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Are Memes Really Just Slacktivism?

Care2

Second, don’t place too much value in Facebook “likes.” It’s a vanity metric – not a metric that is connected to furthering your advocacy goals. Online Advocacy Online Fundraising Online Marketing' First, most memes don’t go viral. “Likes” are the equivalent of thumbs up. .”

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Case Study: How Human Rights Watch Leverages Employee Personal Brands on Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In addition, they have an internal listserv for support where staff share suggested tweets for new reports or new features or techniques on Twitter. ” Since the strategy has been in place, many HRW staff as a group engaging on Twitter has lead to impressive results.

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More Facebook and Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The resulting discussion thread on the progressive exchange listserv prompted some reflections on how nonprofits can effectively use Facebook. Pierpont, Online Advocacy Manager, National Wildlife Federation, doing some agitating on Facebook to Free Ranger Rick. Nonprofits can use groups). to open its profiles to Google search.

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Using Social Networking Sites for Campaigns: An Interview with Carie Lewis, HSUS

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been following Carie Lewis's posts on the NTEN Affinity groups as well as other nonprofit tech listservs (yes, I still do read listservs) and caught up with her for an interview. tools for online advocacy. We pointed people to youtube to watch the videos and to our website to participate in the advocacy.

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A. Fine Interview:Social Media Author Allison Fine - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) All of these tools are cheap and easy to use.

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

And you all got to know Elizabeth because she’s all over the place speaking, she’s doing podcasts, she’s getting interviewed. I’ve managed campaigns ranging from about $5 million to over a billion dollars in health care, education, arts and culture, and advocacy sectors. She works over at CCS. They are awesome.

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NpTech Tag: Change.org To Launch White-Label Social Network for Nonprofits, GeekToys that Give Geekbumps, and Blog Readability

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social Change Websites is an excellent directory of the best nonprofit, grassroots, and advocacy campaign websites devoted to social change. Don't have your strategy and plans in place yet??? leading to an impassioned request for best practices for minimizing damage when this security breaches occur on several listservs.