Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

American Open Challenge is GlobalGiving's second online giving contest. You can read a case study about the winner of the first contest here. Okay, with all these contests perhaps you're worried about Cause Fatigue. Here's a systems way to think about the impact that such contests can create. Projects working in the U.S.

Nptech 91

Nptech Social Media Ning Media 91

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Many adults have become engaged with Scratch both as mentors/educators and as creators in their own right. The ScratchR team intentionally wanted to avoid a massive popularity contest, so they promote activity on the site, not aggregate growth of views, loves, or downloads. And here is the creator profile by participation.

Education 20

Education Generation Remix Community 20

Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

Attitudes of executive directors towards the Internet – ED’s have gone from “why should I pay attention to the web” to spending a significant amount of time worrying if their web site is interactive, if they are doing all they can to effectively engage donors, and how they can raise more dollars online.

Social Media 28

Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28

Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

Attitudes of executive directors towards the Internet – ED’s have gone from “why should I pay attention to the web” to spending a significant amount of time worrying if their web site is interactive, if they are doing all they can to effectively engage donors, and how they can raise more dollars online.

Social Media 28

Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28