NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

You can listen for mentions of your organization, products you sell, your executive director or a figurehead’s name, special events you are running, causes you support, campaigns you are managing, and so on. Causes you support. Monitor what’s being bubbled up about you on Digg. Mentions of your organization. Products you sell.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2007

My colleague, Ivan Boothe, who works with the Genocide Intervention Network and who is incredible smart about integrating social media into cause-related campaigns, pinged me about this reddit campaign. I wanted to help him out, so follow that link above and then follow the instructions. Then come back here. Thanks Ivan.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

60) Search « Lean, Mean Blogging Machines | Main | Crowd-sourcing to Clean up Elections and Foil Chad » Friday Nov 10 2006 Featured Article from Care2 News Network (our own little digg) Friday, November 10, 2006 at 01:37PM | by Mark Source: Spirit Bear Youth Coalition. By: Simon Jackson.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

As social media grows in popularity, one fact cannot be ignored: if used well, it can generate impressive amounts of traffic and increase engagement around your cause or organization. I set her on the path to join all of the major and up-and-coming social media sites like StumbleUpon , Digg , Reddit , Delicious and Mixx.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

When asked about social news sites like Digg, Jonathon says: "The type of things we post regularly on Digg and Netscape and Newsvine are real-world events, announcements, and discoveries ??? re becoming popular on Digg and a number of the other big social news networks regularly because of the strength of our content.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

Jen Burton, Community Director of Causes Fundraising Focus: Facebook. Causes is the largest Facebook fundraising application and most nonprofits are likely familiar with it. In 2007 when the platform launched, Causes grew in popularity and awareness as people used their Birthday Wish to raise money for their favorite nonprofit.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

Yes, it’s true and that’s why it’s important for all nonprofits that are advocating for causes to start becoming a part of the conversation publicly and not just behind closed doors or on “the hill.” Digg and Reddit: Digg and Reddit lets you search for submitted stories that match your organizations name.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2006

Nick, who loves to experiment for good causes, is hoping to use some web2.0 tools to he word through the gaming community by using Digg. 1 text or phone entrance fee go to help The Foyer Foundation , a nonprofit that works with homeless young people. and the ps3 tag.

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Care2

MAY 21, 2009

Yes, it’s true and that’s why it’s important for all nonprofits that are advocating for causes to start becoming a part of the conversation publicly and not just behind closed doors or on “the hill.&# Tagging on social bookmarking sites like delicious, Digg, etc. Think about it. Word of mouth, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Are there groups, Causes, or Fan Pages where people are talking about your organization your issue? So, while you may have a light presence on some, people in your network may be more deeply engaged on other networks and spread the word of your organization's cause. Who set them up? . The answer to "which social networks?"

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

While at WWD I had my posts make it to the front page of Digg a few times, and the front page of Yahoo! One has Asperger's Syndrome/High Functioning Autism so that's a cause very important to me, particularly around advocating for the education of a special needs child where I have considerable battle scars. once which was a trip.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

While at WWD I had my posts make it to the front page of Digg a few times, and the front page of Yahoo! One has Asperger's Syndrome/High Functioning Autism so that's a cause very important to me, particularly around advocating for the education of a special needs child where I have considerable battle scars.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Blogs help provide quick, up to the minute news about your organization and cause. Not only can you share organizational news as it happens, you can also comment on how breaking news in the world relates to your cause, or organization. Blog posts, on the other hand, can be written in 15-30 minutes. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2008

At the conference, I had spent the 25 minutes telling the story of my cause with passion and personality - as Charlene Li points out: Call it the "geek ATM", but personal fundraising doesn't work without that personal appeal. On that note, what can companies and brands learn from social cause fundraising? It got 189 diggs.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Kirtsy (demographic-based – think Digg for women, 200,000+ members). Concentrated audience : Someone or some issue has gathered a community together related to your issue or cause. A niche social network is an online community drawn together by a shared location, demographic, or interest -- or combination of the three. What a relief!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Blogs help provide quick, up to the minute news about your organization and cause. Not only can you share organizational news as it happens, you can also comment on how breaking news in the world relates to your cause, or organization. Blog posts, on the other hand, can be written in 15-30 minutes. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2007

How can the listener (or viewer) of the story be the catalyst or cause the catalyst to come about? It's so cool that the cards have OKNO and Segnalo - the Italian versions of Digg and Del.icio.us. The other remix challenge is take the Social Media and remix for fundraising 2.0. cards and presentation ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

An article in the Washington Post notes that "fewer than 1% of those who have joined a cause have actually donated money through [the Facebook Causes] application." They don't need to understand the latest techno widget or the nuances of StumbleUpon vs. Digg. It doesn't work that way.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Reddit, Quora, and Digg provide discussion channels. While this technique has been widely used by for-profits for years, nonprofits are now catching on by finding social media ambassadors who are willing to donate their networks and voices to support their causes. Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are for social networking.

