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Guest Post by Michaela Hackner: Community Matters Even At SXSW

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But beyond all of the hype and noise, the most dominant theme I keep coming back to is that community is and always will be King. Even if you have the most awesome web site, campaign, or cause out there, you need a thoughtful and dedicated community behind it in order for it to be successful. And that will make all the difference.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They organize supporters, raise attention to important social and political issues, seek donations, and organize supporters to walk, run, shout, protest, and vote, things that were once done mostly by nonprofit organizations. Online contests that award dollars to nonprofit causes are here to stay. They want to connect.

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10 Tips to Jumpstart Your Nonprofit Social Media Plan

Connection Cafe

I started off laying the groundwork for developing a social media plan and strategy with the first 5 tips, and then Judy shared the last 5 tips, focusing on nonprofits and raising funds. Measure – look at social activity data to learn who you are influencing, what is causing activity, what content is effective and what you can optimize.

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Community Matters, Even at SxSW

Forum One

But beyond all of the hype and noise, the most dominant theme I keep coming back to is that community is and always will be King. Even if you have the most awesome web site, campaign, or cause out there, you need a thoughtful and dedicated community behind it in order for it to be successful. And that will make all the difference.

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A First Look at Jumo

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jumo helps connects people with issues and organizations on the first rung of the ladder of engagement, but the challenge will be how to cultivate relationships to bring people up that ladder to higher levels of engagement and involvement – from following and connecting to making donations to making change offline. Chris Hughes.

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Reflection and Analysis: Gnomedex Real-Time Social Fundraising Experiment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My most recent experiment involved Twitter, fundraising, and an integrated offline component at the Gnomedex Conference in Seattle. I was able to raise $2,657 to cover the costs of college tuition for Leng Sopharath, an orphan in Cambodia in just 90 minutes. How did I raise $2,657 in 90 minutes? Click to see the larger image.

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Top 10 SXSW Interactive Panels Your Nonprofit Should Attend - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

The Future Of Social Networks When : Saturday, March 14th from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Room A Description: Social networks will be like air, in that they will permeate everything that we do online AND offline. You will learn the 5 lessons of raising Whuffie through online communities in this presentation. Panelist: Tara Hunt, Intuit 7.