online Activists » Thursday Jun 11 2009 How Sticky is Facebook? 60) Search « Converting New Activists into Donors | Main | Five Tips to Engaging New Online Activists » Thursday Jun 11 2009 How Sticky is Facebook?

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MAY 29, 2009

60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? 60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? Main | The ROI of Social Media » Friday May 29 2009 Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit? The younger generation seems to prefer to donate online, rather than through the mail. junk mail,” Ball said.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

There are more than 65 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices and that number grows daily. Many of those texts are being sent via Tweets on Twitter and Status Updates on Facebook. Tags: Facebook Flickr LinkedIn Mobile Technology MySpace Twitter YouTube.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2010

in September of 2009, I had very low expectations. That said, in addition to being a great tool to build your e-Newsletter list , if your nonprofit is regularly updating Facebook and Twitter accounts, then your organization needs to be able to produce, contribute, and distribute fresh, quality content. Post calls to action.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

Just send the company your e-mail list and tell it what social networking sites those on your list are using, their demographics, the numbers of friends they have, how many widgets they’re using, even their interests. Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), 2 admin 06.11.08

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Proposed solution: CC developed Red House 2009, which had three event components: Traditional cocktail party for its major donors, Nonevent called Stay@Home, and. It was to serve as the kickoff for Red House 2009 and was hosted by a board member. CC launched Red House@Your House with a mail and e-mail campaign.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 9, 2009

Women Who Tech TeleSummit: April 2009. The second annual Women Who Tech TeleSummit (which will take place in April 2009) is looking for panel suggestions. You can also follow WWT on Twitter and join the Women Who Tech Facebook group. Ada Lovelace Day: March 24, 2009. For more info check out [link]. Who was Ada?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

The Hack Artist suggests that it’s important to marry direct mail efforts and a web presence. .’&# She gives some great suggestions and examples Joanne Fritz talks about three big mistakes – outdated information, insufficient contact information, and outdated design. Check This List 07.28.08 Check This List 07.28.08

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MAY 8, 2009

Below are key highlights from the study: 74% have a presence on Facebook with an average community size of 5391 members. See Frogloop’s recent article on Facebook Causes ). On Facebook, almost 40% of respondents raised money via fundraising, but 29% have raised $500 or less over the past 12 months. Thanks for this post.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0 received 13,000 visitors. As of last month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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OCTOBER 23, 2009

First there were rumblings that direct mail was dying. platforms like Twitter and Facebook are the new king in town, said the WSJ. Email grew 21% between 2008-2009. In August 2009, 276.9 Between 2008 and 2009 the number of users on social-networking and other community sites jumped 31% to 301.5 million people.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

It’s brill — it gets rid of all the ads on Facebook. Mail to, and my absolute favorite Photo Compass. I use several Greasemonkey scripts for Flickr: AllSizes+, How Interesting?, Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

For example, your fundraising email list versus your Facebook page versus your direct mail—three different channels translates to three different communication tactics. Email thoughtfully ( check out BuzzMaven’s e-mail marketing check-list on how to write effective emails).

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

For example, your fundraising email list versus your Facebook page versus your direct mail—three different channels translates to three different communication tactics. Email thoughtfully ( check out BuzzMaven’s e-mail marketing check-list on how to write effective emails).

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

The challenge in online fundraising today is that it's more than just email: it's Facebook, and Twitter, and e-mail, and widgets, and your website, and your blog, and your supporters blogs, and. In 2009, we didn't put an end date on our campaign. Flexibility was key to hitting our goal in 2009. well, you get the idea. .

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AUGUST 16, 2014

After some research, it turns out that this meme was started in December of 2009 in Canada. On January 8, 2011 the meme ranked number 11 on Google Trends search queries and the Susan G Komen Foundation said that their Facebook page grew by over 100K “likes” in 24 hours. What’s a Facebook “Like” Worth?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2010

I had to use both email and regular mail, contacting every person in my address book. Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Participant Fundraising. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) to promote your event and recruit participants. What worked for your organization in 2009? Back then, fundraising was different. In my dreams!

