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Should Your Nonprofit Be Active on the New Myspace?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As a result, the 38,000+ friends of the old Nonprofit Organizations Myspace Page would continue to lie in dormancy – our connection further severed with the launch of the new Myspace. There were many, many skeptics back then about social media in general and being an early adopter was not easy.

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The Drumbeat of Bad News in the Nonprofit and Philanthropy Sector and A Couple of Glimmers of Hope

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Network for Good has recently released a new e-book called " The 2008 Online Fundraising Survival Guide: 12 Winning Strategies to survive and Thrive in a Down Economy " (a terrific reframing of best practices advice for online fundraising and perhaps fear-driven adoption of these practices will be in the works.) Here's one for you.

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Nedra Weinreich: Social Marketing Guru

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A wonderful side benefit is all of the new friends and colleagues I have met as a result of writing the blog and commenting on other blogs. What are their core values that you can tap into to motivate them to adopt healthy or pro-social behaviors? What is your (simple) definition of social marketing? Unfortunately, the term ???

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our newest human rights project is looking closely at the human rights challenges in Darfur. We are nearing completion of our assessment of Darfur-related NGOs and their qualitative documentation on human rights abuses. Humanity United (founded by Pam Omidyar) funded this work.

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Martin Luther King Day - Let Freedom Ring

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It was in a small town in northeastern Ohio, six months after my ex-wife and I adopted our son, Jonathan. Three and a half years before we adopted Jonathan, Cathy and I had sat together, tears streaming down our faces, when we heard the news that Martin Luther King had been shot in Memphis. The result is not inevitable.