Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Facebook Ad Platform November 13, 2007 It always takes me a bit to digest new Web 2.0 news, so I’m just now blogging about last week’s news that Facebook launched a new ad platform.

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JUNE 18, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Facebook the last frontier? I decided to try out facebook when I kept hearing about the integration of other social networking sites into facebook. So we’ll see how it works.

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DECEMBER 6, 2010

Did you notice something toony about Facebook last weekend? In an effort to raise awareness for child abuse, thousands of Facebook users changed their profile photos to one of their favorite childhood cartoon characters (full disclosure: mine was Underdog.) This is for a campaign against violence on children.&#

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology A goodbye to Facebook and LinkedIn? August 7, 2007 I’ve been experimenting with the non-content centered social networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook for a while now. 2 admin 08.08.07

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 6, 2010

The use of iPhone Apps that benefit the nonprofit sector is going to explode in 2010. Hundreds of iPhone Apps created by nonprofits and nonprofit service providers are quietly preparing for an early 2010 launch. My guess is we will see many more such Apps and gelocation services launch in 2010. 2) Fundraising :: Charity Finder.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Here is the evidence from one global campaign in 2010 to demonstrate how different digital channels compared. I hear the questions every week: "Should we start with Facebook or email?" Over the summer of 2010, I was hired by the 1GOAL campaign to head-up their e-campaigning (starting from building a website).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The new site features blog posts relative to mobile technology for nonprofits, a featured nonprofit mobile Website that will change monthly, links to the “NonprofitOrgs&# profiles on the mobile versions of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, etc, and prompts readers to subscribe to receive text alerts from Nonprofit Tech 2.0.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Much of the functionality of these new Apps is based on adding buttons that link to your Twitter profile ( the mobile version ), Facebook Page ( the mobile version ), your blog (using RSS) and links such as your website, donate now page, and e-newsletter and text alert subscribe pages. Nonprofit Text Messaging Benchmarks 2010.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

Update donor profiles, track donations in real-time, and research supporters as needed, all from your mobile device. GoFundMe GoFundMe is one of the world’s largest crowdfunding websites, having helped raise over $15 billion since 2010. Meta, Facebook’s parent company, also offers other fundraising tools on platforms such as Instagram.

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2011

Ten years ago there was no Facebook, Twitter or YouTube. But now over 300 million people log-in to Facebook daily, Twitter supports over 50 million tweets per day, and 2 billion videos are watched every day on YouTube. Crowdrise came on the scene with a big splash in 2010. It’s amazing to watch technology evolve.

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NTEN

JULY 30, 2010

transitioning from a Facebook profile or group to a Facebook fan page. . s 2010 Top Small Workplaces. This post was written earlier this year, but it made the rounds on. Twitter this week , so thanks, again, Small Act and Annie Lynsen , for writing up a helpful how-to about. Her latest weekly. Congratulations!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Many of us have been up early playing with Jumo, setting up our individual profiles and finding issues and organizations or setting up profiles for organizations. But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The campaign has been profiled on this blog since it started. Here are some statistics that show just how important Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were to our success. 26 percent of respondents said they found it useful to be notified of giving opportunities on Facebook or Twitter. in one day by Jeff Achen, GiveMN.org.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 29, 2012

He is also a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, and in February 2010, he was invited to the White House to join First Lady Michelle Obama in launching, "Let's Move!" - her signature leadership program to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity in America. I also saw a more recent profile of him this spring on Food Forward.

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MAY 6, 2021

Such was the sentiment in 2010 of tech CEOs such as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Eric Schmidt, and Sun Microsystem’s Scott McNealy. However, today, we have Zuckerberg discussing a privacy-focused future on Facebook. . Facebook, which is the dominant social networking platform globally with 2.4

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

Over the last decade nonprofit communicators have been perfecting e-newsletters to drive traffic to their organization’s website, blog, Facebook Page, etc. Your TextMark functions as a Short Code and should ideally match your website and social networking profile URLs. 2010 Nonprofit Text Messaging Benchmarks Report.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. Signing up for new ones, making profiles, adding friends, adding applications, etc.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

OpenSocial is a set of APIs that handle three different kinds of user data: profiles, social graph (who your friends are) and activities (the stuff of the Facebook news feeds.) Facebook has quite the motivation to keep people on Facebook, and keep the eyeballs there, because of their revenue model, which is ad-based.