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

" They probably said the same thing about Facebook, Twitter, and other social media tools. Blackbaud studied 1,274 nonprofits to compare their online fundraising results for the first six months of 2008 to the same period of 2009. Online donors are younger and have higher incomes than traditional direct mail donors.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

» Tuesday Feb 17 2009 Reaching Baby Boomers: The Next Big Demographic in Nonprofit Online Fundraising Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 03:50PM | by Allyson Kapin By: Allyson Kapin , Blogger-In-Chief Direct Mail acquisition is one of the most expensive ways to raise money these days. Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5%

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

» Tuesday Feb 17 2009 Reaching Baby Boomers: The Next Big Demographic in Nonprofit Online Fundraising Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 03:50PM | by Allyson Kapin By: Allyson Kapin , Blogger-In-Chief Direct Mail acquisition is one of the most expensive ways to raise money these days. Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5%

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NTEN

OCTOBER 11, 2010

When PID is kept in different buckets, it’s harder to manage and create customized communication -- like when mailing addresses and emails are kept in separate systems, due to legacy databases or department requests. . When you gain me as a fan on Facebook, I receive periodic updates and my friends see my interactions with you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

The nonprofit Generations of Hope is competing in the top category, for the $250,000 prize, approximately 1/3 its operating budget in 2009. We sent e-mails to our personal contacts and the GOH database. Those who use Facebook, Twitter and Linked-In solicited the support of friends and followers. and measurement of our tweets.

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NTEN

JUNE 9, 2011

Just look at Facebook. Facebook is the noodgiest site on the Internet. New Facebook users are barraged by emails alerting them to activities taking place in and around their profile. Welcome back to Facebook" (after signing on after a period of inactivity). But these email messages are key to Facebook's success.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0 received 13,000 visitors. As of last month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

Regardless of whether you believe direct mail is on its way out -- and many smart people seem to disagree with each other on this point – nearly everyone agrees that the role of online giving is only becoming more important over time. Websites like Facebook, MySpace and YouTube are among the top 10 most trafficked sites in the US.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The Facebook of February 2010 is quite different from the Facebook of 2009 especially when it comes to Facebook Fan Pages. I have always believed and voiced that 90% of the power of a Facebook Page is in the Status Updates, so having them not show up in News Feeds is a problem. It’s gone.

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JUNE 16, 2009

60) Search « VolunteerMatch.org Opens Public Access to its Network | Main | How Sticky is Facebook? 60) Search « VolunteerMatch.org Opens Public Access to its Network | Main | How Sticky is Facebook? June 16, 2009 | Anne Dougherty Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

60) Search « Nuts and Bolts of Online Advertising | Main | Webinar: How Online Marketing Can Be Your Nonprofits Fundraising Stimulus Plan » Friday Feb 20 2009 Tapping Small and Local Donors on Twitter: A Girls Inc. Case Study Friday, February 20, 2009 at 11:32AM | by Adrienne Royer After hearing about Twestival , I was intrigued.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

The first part of the problem is that India still has low literacy rates - the 2009 Annual Status of Education Report shows that between classes 1 to 8 only around 40% of children can read a class 2 level text in their own language and an even lower 23% of children can ready easy sentences in English - sentences of the kind "What is your name?"

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JUNE 30, 2009

60) Search « How Sticky is Facebook? 60) Search « How Sticky is Facebook? Cross promote your other communication platforms – mobile, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Become a fan on Facebook? June 11, 2009 | Tara Great list of tips! June 12, 2009 | Sally Great post. Care about why they are with you.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Why My Mom Is My Fundraising Guru | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network: "he challenge in online fundraising today is that it's more than just email: it's Facebook, and Twitter, and e-mail, and widgets, and your website, and your blog, and your supporters blogs, and.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. There are many different platforms, but facebook is by far the largest (now with over 500 million users and 700 billion minutes of use per month, and 70 translations).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

All communications were strictly limited to my blog, Twitter and Facebook. Beth Kanter and Allison Fine, the authors of The Networked Nonprofit that inspired this experiment, wrote an Assessment and Reflection Report on America’s Giving Challenge 2009. It was a fairly arbitrary goal and I had no expectations.

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MARCH 18, 2010

Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. The work of the CrisisCamps was indeed both global and local -- and the cloud infrastructure made it possible.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. The work of the CrisisCamps was indeed both global and local -- and the cloud infrastructure made it possible.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2009

60) Search « Twestival: To Meet, Tweet And Raise $500K For Charity | Main | The Joys of Google Grants, Part 2 » Wednesday Feb 04 2009 Why Every Nonprofit Should Embrace the Web 2.0 February 5, 2009 | Emily I am not sure Id agree that CREATIVITY is so important. Conference to discuss the importance of incorporating Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

in 2009 reminds me of Web 1.0 Will people give through Facebook? Is that Twitter follower also on the direct mail list? An article in the Washington Post notes that "fewer than 1% of those who have joined a cause have actually donated money through [the Facebook Causes] application." Déjà Vu All Over Again Web 2.0

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