Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

The Humane Society , PETA , Oxfam , Invisible Children , and the National Wildlife Federation were the early adopters of MySpace and social media in the nonprofit sector, and all of them have gone on to build massive communities on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube over the last five years.

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Social Media Myspace Media Research 190

Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

When MySpace and Friendster first came on the scene opening the door to Web 2, nonprofits couldn’t fathom that one day they would be hiring for “Social Media Managers”. When MySpace and Friendster first came on the scene opening the door to Web 2, nonprofits couldn’t fathom that one day they would be hiring for “Social Media Managers”.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Administrators of Causes accounts on MySpace received a notice via email stating, “Thank you for the work you’ve done on Causes on MySpace. The message indicated that all Causes-related pages and content on MySpace would be taken down at the end of the week. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Myspace Technology Causes Application 158

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Administrators of Causes accounts on MySpace received a notice via email stating, “Thank you for the work you’ve done on Causes on MySpace. The message indicated that all Causes-related pages and content on MySpace would be taken down at the end of the week. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Myspace Technology Causes Application 158

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 22, 2013

However, as LinkedIn, Blogger and Myspace all celebrate their 10-year anniversary this year, nonprofits have now had a decade to study and experiment with social media and create systems for successfully launching and tracking the value of their social media campaigns. That said, congrats to the early adopters!

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Social Media Awareness Causes Stats 279

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

One of my favorite nonprofits to study, nonprofits would be wise to subscribe, follow, and like the World Wildlife Fund and learn from their commitment to early adoption and investing resources in building a powerful online brand. Many nonprofits in their enthusiastic adoption of social media forget to include the obvious on their website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

Subscribe to receive text alerts from the early adopters in the nonprofit sector. I have always been an advocate of following, liking, and subscribing to the large organizations who are known for being early adopters. Make new friends (Google+) and keep the old (Myspace). WWF Mobile. WWF Desktop.

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Social Media Media Management Social 250

NCE Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2010

The study found that charities adopted social media faster and the adoption was more widespread than for-profit use. 30% had MySpace pages. A new study by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research also found that 97% of large charities have a Facebook page as of 2009. 65% had blogs.

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Massachusetts Myspace Statistics Adopt 130

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

If there is one thing I have learned over ten years of using the Internet for fundraising and social change, those nonprofits that can embrace change quickly, empower their visionaries, and adopt new Web trends, reap the benefits of being early adopters. MySpace estimates that 50% of its Website traffic will be mobile within 24 months.

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Social Media Mobile Media Myspace 197

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. It was the optimal time for early adoption of social media by nonprofits, and it’s no coincidence that the nonprofits that embraced these new tools in 2006 through 2008 are today the most successful nonprofits on the Social Web. Yes, yes… I know.

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Social Media Media Social Stats 252

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 8, 2011

My guess is that 99.99% of nonprofits (or more) have not yet been invited to beta test Google+ ( sign up here ), but if you are a regular reader of Mashable, TechCrunch, or The Next Web, you might be feeling like your missing out on the fruits of being an early adopter (before the site is even out of beta – craziness!). Sign up here !

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Google Profile YouTube Adopt 232

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2011

They were also one of the first nonprofits to utilize Myspace back in 2005 and Facebook Groups in 2006. They know the importance of being an early adopter. If you want to be one of the nonprofits to reap the benefits of early adoption, the time to launch a mobile website and group text messaging campaign is now.

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Mobile Group Websites Conservancy 206

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The current technology of live-streaming on the Web has been around for a few years, but only recently with the launch of smartphone Apps that convert phones into video cameras and social media integration, has the technology started to reach mass adoption by Web users ( its up 600% in the last year !). For example, www.ustream.tv/user/nonprofitorgs.

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Broadcast Channel Stream Myspace 229

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

I use them on my website, Facebook Pages, MySpace, and most importantly, on the right side of this blog. My graphic design skills are very limited, but I did create an interim Google Buzz icon for those early adopters out there. IconsPedia.com is my source for free social media and mobile technology icons.

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Google Facebook Websites Myspace 185

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Many early adopters in the nonprofit community were already working hard (despite announcements from Google that they would police use and roll-out an organization-specific profile option) to start building a space for their organization’s profile on the new social network since it originally launched. The Price of Early Adoption.

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Social Network Network Strategy Social 165

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. Written for the June 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine , where I am writing a quarterly column throughout 2011.

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Social Media Avatar Media Ratio 279

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 2, 2015

They began actively using Myspace in 2004 and YouTube in 2005 – years before the Fortune 500 companies. And yet despite limited budgets, the early adopter nonprofits began using responsive web design in 2012 in order to adapt quickly to the new realities of Internet browsing. Nonprofits pioneered social media.

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Social Media Design Web Media 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

During the early months of Facebook euphoria in 2008 I saw a lot of nonprofits abandon their communities on Myspace much too soon which was both unfortunate for their supporters on Myspace, and the nonprofits themselves. Sign up for Google+. Once Google+ goes live for everyone, I’ll add more best practices.

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Google Practice Profile Avatar 273

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2010

Last November we saw a few alarming events taking place in this social media for social good sector: Causes left Myspace and Ideablob shut down , both without warning or community support. allows developers to find work they know will be adopted and start working on tools with an active base of users. identify tools to fund.