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2011

The conversation focused largely on the Causes platform itself, along with the editorial and community features built-in to help nonprofits engage donors. With over 150 million installs, Causes is one of the largest apps on Facebook. An Example of Causes: Birthday Wish. Every Cause Is a Community. Singularity of focus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

It can't be about the cause so much as the messenger. In the past, I've solicited mostly friends and family for fundraising causes. The message is really important and it has to focus on why you are passionate about the cause and the results of raising the money. I used the ChipIn campaign page feature. What do you do?

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Care2

JULY 15, 2008

He also said that showing a human face to a cause is incredibly powerful because it brings people, who would not have necessarily cared, to the nonprofit. Presenters included filmmakers and producers, who shared advice on best practices for video for nonprofits.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

How about Digg ? I thought one organization I was working with was getting great traffic from Digg, in part due to highly placed users who seemed to really like our stuff. But then we were approached by a high profile Digg user and asked to work out a reward for future links (i.e. he wanted to get paid for linking to us).

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

They tried the Causes challenge – seeking donors on Facebook – and her biggest takeaway was that influencers are more valuable than donors. Danielle Brigida from NWF presented a case study on Digg and StumbleUpon. She asked the audience how many people use formal ROI evaluations with regard to social media efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. " He describes some of the work flow issues related to nonprofit using Facebook causes. The article profiles Networked For Good's Six Degrees of Separation. Which one worked best?

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See3

JULY 17, 2006

read more | digg story Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Facebook Platform – Opening Up [.] One reason is that it’s ugly. Maybe you don’t know what I am talking about? Take a look. The Facebook news is big. First a little background.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

Consultants and Vendors | Main | Featured Article from Care2 News Network (our own little digg) » Monday Nov 13 2006 Lean, Mean Blogging Machines Monday, November 13, 2006 at 10:00AM | by Jordan Wait If you think your blogging gut is getting a little flabby, today is the day to whip it into shape. Well report back in a few days.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

How about Digg ? I thought one organization I was working with was getting great traffic from Digg, in part due to highly placed users who seemed to really like our stuff. But then we were approached by a high profile Digg user and asked to work out a reward for future links (i.e. he wanted to get paid for linking to us).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Should There Be A Social Actions Category on Digg? Is Facebook Causes A One Night Stand? Then I spent another hour going back through the 1,000 plus blog posts and pulling out those that scored in the "best range" which was 8, 9, or 10. Scored 10 How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media? Twitter As Charitable Gift Spreader.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 29, 2009

You see all of these other orgs using Twitter, Facebook, Digg, MySpace, YouTube, LinkedIn, Blogger and the list goes on… How do you make sure you are using the latest and greatest in new media that will effectively contribute to your movement? So, how do you find the right outlet(s) for your cause? The first step is to research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Find out what kind of monkey you are for a good cause. Convio or Causes? " This post from a few months back from Search England Land titled " How To Win Friends and Influence People in Social News Networks " offers some tips for leveraging sites like Digg, and Stumbleupon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. Kayta Andresen started a blogopshere debate on cause-related marketing with her post " Seeing RED and Pink ," and continued her reporting on the topic from Marketing Sherpa's Email Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2007

Fundraising has traditionally been a lonely and frustrating process -- asking loads of people to donate to a cause or project with no assurance that there will be a return on that investment. the possibilities are pretty endless! 3) Integrate other organizing tools.

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Care2

APRIL 14, 2009

Make sure you are hooked up to an RSS reader such as Google Reader or Netvibes to monitor everything from Twitter to Blogs to what stories hit the front page of Digg. RSS feeds are your friends. Even something small could lead to something big if you know the networks of the people in your ecosystem. Don’t be a lurker.

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Care2

JUNE 11, 2008

Read blogs, get into social networks, register at Digg and then go sit in a corner and listen. To create content that is appealing to a certain group of people, you need to know what they’re talking about, what they feel, what they eat, drink and dream.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

provides automated searches to match all the keywords you include on your topic—check out the image below to see automated searches on Digg, Twitter, and Youtube. to organize news and information about their cause, neighborhood, or organization. You can “scoop” content (add it to your topic page) from the Scoop.it

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

YouTube , Google Maps , DIGG , TypePad , MySpace , Facebook , Plaxo, or Salesforce , then youve likely run across an API. APIs achieve this by opening small windows into a database that allow light-weight applications to access and display the data in a variety of places online. If youve ever used My Yahoo!

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