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NpTech Summary: Social Networking Strategies and Nonprofits: Getting Beyond Shiny Object Syndrome and Getting More Precise Practices

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We are in the very early stages of how nonprofits and social activists can leverage social networking applications for good causes and just learning what works and what doesn't. Not buying into social media/Facebook hype. This is a disaster for cause marketers who simply can???t Causes doesn???t s the secret sauce?

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Google + for Social Change Activists: Dive in Early or Wait?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ivan Booth is doing a meet up and live stream for the Philly Netsquared meet up on August 2nd at 6:00 PM EST about Google +. Moderate Approach: Understand the argument for an early investment but will also insist on a sound cost/benefit analysis when new ways of doing things are not yet fully proven.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Find out what kind of monkey you are for a good cause. Convio or Causes? Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. The HSUS newest campaign is geared towards helping the 1,300 chimps still condemned to life in research labs across the country. I wholeheartedly agree

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