Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 8, 2011

When the “ HOW TO &# time comes, I’ll let you know, but in the meantime just a few things to be aware of (be sure to read number 6!): The beta is limited to the personal side of social networking. And just in case you were not aware, Google owns YouTube. Just in time for Google+.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Sharing Your Story Social Media Style. Spreading Awareness and Generating Buzz. This week, we're talking about Module 5: Social Networks (and widgets) for Community Building, Taking Action and/or Fundraising. What are the best getting started tips for using Facebook or MySpace for engaging people and inspiring action?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? I would say MySpace has dropped off the most for us. Who maintains your social media campaigns? Anything else?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2007

According to Mashable , LinkedIn (Myspace for grown-ups) will: announce tomorrow its new LinkedIn for Good , which is a philanthropic initiative for raising awareness and raising funds for nonprofits around the world. There's also another charitable donation social networking site that facilitates free surgery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Submitted by Steve MacLaughlin, publisher of Connections For a while now I've been talking with a lot of nonprofits about using social media and social networking in their organizations. many organizations are initially focusing on using social media as a communication and awareness tool. Social networking matters.

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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. After six years of spending 40-50 hours a week on social networking sites, I now consider myself an animal activist. They know the importance of being an early adopter.

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JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. How have social networking tools helped spread the word about your cause?

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MAY 18, 2010

Check out any nonprofit Web site these days, and in addition to an About Us page, you're likely to see icons for Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. These social-media widgets have fast become wallpaper on almost all charitable sites. But does social media really work for fundraising? Are nonprofits raising money via social media?

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JULY 26, 2007

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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. In fact, Snapchat is giving rise to anew type of artist – the Snapchat artist.

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MAY 7, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Its not just another MySpace page about another one of our campaigns.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Megan: MySpace was probably our first introduction to social media, but not sure the year we created the account. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? YouTube: youtube.com/thetaprootfoundation. LinkedIn: taproot-foundation.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

As part of Microsoft Outlook 2010, features allow people to connect with their Facebook and MySpace accounts (the service already allowed you to connect Outlook to LinkedIn). Social networking, once the office pariah, is now becoming an integrated part of office culture. Who should be in charge of implementing it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Generate Buzz: Your raising your organizations profile and spreading awareness of your organization's programs or campaigns. I'd also include your individual social networking profile which can be a great way to spread buzz (or spread yourself too thin.) (10-15 10-15 hours per week - also includes some listening tasks).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2010

We've been seeing the end of the era of free social media applications over the past few months. Last November, Causes, a popular and free social networking fundraising application, ditched its Myspace widgets and Ideablob closed its doors. So, if era of free 2.0 So, if era of free 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2007

Also, what Web tools and resources are you aware of that non-profits can use?" I even discovered a Cycling Advocacy Network blog. None of those three are social networking properties. The biggest nonprofit social network is Project Agape's Causes with 4,000,000 users and counting.

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AFP Blog

JULY 28, 2008

eJewish Philanthropy: "Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook aren’t just for college keg stand contest pictures anymore. Nonprofits are joining social network sites to connect with people, strengthen cause awareness and hopefully cultivate donors."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2009

Social Marketing and SEO related. I am fascinated by the power of social marketing to build brand awareness and community around companies and products. As a SEO and Social Media Manager, I have learned the ins and outs of traffic building, lead generation, website user conversion and community building.

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AFP Blog

JULY 9, 2008

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Social Networking Is More Than Tapping A KegSocial networking sites like MySpace and Facebook aren’t just for college keg stand contest pictures anymore.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 6, 2015

Adding a line at the bottom of your email signature that promotes matching gifts can help spread awareness to every donor you message. You want to raise awareness, but you also need to get people excited to click so they actually take the time to double their donations. Social Media.

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MAY 14, 2009

Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1. Email still gets a good response - if it will best help you reach your desired output, don’t feel obligated to short change your capacity there to try to use social networking or something else. Raise awareness for your cause and projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Election Day Debriefs What we can learn about online politics from the 2006 Campaigns from e-politics offers some lessons and takeaways about social networking and other traditional technology tools deployed for political campaigns. The key is to move MySpace friends onto normal advocacy lists as soon as possible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2007

With the assistance of dedicated volunteers, Kiva also maintains a presence on different social networking sites and has recently established a presence on Second Life through the Techsoup Nonprofits Commons Project. Expanding marketing and awareness. that the staff does not have time to manage. What is kiva.org doing in SL?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

m a self-proclaimed social networking junkie. s now a felony in all 50 states But this case brought dogfighting into the spotlight and raised awareness to people that may have never heard of it before. trackable Raise awareness ??? m the Internet Marketing Manager for The Humane Society of the United States.

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MAY 16, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" com has expanded its community offerings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2009

Yesterday, I attended a webinar about social media policies called " E-Privacy: Can You Legally Monitor MySpace, LinkedIn, E-mail, & Blogs? Educate: Important to train or make employees aware of the implications. At the Packard Foundation, I've been involved in discussions about social media policy. Brownstone, Esq.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

They were all on Facebook (turned their noses up at Myspace), watch YouTube videos, and use IM applications, with more 20 people on their IM lists. While Stowe Boyd says not to slice social networks by age demographics , can we slice by Internet communications tool preference? No surprise there.

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MAY 28, 2007

It is fueled by easy-to-use blog software, social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, and the online video phenomenon of YouTube, and a thousand other video sharing sites. The line between “consumers of information&# and “publishers of information&# continue to blur.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Social Media and social networks allow for the quantum effects, paired elements at a distance. And another multiplier comes from Network Theory (not Einstein directly but building on physics and mathematics) which shows that a network strength is in its Weak ties / Loose connections. Especially in this economy.

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MAY 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1.

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MAY 4, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 3. You be the judge, NTC!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

Six Degrees of Separatio: Cult of celebrity, user-generated content, online giving, and social networking. Seth Godin - Flip the Funnel concept -- get our supporters to leverage their networks. The program introduces how to use the technology, but also social skills. Every local news station showed up.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Based in the U.K.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Digital media is being shaped by the private sector (YouTube, MySpace, etc). These social networking spaces are becoming the place where a lot of (informal) learning by young people is taking place. There is a huge gap in understanding between what young people are doing with social media spaces and what adults perceive.

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JULY 11, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The combination is enormously powerful and it is the future of social change.

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