Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

years, I have been providing lots of little tips on how nonprofits can increase their ROI through my Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , and MySpace Best Practices, but now that the vast majority of nonprofits utilize social media and have been for awhile, I think most of us are ready some more advanced strategies. For the last 4.5 Launch a blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

During 2009 I created and promoted 34 TwtPolls to help better understand the needs of nonprofits. Below are the 11 TwtPoll results that I think are the most telling: 1) Is your nonprofit planning on utilizing mobile technology in 2010 (live Tweeting, group texting, iPhone Apps, launching a mobile site)? 25% Facebook. 10% Other.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Some of the opinions I express below I have had for a while and speak to them in my webinars and trainings, but some are so recent that I am still in the stage of “Seriously Facebook? That said, people love Facebook. The vast of majority of nonprofits love Facebook too. on Facebook. Alright… thanks Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Creating Video Content : 15 Hours Weekly. As a starting point, all nonprofits should be investing time and resources in the “Big Three”: Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube. Once your nonprofit’s Facebook page has been created, it requires no more than three to five hours a week on average to maintain.

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JANUARY 4, 2010

Here are the most clicked on "Things We Like" links from 2009. " [Linked to Eastern European web site.]. Actually, some of the funniest protest signs of 2009 would make good spam comment fodder, if you happen to work for a fly-by-night SEO firm. Tags: NPTech NTEN Things We Like. Patience pants.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Change the Web Challenge is about building innovative tools to help people find and share opportunities to take action on the Web sites, blogs, and social networks that we all visit every day. Submissions period begins on February 23, 2009, at 11 am PST, and runs through April 3, 2009, at 3 pm PST. Get your submissions in now!

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 13, 2008

These are my links for December 12th through December 13th: Have Fun • Do Good: 2009 Career Coaching Discount for Have Fun * Do Good Readers - If you are looking for some career coaching, Britt is an excellent coach! Tags: roundup bookmarks. Check out the discount! Check out how Tyson agreed to donate 70,000 lbs of food!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

There’s also been a bit of controversy around the Causes application specifically, due to it’s decision to abandon the MySpace platform and offer it’s application/services only to the Facebook community. You can read more about the MySpace/Facebook move here , here , and here.). 25 median donation amount.

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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. How about your nonprofit?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. I read Chris Brogan's " Your 3 Goals for 2009 " and I loved his process. Think of how you want to be successful in 2009. A Beginner’s Guide to Making Your Site More Usable. score out of 5.0).

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Judi Sohn

JULY 3, 2011

I left Web Worker Daily in 2009 in no small part because I was bored out of my mind with the content I was producing/editing. I couldn’t stomach looking at even one more new social networking/collaboration site that no one would care about in 6 minutes, much less 6 months. I might segment my content by category or tag.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Speaking of which, here are " Ten Practical Tips for Facebook Fan Pages " Now get out there and try to succeed! The online contest they ran recently , hiding pieces of their new album cover on different sites around the Internet, ought to give you some ideas. Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Things We Like.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

This post originally written September 8, 2009. Amongst 11-25 year olds, Facebook is trailed by Bebo (28%), MySpace (25%), Twitter (12%), MSN (9%), YouTube (2%) and “other” (4%). Bebo is the only major networking site to be more popular amongst 11-16 year olds (35%) than amongst 17-25 year olds (24%). What It Means.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Today's Blog Action Day 2009 ! Online/Offline Integration : If you're my Facebook friend, you know I participated in Climate Ride 2009 , a 300-mile bike ride from NY to DC. With little lead time, a few Climate Riders pulled together a site that aggregated all the action into one place at Climate Ride Live.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2009

All 10 finalists will be invited to present their ideas at an international conference, “The Soul of the New Machine: Human Rights, Technology, and New Media,” at UC Berkeley, May 4 and 5, 2009. Tags: challenge interview net2 challenges clay shirky innovation. Learn more. Submit your Project. Visit the Project Gallery. Learn more.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

2009 Year-End Fundraising Guide – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – “Is your nonprofit sending out 8-10 online fundraising appeals this holiday season? Tags: roundup bookmarks discussion facebook fundraising google gov2.0 Thus today’s announcement is a very big surprise.&#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

On November 19th 2009, at The Paley Center for Media’s International Council Event, ThinkSocial will be recognizing three outstanding examples of innovation, featuring – an individual, an initiative and a collaboration between institutions, which together represent powerful models for how social media can be used to address global problems.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2009

