Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 11-15, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands. Online contests that award dollars to nonprofit causes are here to stay.

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OCTOBER 22, 2007

Both HSUS and Oxfam’s primary efforts are on what Carie calls “the big four”: MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr. On Facebook : I think everyone agrees it’s very early. Developing custom Facebook apps may be the way to go, as already discussed on this blog. certainly have enough traffic to warrant a deep approach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

With Twitter, Facebook, Digg and Stumbleupon gone are the days forgotten lore. Carie Lewis, Humane Society of the US Carie's poem is about the Humane Society's experiments with photo contests and how to use metrics to improve your social media strategy. Spay Day Photo Contest Page LOL Seals 4. Austin is no different.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2009

Alan Graham, President of Mobile Loaves & Fishes (MLF), said it perfectly during his presentation at the AFP Austin luncheon today – there is no magic bullet, and there is no get rich quick method when using technology to raise funds for your nonprofit. Check out the video below to see what MLF is trying to accomplish and how.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 12, 2009

Alan Graham, President of Mobile Loaves & Fishes (MLF), said it perfectly during his presentation at the AFP Austin luncheon yesterday – there is no magic bullet, and there is no get rich quick method when using technology to raise funds for your nonprofit. Check out the video below to see what MLF is trying to accomplish and how.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

Facebook is for slow burn, Twitter is for ADD. By contrast, Facebook favors a groundswell of support: as more and more of your friends like something, you do too. We shouldn’t have wasted time on Facebook for a campaign of this duration. In Twitter’s 140 characters, there’s only room for one call to action.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

As young professionals who have served both as members and staff managers of these groups, Sarah Willey and Corinne Austin will lead you through the research on Next Gen supporters, challenges to anticipate, and steps your organization can take to start a new young friends board from scratch OR to maximize the potential of your existing group.

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