Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

If Friday the 13th was your lucky day, and you won the lottery, what organizations and causes would you support? In the spirit of the 25 Random Things About Me meme/online chain letter going around Facebook right now, below is a list of 13 causes that are close to my heart. Enough's blog, Enough Said. Mission: "Spot.Us

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Causes Giving Library Meme 40

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

At first blush, although Kintera officially got out the door first, announcing Connect weeks ago, and delivering the APIs and docs on Friday, their play is a good start, but Convio, announcing Open tomorrow, appears to be ahead in terms of providing real openness. gods: Flickr, RSS, Google, etc. apps out there.

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Open Platform Kintera API 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

This can take place in a variety ways, including brown bag lunches "Facebook Friday," presenting examples from other organizations experiences, sharing market research data about consumer trends and social media. There are many different tools to support this - from leaving comments on blogs or using twitter.

Marketing 70

Marketing Blackboard Social Social Media 70

Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Creating unique content for your blog and social media presence. Mark shared his progress around the country in YouTube videos (he’s been featured on the YouTube homepage, blog posts , and his Twitter feed. They shared updates on the tour blog , Flickr , and YouTube. Building buzz and press for an advocacy action.

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Advocacy Community Build Storytelling 72

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

What about the families who show up on your free days religiously or the ones blogging about your new artifacts? But this week we posted a video of Lisa’s presentation on the 1stfans private Facebook group and she'll be available for Q&A on Facebook. But what about all the other people who love your museum?

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Museum Audience Program Artist 24

Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 28, 2011

A big thanks to everyone who contributed a post to this month's Nonprofit Blog Carnival. 5 Tips to Simplify Your Schedule by Ariana Pritchett of the Simply Living Coaching Blog "'No.' Every week I update it according to priority (Monday of that week is high priority, Friday is projects on the backburner, etc.).

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Tips Management Time Interview 95

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 7, 2010

It was a photo released on Friday of a little gull covered in oil that really got me. A combo of before and after photos of an oiled Brown Pelican washed at the Fort Jackson, LA Oiled Wildlife Center from the IBRRC Flickr photostream. You can follow the IBRRC's work on Facebook , Twitter , YouTube , and their blog.

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Photo Flickr YouTube Facebook 85

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

On Friday, I was honored to lead a session for participants in the TechWomen program, an initiative of the U.S. Flickr Photo by Mike Cogh. Flickr Photo by Mike Cogh. Don’t announce where you are right now on Twitter or Facebook. Connect Thoughtfully: Friending policy for each online social network you use.

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Network Professional Online Effective 100

NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Each Friday in December, we asked people to donate the cost of a package of frozen peas to help fight breast cancer. When people logged in on Fridays, they saw hundreds of frozen pea avatars from people who were fighting breast cancer. Get them on Facebook and Twitter. Get staff and executive buy-in. Be proactive.

Social Media 62

Social Media Media Cancer Social 62

See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

Both HSUS and Oxfam’s primary efforts are on what Carie calls “the big four”: MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr. They both use the MySpace blog, which reminds us again to speak to the community where they are, don’t try and drag them over to your main blog. On Facebook : I think everyone agrees it’s very early.

America 40

America Social Media Myspace Second Life 40

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Windows Live Writer is primarily known as tool to help you better format and publish blog posts to the Web, but it’s also a very useful, simple, and free tool that can be used to easily generate HTML code. Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and others are coming soon. Windows Live Writer :: explore.live.com/livewriter.

Free 280

Free Mobile Nonprofit Map 280

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons.

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Web Tools Free Mobile 268

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A good quote is certain to garner your nonprofit Retweets and thumbs up on Facebook any day of the week.

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Web Tools Free Mobile 278

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2008

Nelson Piedra Flickr Photo Charlene Li of Forrester Research, lead a session called " Social Strategy for Revolutionaries.She picked this topic because the SXSW crowd are at the vanguard of the social media revolution. Educate your executives - Facebook on Friday - the benefits of how the technologies work and reach business objectives.

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Strategy Wiki Social Chart 50

See3

AUGUST 6, 2007

Meet people where they are, don’t make MySpace people come to Facebook or try to create groups that cross network platforms. Beka then promoted this to blogs, focusing on online progressive news and environmental blogs, then promoted it to ad agency and brand people. Focus on influencers.

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Social Network Network Myspace Social 40