Ning 208

Ning Causes Build Evaluation 208

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2010

While some nonprofits have been early adopters of Twitter Apps, the vast majority are not. After you record a message, you are given a URL for the message that you can post on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc. An online database of Twitter Apps called oneforty currently lists almost 2,900 third-party Twitter Apps.

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Twitter Screencast Avatar Statistics 226

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

It is really bizarre, but this afternoon I've been struggling with the notion about the connection between individual adoption and organizational adoption of social media tools like Facebook or others. Corporate types resist the adoption of these technologies, and then, subsequently embrace them. tool after Web 2.0 Of YouTube?

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Adopt Social Media Personal Hype 50

NTEN

JULY 7, 2011

Remember back when people said your nonprofit needed to be on MySpace? We've certainly encouraged you to adopt new technologies. Well, not MySpace.). And then Facebook. And Twitter. And now, probably, Google+. But it's not about any particular technology. It's about innovation.

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Digital Myspace Case Study Org 68

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2008

I've heard other colleagues comment, "Our legal department didn't know we had a MySpace profile until we could show the results." " Ah, stealth adoption. Every time she brings social media or social networks in any discussion about marketing or communications, the idea gets labeled as "crack pot" idea.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

They were getting creative and pioneering MySpace in 2005 and Facebook in 2006 long before corporate brands and universities, but that hasn’t been the case with mobile technology. Nonprofits were the absolute first to utilize social networking sites. They are much more expensive, but have top notch tool sets.

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Group Campaign Free Mobile 214

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2016

Similar to the early days of Myspace and its users mastering HTML hacks and widgets, Snapchat has an equally dedicated user base of young people that pride themselves on becoming skilled at Lenses, Filters, Stickers, and other Snapchat tips, tricks, and hacks. Do not make snap judgments about Snapchat.

Mobile 100

Mobile Nonprofit Artist Social Media 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2010

Last November, Causes, a popular and free social networking fundraising application, ditched its Myspace widgets and Ideablob closed its doors. so that the nonprofit groups that have been increasingly adopting Ning (while possibly buried in the long tail) will not be left to fend for themselves. So, if era of free 2.0

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Ning Free Technology Adopt 101

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). Based in the U.K., Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com.

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Fun Resource Audio Stats 279

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2009

An early adopter of social media, the Lance Armstrong Foundation leverages social media to engage, connect, and celebrate its community. The foundation's mission is to “inspire and empower people affected by cancer” by helping find the information, support, and strength they need to fight cancer.

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Social Media Community Cancer Media 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2008

  The top social networking sites include some familiar names - Myspace and Facebook.    So far that list includes the big ones like Facebook, Myspace, Ning, and LinkedIn.     So far that list includes the big ones like Facebook, Myspace, Ning, and LinkedIn.  And perhaps nonprofits?)

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Social Network Social Media Gartner Network 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2008

One of my favorite blog posts that she wrote talks about the ladder of engagement and Myspace. I did an interview on QIK asking her for her advice about nonprofits and adoption of social media tools. We had an opportunity to meet face-to-face today and take a nice stroll in the Brisbane city park, a botanical garden.

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Australia Nptech Blogger Myspace 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Basically, if the more social network sites that adopt OpenSocial, the more open the whole thing gets. One of the big issues about social network platforms was that once Facebook made its platform available, and MySpace and LinkedIn followed, it looked like developers would have to port their apps to each social network.

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Ning API Open Source Social Network 100

Care2

JUNE 17, 2010

Yes, but on social networks like Twitter, the adoption rate is actually low. And what happened to MySpace? This is growth not a decline. Are a few popular social networks like Twitter and Facebook growing faster than some analysts predicted? Will they survive?

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Social Network email Network Social 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2008

I think of Facebook as a middle ground between business and pleasure, sort of MySpace for post-adolescents or LinkedIn for professional late adopters like me. David Carr, NY Times That quote made me think of Wendy Harman's Facebook Profile. Like many of us, Wendy uses her Facebook presence for both personally and professional reasons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

An interesting point about using MySpace: "It can definitely be used for recruitment and as a mass communications tool, particularly for younger voters who tend to use email less. The key is to move MySpace friends onto normal advocacy lists as soon as possible. " If you have thoughts about Second Wave adoption of Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2008

Glazer talked about the "computing cloud" - which is happens when a technology is no longer new, when there is a critical mass of adopters. Benjamin Ling/Facebook - from Nick O'Neill - All Facebook MySpace Developer's Platform - from Jeremiah Owyang. This was a very useful introduction in non-technical terms. gspwest08.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2007

He also asks a great question on that I was pondering over with a reporter today: Beyond the big MySpace and Facebook social networks, how are nonprofits getting their message out and finding supporters on smaller, niche networks? What about the challenges to adoption? We turn to "web 2.0"

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Web Conservancy Kiva Myspace 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Using Social Networks for Social Change: Facebook, MySpace and More View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Ivan is one of a small number of nonprofit early adopters in social media and social networks - he has a couple of years of experience under his belt - so his wisdom is priceless.

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Social Network Network Social Change 69