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JULY 14, 2011

From the ubiquitous Facebook "Like" button to Google’s new +1, it’s never been easier to share what you’ve found exploring. In the fall of 2010, America was horrified by the tragic actions of gay young people who took their lives after suffering prolonged bullying and harassment. It Gets Better. Remember Me.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Facebook Will Be Google-able (If Your Profile is Set to Public) – “At Google’s event today announcing a number of fantastic new features, including real-time search, a new partnership was announced: real-time search of public Facebook status updates. Thus today’s announcement is a very big surprise.&#.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

In January 2010, we got agreement from our organization leadership to take a closer look at our brand and messaging. I reached out to Farra through her LinkedIn profile. We signed a contract to have a Brandraising in March 2010, and it was complete and presented to us by the end of June 2010. Let's Raise a Brand!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), I don’t know whether to be sad or proud that RapLeaf finds only my Facebook profile and no demos. I was trying to parse the usefulness of the service under the original wording, and it seems like there wouldn’t be much. 2 admin 06.11.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

These include Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and many others. 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. So first, what is data portability? are *yours* to do whatever you want with. .&#

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

Social Media Generation Profiles. The study, which builds on a similar study conducted in 2010, looked at the philanthropic habits of the following generations of Canadians: Generation Y (or Gen Y, born 1981 – 1995). LinkedIn use rose 24% from our 2010 study to 48% in 2013. Twitter use increased by 20% since 2010 to 47%.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

When you add in everything else they do, from being an ambassador of the event to raising your organization’s profile in the community, it’s easy to see why these are relationships worth developing. million in 2010. Don’t stop there, though. Offer them tours and arrange meetings with senior staff members. Involve Team Captains.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

MomsRising Health Reform Blog Carnival – September 2010. To inspire parents to inform their communities about health reform through their blogs, Facebook pages, Twitter and one-on-one communication. Tweetchat with high profile person (Fran Drescher). Retweet high profile tweets. Retweet high profile tweets.

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MARCH 29, 2010

So is FourSquare valuable enough to become the next Facebook or Twitter? HSUS has created a profile on FourSquare and are currently trying to figure out how to utilize it best - whether it's encouraging members to check in where HSUS is holding events or “something more elusi ve like where our CEO is.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

In January 2010, we got agreement from our organization leadership to take a closer look at our brand and messaging. I reached out to Farra through her LinkedIn profile. We signed a contract to have a Brandraising in March 2010, and it was complete and presented to us by the end of June 2010. Let’s Raise a Brand!

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

I will write more about the API later, but everyone is really there to see the Facebook opportunity. Convio has built a Facebook application builder as part of their Open initiative. For organizations on the Convio platform, the Facebook application is a no-brainer and a HUGE improvement from Causes. Day 1. [.]

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JUNE 20, 2011

Supporters simply connected their Twitter profile with Twibbon on the TMWL Twibbon page, and the tool updated the Twitter profile picture of the user with an overlay that included the campaign logo and hashtag. According to the Twibbon profile for TMWL, 667 users added the badge to their pictures.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Facebook has played a big role in keeping me informed and updated about Airplane! ever since I first declared my love in the movies section of my profile. Unfortunately, in March and November of 2010, two of the big stars of the films passed away ( Peter Graves and Leslie Neilsen ). My Facebook evangelism of Airplane!

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JULY 28, 2010

A whopping 86% of nonprofits say they have a presence on Facebook or another social media site according to the 2010 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. . Audience Overlap : Use Rapleaf to sort out what percent of your Facebook audience is also on your email list. Or you can take a half-step.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Chronicle of Philanthropy published a great announcement of the project a few months after its launch in 2010. ” It provides a good example of the irritatingly non-transparent foundation of the Napster and Facebook founder, Sean Parker. There’s a ton of great pieces in there. ” by TechSoup Global’s Kyle Reis.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Turns out, unlike Facebook, or Myspace and such, the “Spock Bot&# makes pages for people without their knowing. 2 trackbacks } Change » Blog Archive » Profile aggregators 12.18.07 .&# Well, I already trust them, so I joined them. I then decided, why not – let’s find out who else is on Spock.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 12, 2011

My 5 takeaways were: Checking email, Twitter and Facebook constantly can be "insecurity work.". Blog Blazers : 40 Top Bloggers Share Their Secrets To Creating a High Profile, High Traffic, and High Profit Blog. Full disclosure: I was a Contributing Editor for BlogHer from January 2006-May 2010. with Gwen Bell. Tweet Share.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

When you gain me as a fan on Facebook, I receive periodic updates and my friends see my interactions with you. Joining your LinkedIn group adds your organization to my professional profile, and allows easier in-network messaging. But every piece of my data offers another avenue of communication and clues to what I care about.

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