The site has become a place for young people to showcase the work they are doing to make a difference. " Tags: roundup bookmarks. Junction49 - Junction49 want to challenge the negative perception that young people don't volunteer in traditional ways anymore. Mozilla Service Week! - Are you a techie who could donate some skills?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2009

Rather than list off the top things you can do to raise money and spread your money right now, we decided to instead put our money where our mouth is - quite literally - and make a concerted effort to help the entire nptech community by raising money online for scholarships to none other than the 2009 NTC Conference in San Francisco.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

And, then it is an ongoing activity of f eeding and tuning your network as Howard Rheingold says it in this still very relevant article about building your professional network on Twitter back in 2009. Googling is great, but when I needed to know about content strategy, I tapped my network on Facebook. Copyblogger.

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APRIL 28, 2010

But then you're asked, "Hey, are you on Facebook?" " The blur between our personal and professional identities on social networking sites may seem all too obvious, but the issue is becoming more prevalent as we use sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn as professional networking tools.

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OCTOBER 23, 2009

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 Tags: Email Marketing Online Fundraising Social Networking.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2009

UK and Europe developer camp and user meetup | CiviCRM Community Site - "The developer camp is aimed at those that want to learn more about CiviCRM from the people involved in it's development. " Tags: roundup bookmarks. These are some links I wanted to share from May 6th. Find me on Delicious for more!

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 22, 2009

My efforts to revitalize my blog were hit & miss in 2009. Part of the reason I don’t post to judisohn.com as much anymore is in my frustration with this site. Like when I see a link I like and I post it to Facebook with a couple of sentences. Tags: Geek Posts Personal Posts. Blogging is no exception.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Choose from a list of service opportunities: Search Mozilla's partner sites ( Idealist & betterplace.org ) for a volunteer opportunity near you or anywhere around the world! . You can even add a good deed widget for your site. Tags: service. Here's some ways to participate: 1.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

According to the American Red Cross , A recent Red Cross survey asked 1,058 adults about their use of social media sites in emergency situations. There were also many sites so a searcher would have to go through several and sort through the many different search protocols and syntax. Citizen-Powered Response.

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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. Results: The concept of Red House 2009 was in sharp contrast to concepts of the past.

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Care2

MARCH 10, 2010

This panel will discuss several case studies showing successful fundraising strategies that incorporate Social Media sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. 2009 Iran Election: Women's Revolution? 2009 Iran Election: Women's Revolution? Tags: Nonprofit Events. Twitter Revolution? March 14 at 11:00 AM.

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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. Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2010

However, for the older generation of nonprofit leaders, many are not used to working this way and it feels uncomfortable or unnatural. At last year’s IS conference, some participants (mostly NGEN participants) used social media tools to share their learnings with their networks through tools like Twitter, Blogs, and Facebook.

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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. Thank you messages were key to our success in 2009, and our fantastic start in 2010.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Here's a summary and chronology of blog posts and Facebook and Twitter chatter. The press release from Chase describes the two-step process: In Round One of the Chase Community Giving program, Facebook users will vote for non-profit organizations they think should receive a portion of Chase's philanthropy funds.

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JANUARY 13, 2009

Despite the tough economic times, it seems the community is really excited about the 2009 NTC. Just click the "Share" button to add it to your site, blog, Facebook or MySpace profile (among other sharing options). . Tags: NPTech 09NTC. Spread the Word. See the nifty little widget at the top of this post?

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

A hashtag is similar to other web tags: it is metadata that helps add tweets to a category. Hashtags have the 'hash' or 'pound' symbol (#) preceding the tag.: Just as you might tag a Web bookmark in a social bookmarking site such as the now defunct Xmarks.com and Del.icio.us traffic, #followfriday, #hashtag.

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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. Tags: cloud computing Collaboration Infrastructure lucy bernholz Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Program. CrisisCamps is not a rogue example.

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MARCH 12, 2010

That there is no reason not to do a lot more video in 2010 than they did in 2009. Tags: 10NTC michael hoffman NPTech see3 Social Media Web Sites Communications. Why do you think your session topic is important for nonprofits to address? What makes up an online video and how can we, whatever our circumstances, do one.

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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. Tags: cloud computing Collaboration Infrastructure lucy bernholz Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Program. CrisisCamps is not a rogue example.

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